Josie McGrath
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| Native name | Seosaimhín Níc Craith (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Camogie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * 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)). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Josephine ‘Josie’ McGrath is a former camogie player, three times All Ireland medalist and captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1935.[1][2] She won three further All Ireland senior medals in 1934, 1936, when she scored the fifth of Cork's six goals, and 1939.[3]
Career
A member of the powerful Old Aloysius she won several county championships in Cork. Her daughter Deirdre Young played camogie for Cork and Munster.
References
- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- ^ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website