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Breda Holmes

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Breda Holmes
Personal information
Irish name Bríd Nic Thomáis
Sport Camogie
Position Full forward
Born Kilkenny, Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
St Paul’s ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
Kilkenny ?
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 7
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

Breda Holmes is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award in 1987[1] and seven All Ireland medals in succession between 1984 and 1991, celebrating the seventh by scoring the match-turning goal from Ann Downey’s sideline ball against Cork in the 1991 final.

Career

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She captained Carysfort Training College in their 1984 Purcell Cup campaign and won six All Ireland club medals with St Paul’s camogie club, based in Kilkenny city.

References

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  1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.