Renee Fitzgerald

Renee Fitzgerald
Personal information
Irish name Ríona Nic Gearailt
Sport Camogie
Position Full Forward
Born Cork, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
Old Aloysius ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
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)).

Renee Fitzgerald is a former camogie player,[1] captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1939, scoring four of Cork’s six goals in the final.[2]

Career

She won a further All Ireland senior medal in 1940, scoring two goals in Cork’s 4-1 to 2-2 defeat of Galway.[3] She scored a goal and had another controversially disallowed in Cork’s 1942 All Ireland final draw against Dublin, before Cork lost the replay. She reportedly scored six goals in Cork’s 11-4 to 1-0 defeat of Limerick in the 1942 Munster final.

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  2. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals

External links

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