Deirdre Hughes

Deirdre Hughes is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004,[1] and winner of All Ireland medals in 1999,[2] 2000,[3] 2001,[4] 2003,[5] and 2004.

Deirdre Hughes
Personal information
Irish name Deirdre Níc Aodha
Sport Camogie
Position Full forward
Born Toomevara, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
1990-2005
 Toomevara
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1990-2005
 Tipperary
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 5
All Stars 2 (1 unofficial)

Background

She came to prominence when Toomevara won the Tipperary County Minor championship three years in a row, and won six successive senior county championships. She was a prominent member of the Tipperary team that won the Junior All Ireland in 1991 and captained the Intermediate team to All Ireland success in 1997. She won eight successive Gael Linn Cup inter-provincial medals with Munster.

Breakthrough

In 1999 when Tipperary made the long awaited break through and won the O'Duffy Cup she won the RTÉ “Player of the Match”. Among her most dramatic scores as the equalising point against Cork two minutes into injury time of the 2001 All Ireland semi-final in Mullingar.[6] She scored both of Tipperary’s goals in that match.

Awards

She won the Jury’s/Independent Sports Star of the Week and Munster GAA Council Camogie Player of the Year in 1999, the Jury’s/Independent Sports Star Award and “ The Star Player of the Match” after the 2001 All Ireland[7] and was selected on first ever All Star Lynchpins Camogie team, a predecessor the official All Stars in 2003 before winning an official All Star award in 2004.

Citation

Her team of the century citation read: “a brilliant individual player she is also the quintessential team player. She is a great playmaker, always ready to give or take a pass and give encouragement to those around her. Quick to turn, she can lose her marker in a second. A prolific scorer, when she moves goal wards she causes havoc. One of the most popular and respected of the modern day stars; she was the only current inter-county player to be chosen on the team.[8]

References
  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  2. 1999 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent and Irish Times also comment on reversal of League final result
  3. 1999 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent and Irish Times also comment on reversal of League final result
  4. 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
  5. 2003 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner Archived December 2, 2012, at Archive.today, Irish Independent, and Irish Times.
  6. Tipperary 2-8 Cork 0-14 report in the Irish Independent
  7. 2001 All Ireland final reports in Irish Independent and Irish Times
  8. Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
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