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| Native name | Jessica Ní Giolla (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1989 (age 36–37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Camogie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * club appearances and scores correct as of (12:27, 4 January 2026 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (12:27, 4 January 2026 (UTC)). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jessica Gill is a camogie player. She won a camogie All Star award in 2008 and played in the 2008 All Ireland final and 2009 All Ireland club final.[1] She was named the 2007 Young Player of the Year.[2]
In the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship final replay against Cork's St.Finbarr's played on a bitterly cold evening 3rd January 2026, Jessica was seeking the same final chapter as clubmate Therese Maher in club colours to tie the bow on a career of phenomenal longevity and leadership.
Jessica Gill was still chasing her storybook ending. She was still chasing an All-Ireland senior medal. Her inter-county chapter a decade finished, An All-Ireland club medal with Athenry was the last remaining avenue to reward a career of exceptional early promise and enduring perseverance.
Rewind 20 years. A child superstar. A 15-year-old midfielder in Athenry’s one-point county final defeat. A teenage tower in the four-in-a-row of Galway club camogie titles that followed.
Gill was Camogie’s young player of the year in 2007. The provider of 2-6 in Athenry’s All-Ireland semi-final stunning of four-in-a-row chasing St Lachtain’s of Kilkenny.
Honours
Club
- All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship (1): 2025
- Galway Senior Camogie Championship (5): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2025[3]
County
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship (1): 2013
References
- ^ "All Ireland preview". camogie.ie. Camogie.ie. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Cahill, Jackie (9 July 2008). "Gill drives Galway to another camogie win".
- ^ "Athenry Make History In Senior A Camogie Final - Commentary, Report And Reaction". Galway Bay FM. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
External links
- Official Camogie Website
- Galway Camogie website
- of 2009 championship in On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine[permanent dead link]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091228032101/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/gaa_fixtures_camogie_oduffycup.html Fixtures and results] for the 2009 O'Duffy Cup
- All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour
- Video highlights from Galway's 2009 championship matches against Kilkenny and Wexford.
- Video highlights of 2009 championship Part One and part two
- Reports of 2008 All Ireland final in Independent, Irish Times Examiner, Reaction in Examiner
- Video highlights of 2008 championship Part One, Part Two and Part three
- Video of 2008 All Ireland finals preview
- Video of 2008 All Ireland semi-final Wexford v Galway
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