Nollaig Cleary-Uí Chróinín (born 1981) is an Irish retired ladies' Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork county ladies' football team.

Nollaig Cleary
Personal information
Irish name Nollaig Ní Chléirigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right wing-forward
Born 1981
Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Primary school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
Gabriel Rangers
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2004–2015
Cork
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 10
All-Irelands 9
NFL 8
All Stars 3

Born in Castlehaven, County Cork, Cleary first played competitive Gaelic football in her youth. She made her senior debut during the 2004 championship. Cleary immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won nine All-Ireland medals, ten Munster medals and eight National Football League medals.

At club level Cleary is a one-time All-Ireland medallist in the junior grade with Gabriel Rangers.

Cleary's brother, John Cleary, and her husband, Mícheál Ó Cróinín, also played with Cork.[1][2]

After retiring from inter-county football in January 2013, Cleary later reversed her decision. She announced her second retirement from inter-county football on 4 June 2015.[3][4]

Honours

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Player

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Cork

References

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  1. ^ "Cleary continuing family tradition". Cork Independent. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ^ Murphy, Éamonn (4 February 2014). "Ó Cróinín has the grá for football to keep driving on". Evening Echol. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Nollaig happy the hunger returned". Irish Examiner. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ^ McCarthy, Kieran (4 June 2015). "Exclusive: Nollaig Cleary announces football retirement". The Southern Star. Retrieved 31 July 2015.