Marina Downey

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code=Camogie|

County=Kilkenny|

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name = Marina Downey|

irish = Marina Nic Giolla Domhnaigh |

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sport=Camogie|

position= centre field, forward|

county=Kilkenny|

club=Lisdowney Camogie Club and Lisdowney|

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|birth_place=Lisdowney, Ireland}}

Marina Downey is a camogie player,{{cite news|title=Camogie Archive |url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/ChampionshipHistory/tabid/61/Default.aspx=Camogie.ie |publisher=Camogie.ie |date=30 June 2010 |accessdate=30 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128172120/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/ChampionshipHistory/tabid/61/Default.aspx%3DCamogie.ie |archivedate=28 January 2012 }} winner of five All Ireland medals and captain of the Kilkenny team that won the National Camogie League in 1993. Enjoyed success at club level when she played on the Lisdowney team that won the club championship in 1994.

Career

She joined the Kilkenny team in 1988 and won four All Ireland medals in succession by 1991, adding a fifth in 1994. She played her last All Ireland final in 2001.See [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/supermum-aims-to-turn-underdogs-into-top-cats-332633.html preview] and [http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/s-faces-challenge-to-his-reign-as-kerry-boss-332415.html Downey passed fit] report, 2001 All Ireland final reports in [http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/tipperarys-fairytale-continues-332735.html Irish Independent] and [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2001/0917/01091700169.htm Irish Times]

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