Aislinn Connolly is a camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 player who was an All Star winner in 2010 and 2011 and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011. She played in the All Ireland finals of 2010

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010

The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—is the high point of the 2010 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 13, 2010 and ended with the final between Galway and Wexford on 12...

 and 2011

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2011

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in association with RTÉ Sport for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2011 camogie season. It commenced on 11 June 2011 and ended with the final on 11 September...

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Family Background

She is the daughter of John Connolly

John Connolly (hurler)

John Connolly is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Castlegar and with the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s. Connolly is regarded as one of Galway’s greatest-ever players.-Biography:John Connolly was born in Leiter Moir, Connemara, County...

, who featured in Galway’s breakthrough All Ireland

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland....

 victory of 1980

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1980

-Miscellaneous:* For the first time since 1969 the Leinster final sees a pairing other than Kilkenny and Wexford.* The Leinster final sees Offaly defeat Kilkenny to take their very first provincial title....

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Career

She exploded on to the sporting scene in Galway’s All Ireland minor championship

All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is the most important competition for under-18 teams in the women’s field sport of camogie. Counties compete for the Síghle Nic an Ultaigh Cup. There are graded competitions at Minor B and Minor C level.-History:...

 success of 2000. Having played as a sub in Galway’s narrowly unsuccessful team of 1999s she won player of the match as Galway beat Cork by 2-9 to 0-3 in Tullamore. She played on the University of Limerick

University of Limerick

The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...

 team that won three Ashbourne Cup

Ashbourne Cup

The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the current stars of the game...

 titles in a row in 2004, 2005, and 2006 She was nominated for an All Star award in 2009.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
• On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine Issue 1 and issue 2
• County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare camogie Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow