Nancy Murray
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| name = Nancy Murray, Neans Uí Mhuirí
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| order = 16th
| office = President of the Camogie Association
| termstart =1973
| termend =1976
| succeeded=Úna Uí Phuirséil
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| death_date = May 16, 2004
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Anne "Nancy" Mulligan-Murray (Neans Uí Mhuirí) from Antrim was the 16th president of the Camogie Association.{{cite book | last = Moran | first = Mary | authorlink = Mary Moran (camogie) | title = A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie | publisher = Cumann Camógaíochta | year = 2011 | location = Dublin, Ireland | pages = 460}}
Playing career
From Deirdre club in Belfast, she won three All Ireland medals at full-back in 1945, 1946 and 1947 as Nancy Mulligan,The Evolution of the GAA by Donal McAnallen (Ulster Historical Foundation 2009) {{ISBN|978-1-903688-83-0}} playing her last match for the county in the All Ireland semi-final of 1970, and also played in the All Ireland Club finals of 1964 and 1965.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/death-of-former-antrim-great-nancy-murray-172023.html|title=Death of former Antrim great Nancy Murray - Independent.ie|publisher=}} She trained Antrim to victory in another All Ireland.Obituary in Irish News May 17, 2004
Presidency
During her presidency closer co-operation with the GAA was belatedly initiated after a meeting in January 1974. In that year the All Ireland minor county and All Ireland Junior Colleges Championships were inaugurated, and Camogie was included for the first time in the under-14 festival Féile na nGael.{{cite web|url=http://Feilenangael.gaa.ie|title=Féile na nGael website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216211132/http://feilenangael.gaa.ie/|archivedate=2011-02-16}}
Nancy Murray Cup
In 2007 the camogie trophy for the annual inter-county All Ireland Championship for counties graded Junior A was named in her honour.2007 Jun A Laois 1-15 Meath 1-9 in Leixlip report on [http://www.hurlingblog.com/2007/08/26/laois-win-nancy-murray-junior-all-ireland/ hurlingblog.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811215141/http://www.hurlingblog.com/2007/08/26/laois-win-nancy-murray-junior-all-ireland/ |date=2010-08-11 }}
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Category:Presidents of the Camogie Association