Her father's grand-aunt Kate captained her county to success in 1933. Her sister won Camogie Championship medals and performed her role as Camogie Radio match analyst on Raidió Éireann.[citation needed] Inspired by this and after the institution of an official awards scheme, she was short-lived for an award in 2002[3] and again in 2005.[4] having being a winner of their unofficial awards scheme in 2000[5] and She was nominated as part of that shortlist in 2006 but not again in 2005.[6] Delea's father John won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1965,[citation needed] and her brother Pat came so close to a junior football medal in 2003.[citation needed]