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Renee Fitzgerald

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Renee Fitzgerald
Personal information
Irish name Ríona Nic Gearailt
Sport Camogie
Position Full Forward
Born Cork, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
Old Aloysius ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
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)).

Renee Fitzgerald is a former camogie player,[1] captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1939, scoring four of Cork's six goals in the final.[2]

Career

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She won a further All Ireland senior medal in 1940, scoring two goals in Cork's 4-1 to 2–2 defeat of Galway.[3] She scored a goal and had another controversially disallowed in Cork's 1942 All Ireland final draw against Dublin, before Cork lost the replay. She reportedly scored six goals in Cork's 11-4 to 1–0 defeat of Limerick in the 1942 Munster final.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  2. ^ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. ^ Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
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