Sharon Glynn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seárón Nic Fhloinn | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | forward | ||
| Born | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Pearses | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1990-2003 | Galway | ? | |
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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)). | |||
Sharon Glynn is a camogie player and manager,[1] an All Ireland medalist in 1996 and the star of her county’s 2002 victory in the National Camogie League when she scored three goals in Galway’s 6-6 to 1-7 victory over Limerick. She was nominated for an All Star award in 2005.[2]
Career
Her inter-county career that began in 1990 when she was only 15. She was a member of the 1994 National League winning team and the 1998 Galway team beaten by Cork in the All Ireland final.[3]
She starred in the 1996 All Ireland final, Galway’s first victory in the All Ireland Championship, despite taking a blow to the head that affected her accuracy for long periods. Another outstanding performance was in the 2001 All Ireland semi-final against Kilkenny.[4] She retired from inter-county camogie in 2003.
With her club Pearses she scored crucial goals in the finals of each of their five All Ireland senior club championship victories of 1996-7 and 2000-2, scoring 1-2 in the 1996 and 1-4 in the 1997 victories, scoring 1-5 in the 2000 victory over Swatragh, scoring two goals and two points in the 2001 final against Cashel[5] and scoring 1-9 in the 2002 final against St Ibar’s.[6]
In a club match in 2001 she was filling in for county goalkeeper Louise Curry when she scored a goal from her own puck-out.[7]
Management
She managed Galway for two years 2005-6,[8] at the time becoming the only female manager at inter-county level in camogie. She assembled a strong backroom team by adding two-time All-Ireland winner Damian Naughton and former Galway under-21 and Minor All-Ireland winner Damian Coleman as selectors alongside former senior hurler PJ Molloy.[9]
She was a nominee for camogie manager of the year after guiding the county to National Camogie League honours in 2005.[10] and beating Cork by a goal in the final.
See also
- Flann Mac Flainn, Archbishop of Tuam (1250–56).
- Nicol Mac Flann, Archbishop-elect of Tuam, fl. 1283.
- Martin Glynn, last Rector of the Irish College of Bordeaux, executed 1794.
- Pádraig Mag Fhloinn (Pat Glynn), scribe, fl. 1828-1835.
- Seán Mag Fhloinn, scribe, fl. 1843-1915.
- Patrick Glynn, KC (1855–1931), Attorney General of Australia and Minister for External Affairs.
- Joseph Glynn, (1869–1943), politician, knight and historian.
- Brendan Glynn (1910–1986), Fine Gael T.D.
- Johnny Glynn (c.1917-1959), President of the Irish Rugby Football Union.
- Pauline McLynn (born 1962), actress (Mrs. Doyle), comedian and author.
- Regina Glynn, camogie All Star awards-winner 2006 and 2009
References
- ↑ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ↑ 2005 All Star nominations,
- ↑ 1998 All Ireland final Cork 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Times
- ↑ Kilkenny 2-12 Galway 1-9 report in the Irish Independent
- ↑ 2001 Pearses 2-8 Cashel 0-13 Irish Independent
- ↑ 2002 Pearses 2-13 St Ibar’s 1-5 report in Irish Independent
- ↑ Irish Independent [http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/irish-independent.php Irish Newspaper archive Sept 19 1998: Glynn gets goal in one
- ↑ Irish Independent Mar 2 2005 Galway appoint Glynn as manager
- ↑ Irish Independent Mar 9 2005: Galway receive big boost
- ↑ Irish Independent Nov 22 2006: Glynn steps down as Galway manager
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
- Wikipedia List of Camogie players