Deirdre Costello

Deirdre Costello is a former camogie player, winner of an All Ireland senior club medal in the mid ’80s, and winner of the award for Camogie Minor Player of the year in 1977.

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She won two All Ireland club medals at different grades in 1977, scoring two goals in the All Ireland U 16 final against Galway in September, scoring 3-5 for Holy Faith [Secondary School, Clontarf] whom she captained to victory against St Raphael’s, in the All Ireland colleges final in March. She has a handful of league medals with her club and has finished as high as runners-up and third place in various skills tests set by them. She once scored 2-1 in an All Ireland Under-16 final but still lost. She once played for the club in both a minor and junior B final on the same day, scoring two points in the first of them.