Amy O'Connor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Right Corner Forward | ||
| Born | 1996 or 1997 (age 27–28)[1] | ||
| Occupation | Project manager | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| |||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 2 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
2014-2018 | University College Cork | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2014-present | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Amy O'Connor (born 1996 or 1997)[1] is an Irish camogie player who plays for her club, St Vincent's GAA, in Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork Senior camogie team. Since her senior inter-county debut in 2014, she has won five Senior All-Ireland Camogie Championships with Cork (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2023), captaining the winning team in 2023.[2] As of 2022, she had won six Munster Senior Camogie Championship medals.[3] She was the recipient of Camogie All-Star awards in 2019 and again in 2023.[4][5]
Sporting career
[edit]O'Connor played soccer at an international level,[2] and was a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team that reached the semi-final of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[1]
She participated in the Cork County Camogie Championship in 2021, as a member of the divisional team Seandún which beat Inniscarra on a score of 2–11 to 0–13 - to which she contributed 2-1.[6] Seandún won the 2022 final against Sarsfields on a score of 2–16 to 1–17, with O'Connor contributing 2-8 and being awarded "player of the match" on the day.[7]
In the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final, O'Connor scored 3 goals in under two minutes with a final tally of 3-7 earning her the "player of the match" on the day and subsequently the PwC GPA "women's player of the month" award in August 2023.[8] In October 2023, she picked up the 96FM/C103 Rochestown Park Hotel Monthly GAA award.[9] She was then named overall winner (for the year) at the 96FM/C103 Cork GAA Sports Star of the Year awards in January 2024.[10]
Personal life and education
[edit]O'Connor, who is from Knocknaheeny,[11] attended St Vincent's Secondary School in Cork city.[12] She is a qualified pharmacist, with a bachelors degree in Pharmacy from University College Cork (UCC), which she attended on a Quercus Sports' Scholarship.[2][13] She is also a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, with a Masters in Pharmacy.[14] As of 2023, she was working as a project manager at a software company.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Foley, Cliona (9 January 2019). "Cork's Amy O'Connor still shattering glass ceilings". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
Still only 22 [..] She was on the Ireland U19 soccer team whose progress to the semi-finals of the 2014 European Championships was a massive breakthrough
- ^ a b c Lanigan, Philip (6 August 2023). "Cork's Amy O'Connor On Why She Picked Camogie Over Soccer". evoke.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Duffy, Emma (15 December 2022). "Four-time All-Ireland winner to captain Cork for 2023". The 42. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Galway lead All-Stars as Kilkenny wins players' award". rte.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "PwC Camogie All Star Awards 2023 Winners". munster.gaa.ie. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ McCarthy, Ger (24 October 2021). "Amy O'Connor the hero as sensational Seandún claim Cork camogie crown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ O’Callaghan, Therese (23 October 2022). "O'Connor inspires as Seandún edge thrilling Cork camogie decider". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ McMahon, James (24 August 2023). "O'Connor savours 'unbelievable' journey to final glory". rte.ie.
- ^ Cashman, John (4 October 2023). "Amy O'Connor's camogie year continues on a high". echolive. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ McCarthy, Finbarr (31 January 2024). "Amy O'Connor wins overall GAA award". Cork Independent. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Ó Conchúir, Daragh (17 August 2019). "Amy O'Connor: 'I am very, very proud to be from Knocknaheeny'". irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Browne, PJ (29 October 2019). "Proud Cork Woman Amy O'Connor Blazes Trail For Club And Family". balls.ie. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Graduation Day for Amy O'Connor". University College Cork. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Noonan, Rory (22 June 2022). "Echo Women in Sport award: Amy O'Connor delivers time and again". The Echo. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Scully, Niall (4 August 2023). "Amy O'Connor hope Cork can use past failure as stepping stone to O'Duffy success". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2024.