Briege Corkery

Briege Corkery
Personal information
Irish name Bríd Ní Chorcora
Sport Ladies' Gaelic football and camogie
Position Mid field
Born (1986-12-16) 16 December 1986 (age 37)
Cork, Republic of Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
Cloughduv and St Val's
Club titles
Cork titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2001–2019
Cork
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 18
All Stars 16

Briege Corkery (born 16 December 1986) in Cork is a camogie player, ladies' Gaelic footballer, and winner of seven All Ireland Senior Camogie medals in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2018 as well as the winner of eleven All Ireland Senior Ladies' Football medals in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.[1]

She has won six Camogie All Stars Awards in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2015. She has also won ten Ladies' Football All Stars Awards in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. In 2008, she became the sixth camogie player in history to be awarded the Texaco Player of the Year award. Corkery is one of the most successful GAA players in history, winning 18 All-Ireland Medals. Team mate Rena Buckley, winner of a record-breaking 18 All-Irelands, had been joint all time medal winner with Corkery up until 2016.

  1. ^ "All Ireland final". Irish Times. Irish Times. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.