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NAME: Róisín Connaughton
AGE: 22
COURSE: Speech and Language Therapy
COLLEGE : National Universtiy of Ireland, Galway
1) What is your favourite position? Full back
2) What is your most memorable moment in camogie? Playing for NUIG and playing a child in croke park for the Mini-7s
3) What are your aims for the coming year? To win the Ashbourne cup
4) Who is your favourite camogie player? Michaela Morkan
5) If you could be one person for one day who would it be? Nelson Mandella/Usain Bolt/Barak Obama
6) If you could play for one other team, who would it be? Galway Senior camogie
7) Favourite thing about camogie? The “lols” even when you lose, it’s some craic and no matter where you go, you’ll always know people through it.
8) Least favourite thing? Training in the snow L
9) Who is the biggest joker in the college team and who is the worst trainer? I’m definitely the biggest joker, and we don’t have bad trainers.
10) If you weren’t playing camogie what sport would you play? Tennis
11) What would you like to improve in your game? Everything
12) How do you propose to use your scholarship? To fly to Thailand, or else give it to my parents to pay for driving me around the country for sport over the past 22 years, but most likely Thailand.
13) In ten year’s time where do you see yourself? Probably planning hen nights/weddings/ 30th birthdays of the current NUIG panel. I guess I might have a job but probably not. Having a laugh and still travelling around the country for games!