Mary Leacy

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Mary Leacy
Personal information
Irish name Máire Ní Léasaigh
Sport Camogie
Position Half back
Born March 1986 (age 38)
Oulart, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
2001-present
Oulart–The Ballagh
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles 3
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004-2018
Wexford
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 4
All Stars 3

Mary Leacy (born March 2, 1986[1] in Oulart, County Wexford) is an Irish sportsperson. She won camogie All Star awards in 2004, 2007 and 2010.[2] She plays camogie with her local club Oulart–The Ballagh and has been a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team since 2001. Leacy captained Wexford to the All-Ireland title in 2007[3] and won further All Irelands in 2010 and 2011, and a member of the Team of the Championship for 2011.

Family background[edit]

She is a daughter of Margaret O'Leary who won three All-Ireland medals with Wexford in 1968, 1969 and 1975.[4] Margaret (née O'Leary) who was selected at left half-back on the camogie team of the century. Margaret's other honours include seven Gael Linn Cups with Leinster in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1978; five All-Ireland Clubs, with Eoghan Ruadh (Dublin) in 1967 and with Buffers Alley (Wexford) in 1978, 1981, 1982 and 1983; Gaelic All Star award 1968; captain of the first Wexford team to win the National League in 1977-'78.[citation needed] Mary's sister Una Leacy is also a star camogie player.

Other honours[edit]

National League Division one 2009, 2010,2011. All Star 2004; She was an All Star nominee in 2005,[5] 2006,[6] 2007,[7] All-Ireland Under-16 1995 (captain and player of the match); County Centenary Ambassador 2004; Ashbourne Shield 1998; Ashbourne Cup Combined team 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001; Leinster Under-14 1993; Leinster Under-16 1994, 1995; Leinster Under-18 1997; Leinster Senior 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007; Club Junior 1996; Club Intermediate 1999; Club Senior 'B' 2003, 2007; Purple and Gold Star 2008. She was player of the match in Wexford's 3-12 to 1-11 victory over Kilkenny in the 2010 All Ireland semi-final.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "21 kisses for Mary". 8 March 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Allstars selected". Camogie.ie. Camogie.ie. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  3. ^ 2007 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Gorey Guardian Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Irish Independent Sept 10 2010: Camogie blueblood Una Leacy is looking to lead Wexford’s All-Ireland assault from the front
  5. ^ 2005 Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ 2006
  7. ^ 2007
  8. ^ Wexford 3-12 Kilkenny 1-11 Semi-final report in Sunday Independent, on RTÉ online, camogie.ie, Breakingnews.ie and gaa.ie Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Wexford Senior Camogie Captain
2007
Succeeded by
Achievements
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final
winning captain

2007
Succeeded by