Hannah Dineen
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Hannah Dineen Cotter is a former camogie
player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1972, the third in succession for the county. She previously won All Ireland senior medals in 1970 and 1971 and completed Cork’s four in a row in 1973, under her married name Hannah Cotter.
success, their first for 14 years, and again for UCC in their unsuccessful Ashbourne Cup
final of 1966. It led to a Beamish & Crawford Cork camogie player of the year award in January 1966. In 1970 she featured on the Cork team that won the All Ireland after 41 years and retained her place for the subsequent four in a row and two more finals over the following eight years before retiring in 1978. Her last appearance was in the 1977-78 National League
final. She continued to train camogie players at St Leo’s convent in Carlow.
Wikipedia List of Camogie players
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 1972, the third in succession for the county. She previously won All Ireland senior medals in 1970 and 1971 and completed Cork’s four in a row in 1973, under her married name Hannah Cotter.
Career
She starred for University College Cork in their 1965 Ashbourne CupAshbourne 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...
success, their first for 14 years, and again for UCC in their unsuccessful 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...
final of 1966. It led to a Beamish & Crawford Cork camogie player of the year award in January 1966. In 1970 she featured on the Cork team that won the All Ireland after 41 years and retained her place for the subsequent four in a row and two more finals over the following eight years before retiring in 1978. Her last appearance was in the 1977-78 National League
National Camogie League
The National Camogie League is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of Camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability....
final. She continued to train camogie players at St Leo’s convent in Carlow.
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
Wikipedia List of Camogie players