Gretta Quigley
Personal information
Irish name Mairéad Uí Choigligh
Sport Camogie
Position centre back
Born Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
 Cloughbawn-Adamstown ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1969-1975
 Wexford ?
* 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)).

Gretta Kehoe-Quigley is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1975,[1] the day after she was married to Ray Quigley, the trainer of her club camogie team.[2]

Career

She made her debut with the Wexford junior team in 1969 and played in the 1972 All Ireland final. She made her senior debut in the 1972 Leinster championship, in which Wexford were narrowly beaten 6-4 to 5–6 in the final by Kilkenny. She won a Leinster senior championship medal in 1974.

Family Background

She is one of three sisters from Palace, Poulpeasty, Co Wexford, who won All Ireland medals together in 1975, the others were Kit Codd and Bridget Doyle, winner of the 1975 B+I Star of the Year award. Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team.[3] Two other sisters, Annie and Josie both played on Wexford's 1968 All Ireland winning team, and two more, seven in all, also played inter-county for Wexford.

References

  1. ↑ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Irish Independent Irish Newspaper archive Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Sept 25 1975: Gretta flies out a dual winner
  3. ↑ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
  • Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
  • Wikipedia List of Camogie players
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