Deirdre Hughes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Deirdre Níc Aodha | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Full forward | ||
| Born | Toomevara, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1990-2005 | Toomevara | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1990-2005 | Tipperary | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 2 (1 unofficial) | ||
Deirdre Hughes is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004,[1] and winner of All Ireland medals in 1999,[2] 2000,[3] 2001,[4] 2003,[5] and 2004.
Background
She came to prominence when Toomevara won the Tipperary County Minor championship three years in a row, and won six successive senior county championships. She was a prominent member of the Tipperary team that won the Junior All Ireland in 1991 and captained the Intermediate team to All Ireland success in 1997. She won eight successive Gael Linn Cup inter-provincial medals with Munster.
Breakthrough
In 1999 when Tipperary made the long awaited break through and won the O'Duffy Cup she won the RTÉ “Player of the Match”. Among her most dramatic scores as the equalising point against Cork two minutes into injury time of the 2001 All Ireland semi-final in Mulingar.[6] She scored both of Tipperary’s goals in that match.
Awards
She won the Jury’s/Independent Sports Star of the Week and Munster GAA Council Camogie Player of the Year in 1999, the Jury’s/Independent Sports Star Award and “ The Star Player of the Match” after the 2001 All Ireland[7] and was selected on first ever All Star Lynchpins Camogie team, a predecessor the official All Stars in 2003 before winning an official All Star award in 2004.
Citation
Her team of the century citation read: “a brilliant individual player she is also the quintessential team player. She is a great playmaker, always ready to give or take a pass and give encouragement to those around her. Quick to turn, she can lose her marker in a second. A prolific scorer, when she moves goal wards she causes havoc. One of the most popular and respected of the modern day stars; she was the only current inter-county player to be chosen on the team.[8]
References
- ↑ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- ↑ 1999 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Times also comment on reversal of League final result
- ↑ 1999 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Times also comment on reversal of League final result
- ↑ 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
- ↑ 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
- ↑ Tipperary 2-8 Cork 0-14 report in the Irish Independent
- ↑ 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
- ↑ Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
- Team of the Century on Camogie.ie website
- On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine Issue 1 and issue 2
- Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
- County and provincial websites: Antrim
- History of Camogie slideshow. presented by Cumann Camógaíochta Communications Committee at GAA Museum January 25, 2010 part one, part two, part three and part four
- Camogie on official GAA website
- Timeline: History of Camogie
- Camogie on GAA Oral History Project
- County and provincial websites: Antrim Armagh Clare Connacht Cork Derry Down Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Leinster Limerick London Louth Meath Munster North America Offaly Tipperary Ulster Waterford Wexford Wicklow