Theresa Cairns
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Treasa Ní Chiaráin | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | goalkeeper | ||
| Born | Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Dunloy | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| Antrim | ? | ||
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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)). | |||
Theresa ‘Teasie’ Kearns is a former camogie player who became at the age of 14 one of the youngest All Ireland winning players in the history of the game when she starred in goal on Antrim's 1956 All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team [1] She won another All Ireland medal in 1967.
Career[edit]
She was one of three Dunloy sisters on the winning team. According to reporter Mitchell Cogley’s report of the match “the 14 year old Theresa Kearns brought off a save from star Cork forward Noreen Duggan which equaled that of Art Foley from Christy Ring the previous week.[2]
Family life[edit]
Her brother played in goal for the Antrim hurling team. She was married shortly before the 1967 All Ireland semi-final, and flew back to Cork airport returning from her honeymoon to play in Antrim's 5–7 to 2–3 victory over Cork at the Mardyke.
References[edit]
- ^ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Irish Independent Irish Newspaper archive Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Oct 1 1956
External links[edit]
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
- Wikipedia List of Camogie players
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