Sue Cashman is a former camogie player, winner of Caltex Player of the Year award in 1967, only the second of five camogie players in history to be awarded what would later become known as the Texaco Award.[1] She also won an All Ireland medal in 1967 when she was captain, play-maker and Player of the Match in Antrim's defeat of Dublin.
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Sú Ní Chiosain | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | Centre field | ||
Born | Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||
Club(s)* | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
Deirdre | ? | ||
Inter-county(ies)** | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
Antrim | ? | ||
* 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)). |
Career
editShe was among ten Antrim players who won the Gael Linn Cup for Ulster for the first time. She retired after Antrim were beaten by Cork in the 1973 All Ireland final, in which she scored a point. She played on the Deirdre teams defeated in the 1964 and 1965 All Ireland club finals.
References
edit- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.