Annette Clarke

For the Canadian film producer, see Annette Clarke (producer).

Annette Clarke
Personal information
Irish name Áine Ní Chléirigh
Sport Ladies' football
Position Midfielder
Born 1983 (age 41–42)
Lavally
Nickname Clarkie
Occupation Garda[1]
Club(s)
Years Club
 Kilkerrin-Clonberne
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1997–2016[2]
 Galway
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1
All Stars 2

Annette Clarke (born 1983; married name Annette Collins[3]) is an Irish sportswoman. She played ladies' Gaelic football with her local club, Kilkerrin-Clonberne, and with the Galway county team.[4][5]

Playing career

Clarke won the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship with Galway in 2002, and captained Galway to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2004.[6]

She suffered a near-career-ending injury in 2010 and was dropped from the Galway squad in 2012. Clarke, however, returned to the Galway squad, winning a second All Star in 2013[7] and captaining her club to a Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Championship in 2014. She retired in 2016.[8][3]

She appeared on an episode of Laochra Gael on 17 April 2016.[9]

Personal life

Annette Clarke is a member of Garda Síochána, the Irish police.[10][11] She is married to Kieran Collins.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Behind The Player: Annette Clarke Of Galway On Life As A Guard And An Inter-County Star - Her.ie".
  2. ^ "Galway Ladies Football". m.facebook.com.
  3. ^ a b c Glennon, Stephen (29 January 2016). "Blow for Galway as Clarke hangs up her county boots".
  4. ^ "Player Profile – Annette Clarke". www.wgpa.ie.
  5. ^ "Connacht Ladies Gaelic". www.connachtladiesgaelic.com.
  6. ^ "Dublin v Galway Senior Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 3 October 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Annette Clarke (Galway) - Ladies Gaelic Football".
  8. ^ "Galways star Annette Clarke's difficult call on county". 5 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Annette Clarke to feature on TG4's Laochra Gael - Galway Bay FM". 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Ballinfoyle man threatened to slit garda's throat, court hears".
  11. ^ "Man fined for 'sinister' filming of garda".