Claire O'Connor
Personal information
Irish name Clár Ní Conchúbhair
Sport Camogie
Position Corner back
Born (1980-12-29) 29 December 1980
Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands
  • 4 Senior All Ireland Championships
  • 1 All Ireland Senior club championship
  • 1 minor All Ireland Championship 1995
All Stars 3

Claire O'Connor is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships of 2007,[1] 2010,[2] and 2011.[3][4] O'Conner was an All Star award winner in 2010 and 2011 as well as a member of the 2011 Team of the Championship.

A gaeilgeoir, she has appeared on the analysis panels of Seó Spóirt, TG4 and reports for Radio na Gaelachta on sporting occasions.

Other awards and club memberships

  • National Camogie League medals in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
  • Leinster Championship 2009, 2010, 2011.
  • All-Ireland Under-16 1995
  • Winner of All-Ireland Senior club medal in 1995
  • Three Leinster Senior Club 1995, 1996, 2000
  • Club Senior 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 (captain), 2008
  • Three Senior 'B' Club 2002, 2005 (captain), 2006;
  • Leinster Under-14 1993, 1994
  • Leinster Under-16 1995, 1996
  • Leinster Under-18 1997, 1998
  • Leinster Senior 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007
  • Junior Gael Linn Cup with Leinster 1999
  • Leinster Senior Colleges with Coláiste Bríde 1996, 1998, 1999 (captain)
  • Purple and Gold Star 2008.

Personal life

O'Connor is the daughter of Teddy O'Connor, All-Ireland senior medal winner with Wexford in 1968. Her sister, Aoife, was the senior team captain in 2010 and is married to Declan Ruth. Three other sisters Niamh, Ciara and Eimear - all won National League Division two medals.[5][6]

References

  1. 2007 All Ireland final reports in
  2. 2010 All-Ireland Final reports in:
  3. "Wexford 2-07 Galway 1-08". RTÉ Sport. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. 2011 final Wexford 2-7 Galway 1-8 Report in:
  5. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  6. Goodison, Dean (2010). I Gotta Feeling: Wexford 2010 All-Ireland Champions. Wexford, Ireland: Dean Goodison. p. 208.
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