Sue Ramsbottom
Sue Ramsbottom is an Irish ladies' Gaelic football and rugby union player.
Early life
Ramsbottom attended Timahoe National School and played Gaelic football on the boys' team. She attended the Brigidine secondary school in Mountrath.Sporting career
Ladies' football
Sue Ramsbottom began playing ladies' football with The Heath, scoring in an all-Ireland club final at the age of 12. She was later part of the founding of a ladies' team in Timahoe. She won several Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championship with both clubs. Her early heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock.Ramsbottom lost six All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship finals with Laois before finally winning in 2001. She also won seven Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards, in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997.
In a 2020 ranking by the Irish Independent, Ramsbottom was named as the fourth-greatest player of all time. Jenny Grennan named her among her best opponents, saying she was "powerful and seriously strong on the ball. Protected the ball really well and very difficult to dispossess."
In 2022 she was featured in a Laochra Gael episode, the first Laois player in any sport to be so honoured.