Lynn Dunlea

Lynn Dunlea
Personal information
Irish name Linn Ní Dhuinnshlé
Sport Camogie
Born 1974
Cork, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
Cloughduv and Glen Rovers ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1990-2001 Cork ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

Lynn Dunlea is a former camogie player,[1] scorer of three goals for Cork in their 1993 All Ireland final victory over Galway.

Famous goal

She scored a breath-taking goal deep in injury-time during the All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny earlier that season.[2]

Career

She won four All Ireland senior medals in 1992,[3] 1993, 1997[4] and 1998.[5] She won an All Ireland Club Championship medal with the Glen Rovers club in 1993, and seven National League medals.

For her club she scored 4-5 of their total of 6-12 in the 1993 club final and 0-14 of Glen Rovers 1-15 in their unsuccessful 1994 All Ireland club final against Lisdowney at Ballyragget,

Football

She won a women’s football club title with Donoughmore in 2001.[6]

Injury and retirement

She retired at the age of 28 after suffering shoulder and neck injuries in the drawn All Ireland semi-final of 2001.[7] Having played in the first All Ireland final to be televised live she was a television analyst for RTÉ camogie coverage in the 2000s.

References

  1. ↑ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Irish Independent Apr 20 2002
  3. ↑ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
  4. ↑ 1997 All Ireland final Cork 0-15 Galway 2-5 reports in Irish Examiner and Irish Times
  5. ↑ 1998 All Ireland final Cork 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Times
  6. ↑ 2001 Donoughmore 3-6 Ballyboden 0-8 report in Irish Independent
  7. ↑ Irish Independent Apr 20 2002 and Irish Independent Sept 14 2002
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