Lynn Dunlea

Lynn Dunlea is a former camogie player,[1] scorer of three goals for Cork in their 1993 All Ireland final victory over Galway.

Lynn Dunlea
Personal information
Irish name Linn Ní Dhuinnshlé
Sport Camogie
Born 1974
Cork, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
 Cloughduv and Glen Rovers ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
1990-2001
 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)).

Famous goal

She scored a breath-taking goal deep in injury-time during the All-Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny earlier that season.[2]

Career

She won four All Ireland senior medals in 1992,[3] 1993, 1997[4] and 1998.[5] She won an All Ireland Club Championship medal with the Glen Rovers club in 1993, and seven National League medals.

For her club she scored 4-5 of their total of 6-12 in the 1993 club final and 0-14 of Glen Rovers 1-15 in their unsuccessful 1994 All Ireland club final against Lisdowney at Ballyragget,

Football

She won a women's football club title with Donoughmore in 2001.[6]

Injury and retirement

She retired at the age of 28 after suffering shoulder and neck injuries in the drawn All Ireland semi-final of 2001.[7] Having played in the first All Ireland final to be televised live she was a television analyst for RTÉ camogie coverage in the 2000s.

References
  1. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. Irish Independent Apr 20 2002
  3. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
  4. 1997 All Ireland final Cork 0-15 Galway 2-5 reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine and Irish Times
  5. 1998 All Ireland final Cork 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Independent and Irish Times
  6. 2001 Donoughmore 3-6 Ballyboden 0-8 report in Irish Independent
  7. Irish Independent Apr 20 2002 and Irish Independent Sept 14 2002
  • Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
  • Wikipedia List of Camogie players


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