Annette Clarke (born 1983; married name Annette Collins[3]) is an Irish sportswoman. She played ladies' Gaelic football with her local club, Kilkerrin-Clonberne, and with the Galway county team.[4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Áine Ní Chléirigh | ||
| Sport | Ladies' football | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Born |
1983 (age 40–41) Lavally | ||
| Nickname | Clarkie | ||
| Occupation | Garda[1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Kilkerrin-Clonberne | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1997–2016[2] | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Playing career
editClarke won the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship with Galway in 2002, and captained Galway to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2004. [6]
She suffered a near-career-ending injury in 2010 and was dropped from the Galway squad in 2012. Clarke, however, returned to the Galway squad, winning a second All Star in 2013[7] and captaining her club to a Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Championship in 2014. She retired in 2016.[8][3]
She appeared on an episode of Laochra Gael on 17 April 2016.[9]
Personal life
editAnnette Clarke is a member of Garda Síochána, the Irish police.[10][11] She is married to Kieran Collins.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Behind The Player: Annette Clarke Of Galway On Life As A Guard And An Inter-County Star - Her.ie".
- ^ "Galway Ladies Football". m.facebook.com.
- ^ a b c Glennon, Stephen (29 January 2016). "Blow for Galway as Clarke hangs up her county boots".
- ^ "Player Profile – Annette Clarke". www.wgpa.ie.
- ^ "Connacht Ladies Gaelic". www.connachtladiesgaelic.com.
- ^ "Dublin v Galway Senior Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 3 October 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Annette Clarke (Galway) - Ladies Gaelic Football".
- ^ "Galways star Annette Clarke's difficult call on county". 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Annette Clarke to feature on TG4's Laochra Gael - Galway Bay FM". 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ballinfoyle man threatened to slit garda's throat, court hears".
- ^ "Man fined for 'sinister' filming of garda".