Mary Connery

Mary Conneely is a former camogie player, former camogie coach, former Purcell Cup (Division 2) player, and former chair of the camogie board and the colleges council.^[1]

She played in the Purcell Cup (Division 2) with Waterford Institute of Technology. She also captained St Anne’s Dunhill in their first All Ireland Intermediate club final.

While still playing for her club, she was elected chair of the Waterford camogie board. Although she had retired from this role before Waterford won their breakthrough Munster title, she contributed substantially to the success as coach to the successful Christian Brothers' School, Tramore teams in the secondary schools championship for several decades, on which various future camogie stars were involved and where they would have got their first taste of sport. She later became chair of the Munster colleges council.