Ann Carroll
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Ann Carroll is a camogie
player. twice an All Ireland inter-county medalist and the outstanding personality in the first decade of the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
winning medals with both St Patrick’s, Glengoole from Tipperary and St Paul’s
from Kilkenny. She played inter-county camogie for both Tipperary and Kilkenny and Interprovincial camogie
for both Munster and Leinster.
campogie while still at school in St Brigid’s, Callan, with whom she won three Stuart Cup medals and played in five consecutive secondary schools Leinster championships.
She won her first Interprovincial medal
in 1963, scored a dramatic winning point for Munster in the 1964 Gale Linn Cup final, and won a third with Munster again in 1966.
The star of UCD’s Ashbourne Cup
winning team in 1966, she scored 1-4 in Dublin’s 3-5 to 2-4 victory over Cork in the final and ten of UCD’s 17 goals against Queen’s University in the semi-final.
She was Tipperary camogie player of the year in 1966. She won two All Ireland club medals
with St Patrick’s, Glengoole in 1965 and 1966
with St Paul’s
in 1969, 1970-1, 1974-5 and 1976-7. In the 1968 Leinster club final she scored eight goals for St Paul’s against Ardclough
.
With Kilkenny she won All Ireland senior medals in 1974 and 1976.
She won three more Interprovincial medals
in 1970, 1971 and 1972.
, her father Bill donated the Bill Carroll Cup which is competed for annually by Ireland’s leading camogie clubs.
Wikipedia List of Camogie players
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. twice an All Ireland inter-county medalist and the outstanding personality in the first decade of the history of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...
winning medals with both St Patrick’s, Glengoole from Tipperary and St Paul’s
St Paul’s Camogie Club
St Paul’s is a former camogie club based in Kilkenny city. Ireland, one of the most successful in the history of the game. It won the All Ireland club championship in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1988, and 1989.-Background:...
from Kilkenny. She played inter-county camogie for both Tipperary and Kilkenny and Interprovincial camogie
Gael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament in the Irish sport of camogie contested by Ireland’s fuur provincial teams. Currently played at senior and junior level on alternate years. The tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, is played at senior and junior level on alternate years...
for both Munster and Leinster.
Tipperary career
She played senior inter-county and inter-provincial Gael Linn CupGael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament in the Irish sport of camogie contested by Ireland’s fuur provincial teams. Currently played at senior and junior level on alternate years. The tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, is played at senior and junior level on alternate years...
campogie while still at school in St Brigid’s, Callan, with whom she won three Stuart Cup medals and played in five consecutive secondary schools Leinster championships.
She won her first Interprovincial medal
Gael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament in the Irish sport of camogie contested by Ireland’s fuur provincial teams. Currently played at senior and junior level on alternate years. The tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, is played at senior and junior level on alternate years...
in 1963, scored a dramatic winning point for Munster in the 1964 Gale Linn Cup final, and won a third with Munster again in 1966.
The star of UCD’s 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...
winning team in 1966, she scored 1-4 in Dublin’s 3-5 to 2-4 victory over Cork in the final and ten of UCD’s 17 goals against Queen’s University in the semi-final.
She was Tipperary camogie player of the year in 1966. She won two All Ireland club medals
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...
with St Patrick’s, Glengoole in 1965 and 1966
Kilkenny career
When her family moved to Kilkenny she four more All Ireland club medalsAll-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...
with St Paul’s
St Paul’s Camogie Club
St Paul’s is a former camogie club based in Kilkenny city. Ireland, one of the most successful in the history of the game. It won the All Ireland club championship in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1987, 1988, and 1989.-Background:...
in 1969, 1970-1, 1974-5 and 1976-7. In the 1968 Leinster club final she scored eight goals for St Paul’s against Ardclough
Ardclough GAA
----Ardclough is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ardclough, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, whose biggest achievements include winning the Kildare County Senior Football Championship after a replayed final against the Army in 1949, winning 12 Kildare County Senior Hurling Championships,...
.
With Kilkenny she won All Ireland senior medals in 1974 and 1976.
She won three more Interprovincial medals
Gael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament in the Irish sport of camogie contested by Ireland’s fuur provincial teams. Currently played at senior and junior level on alternate years. The tournament has existed in various guides since 1956, is played at senior and junior level on alternate years...
in 1970, 1971 and 1972.
Other activities
In 1971 she was founding editor of the first magazine to be dedicated to camogie. IN 1977 with Mary Moran she was co-author of the first camogie coaching manual.Trophy
In the absence of a trophy for the All Ireland club championshipAll-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...
, her father Bill donated the Bill Carroll Cup which is competed for annually by Ireland’s leading camogie clubs.
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
Wikipedia List of Camogie players