Nollaig Cleary

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

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