Elaine Burke is a former 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, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 2005, remember for her catch-cry from the podium: "Rebels abú arís."

Career

She came to prominence at local level when she won the Carrighdoun under-14 camogie slills cmpetiton two years in a row, 1994 and 1995. She won All Ireland senior medals in 2002, 2005 and 2006. She won Ashbourne Cup

Ashbourne Cup

The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the current stars of the game...

 medals with UCC in 2000 and 2002.

Personal life

She graduated in law and retired when she commenced work with a firm of solicitors in Cork.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players