Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Eibhlín Ní Náraigh | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
St. Paul's Austin Stacks | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1968-1987 | Kilkenny | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 7 | ||
NHL | 5 |
Liz Neary (born 1951 in Kilkenny, Ireland) is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs St. Paul's and Austin Stacks and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1987. Neary is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.[1][2]
In a senior inter-county career that lasted for nineteen years she won seven All-Ireland medals, five National League medals and five Gael Linn Interprovincial medals. With her two clubs St. Paul's and Austin Stack's she collected a huge haul of twenty-one county titles and six All-Ireland club medals.
Neary was also presented with a number of personal awards during her career. In 1981 and 1986 she was awarded the B&I Player of the Year Award. In 2004, she was named on the Camogie Team of the Century.