Marina Downey 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, winner of five All Ireland medals, captain of the Kilkenny team that won the National Camogie 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....

 in 1993 and the 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:...

 team that won the club championship.

Career

She joined her older sisters Angela

Angela Downey

Angela Downey-Browne is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs, St Paul’s camogie club based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1994...

 and Ann

Ann Downey

Ann Downey is a retired camogie player, winner of 12 All Ireland inter-county medals, captaining the team in 1989 and 1994, and seven All-Ireland club medals with St Paul’s and Lisdowney- one more than her famous sister Angela who was suspended for one final.-Family Background:Her father, Shem...

 on the Kilkenny team in 1988 and won four All Ireland medals in succession by 1991, adding a fifth in 1994. She played her last All Ireland final in 2001.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players