Madge Rainey

Madge Rainey
Personal information
Irish name Mairéad Ní Ráine
Sport Camogie
Born Antrim, Northern Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
Dunloy ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
Antrim ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

Margaret ‘Madge’ Rainey is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1956.[1] She played in the All Ireland senior final of 1951.[2]

Career

She gave an accomplished in All Ireland semi-final and final in 1951 and was a goalscorer on the Antrim team that shocked Dublin in the 1956 All Ireland semi-final. She played again on the Antrim team that narrowly won the 1957 semi-final against Mayo in Castlebar but was not on the team defeated in the 1957 final.

References

  1. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. Historic newspaper reports of All Ireland finals
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