Nollaig Cleary

Irish Gaelic footballer

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

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.

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

Player

Cork

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship (9): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Ladies' National Football League (8): 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015

References

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

Cork - 2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (1st title)

1 E. Harte
2 R. Buckley
3 A. Walsh
4 B. Stack
5 B. Corkery
6 C. Walsh
7 S. O'Reilly
8 J. Murphy (c)
9 N. Kelly
10 A. Murphy
11 R. Curtin
12 N. Cleary
13 V. Mulcahy
14 C. Creedon
15 G. O'Flynn

Subs used: M. O'Connor for G. O'Flynn; D. O'Reilly for C. Creedon; A. O'Connor for R. Curtin; N. Keohane for A. Murphy
Manager: E. Ryan

v t e Cork - 2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (2nd title)
1 E. Harte 2 R. Buckley 3 A. Walsh 4 B. Corkery 5 G. O'Flynn 6 B. Stack 7 S. O'Reilly 8 J. Murphy (c) 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 D. O'Reilly 12 A. Murphy 13 V. Mulcahy 14 M. O'Connor 15 C. Creedon Subs used M. Kelly for V. Mulcahy C. Walsh for A. Murphy A. Murphy for C. Creedon Manager E. Ryan

v t e Cork - 2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (3rd title)
1 E. Harte 2 C. Walsh 3 A. Walsh 4 Rena Buckley 5 L. Barrett 6 B. Stack 7 B. Corkery 8 J. Murphy (c) 9 N. Kelly 10 G. O'Flynn 11 L. McMahon 12 N. Cleary 13 V. Mulcahy 14 A. Murphy 15 D. O'Reilly Subs used Rhona Buckley for N. Kelly M. Kelly for L. McMahon A. O'Shea for N. Cleary C. Foley for C. Walsh S. O'Reilly for L. Barrett Manager E. Ryan

v t e Cork - 2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (4th title)
1 E. Harte 2 C. Walsh 3 A. Walsh (c) 4 L. Barrett 5 B. Corkery 6 B. Stack 7 G. O'Flynn 8 J. Murphy 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 M. O'Connor 12 D. O'Reilly 13 V. Mulcahy 14 A. O'Shea 15 A. Murphy Subs used Rena Buckley for C. Walsh C. O'Sullivan for D. O'Reilly Rhona Buckley for A. Murphy R. O'Sullivan for A. O'Shea S. O'Reilly for N. Cleary Manager E. Ryan

v t e Cork - 2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Champions (5th title)
1 E. Harte 2 Rena Buckley 3 A. Walsh 4 G. O'Flynn 5 C. O'Sullivan 6 B. Stack 7 B. Corkery 8 J. Murphy 9 N. Kelly 10 N. Cleary 11 D. O'Reilly 12 A. O'Shea 13 M. O'Connor (c) 14 V. Mulcahy 15 Rhona Buckley Subs used L. McMahon for A. O'Shea L. Barrett for Rhona Buckley M. Kelly for M. O'Connor Manager E. Ryan