Una O'Dwyer (camogie)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Úna Ní Dhuibhir | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Born | County Tipperary, Ireland | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Cashel | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| Tipperary | ? | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
| * club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). | |||
Una O'Dwyer is a camogie player, winner of the Texaco Player of the Year award in 2004,[1] an All-Star award in 2004, a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003[2] and All Ireland medals in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004.
Career
[edit]She played in eight successive All Ireland finals for Tipperary winning five All Ireland medals in 1999,[3] 2000,[4] 2001,[5] captaining the team in 2003[6] and winning the Irish Independent player of the match award in 2004.[7] She won her first All Ireland senior club medal with Cashel in 2007 [8] and captained the team to victory against Athenry in 2009.[9] She captained the UCC team to Ashbourne Cup success in 2003.[10]
Other awards
[edit]In 2003, she was named as Irish Tatler magazine's 'Woman of the Year Highly Commended Sports Star'.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Irish Independent: Texaco Award Citation
- ^ "Camogie All Stars". Camogie.ie. Cumann Camógaíochta. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ 1999 Tipperary 0-12 Kilkenny 1-8 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent and Irish Times also comment on reversal of League final result
- ^ 2000 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-9 All Ireland final report in Irish Times
- ^ 2001 Tipperary 4-13 Kilkenny 1-6 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
- ^ 2003 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 1-11 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2012-12-02 at archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times
- ^ 2004 Tipperary 2-11 Cork 0-9 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent, [1] and 481 Rebelgaa.com Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2007 Cashel 1-18 Athenry 0-9 report in Connacht Tribune Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2009 Cashel 0-11 Athenry 0-9 report in Irish Times Irish Independent, RTÉ online Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine and Tipperary Star Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today
- ^ 2003 Ashbourne final UCC 1-10 UCD 0-6 at the Mardyke, UCC.ie