Keeva Fennelly 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 and financial reporter. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2009

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the high point of the 2009 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 20, 2009 and ended with the final on 13 September 2009...

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Career

She won an All-Ireland Junior medal

All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is the most important competition for third-tier county teams in the women’s field sport of camogie. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term junior applies to the level of competition rather than the age group...

 in 2002 and a National League

National Camogie League

The National Camogie League is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of Camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability....

 medal in 2008. She was the 2009 Waterford IT 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...

 and league-winning captain.

Family background

Keeva's father Ger

Ger Fennelly

Ger Fennelly is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Ballyhale Shamrocks and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1989. Fennelly captained Kilkenny to the All-Ireland title in 1979.-Biography:Ger Fennelly was born in Piltown, County...

 and uncles all gave distinguished service to Kilkenny. She has two first cousins, Leann Fennelly

Leann Fennelly

Leann Fennelly is a camogie player and a student, who played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final.-Background:Leann's father, Liam, gave distinguished service to Kilkenny in the forward line, whereas she has shown her mettle in the backs...

 and Kelly Ann Cotterell, on the 2009 All Ireland panel, while another cousin, Michael Fennelly

Michael Fennelly

Michael Fennelly is an American musician known for his work as a singer and songwriter in the 1960s and 1970s, notably in The Millennium and Crabby Appleton....

, captained the Kilkenny hurlers in 2009.

External links

• Official Camogie Website
• Kilkenny Camogie Website
• of 2009 championship in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine
• http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
  O'Duffy Cup
  The All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship is the premier round-robin and knock-out competition in the game of camogie played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Camogie Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Camogie Final being played on the...
  
  
• All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
• Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
• Video Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final
• Report of All Ireland final in Irish Times Independent and Examiner