Kilkenny star Mary O’Connell on Camogie being invaluable to her on and off the pitch.
Kilkenny star Mary O’Connell on Camogie being invaluable to her on and off the pitch. By Steven Kelly. It is fair to say that Mary O’Connell has experienced a lot as a Camogie player, in such a short space of time. The Clara native missed out on her side’s All-Ireland win back in 2016 due to her travels to the US. However, she was more determined to finally get in on the act and proved a catalyst behind the cats 1-14 to 1-11 victory over the tribeswomen of Galway in last years final. The 24-year-old secondary school teacher hails from a very sporting background.“Yes well, I grew up in Clara in county Kilkenny. Anybody that knows Clara knows that there are only a church and a GAA field on the main road. I would describe the pitch as the focal point of the community. It is where we spent most of our spare time in the evenings and weekends. It was the done thing to get involved in camogie and hurling in the area. It is where you made your friends. I have 2 brothers and a sister. The...