Code: | Camogie |
Province: | Munster |
Elaine Burke | |
Irish: | Eibhlín de Búrca |
Birth Date: | 1981 |
Sport: | Camogie |
Position: | forward |
County: | Cork |
Club: | Valley Rovers Tara Camogie Club London |
Clapps(Points): | ? |
Clposition: | forward |
Icapps(Points): | ? |
Counties: | Cork |
Icposition: | forward |
Clupdate: | (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)) |
Icupdate: | (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)) |
Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
Elaine Burke is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 2005,[1] remember for her catch-cry from the podium: "Rebels abú arís."[2]
She came to prominence at local level when she won the Carrighdoun under-14 camogie tournament competition two years in a row, 1994 and 1995. She won All Ireland senior medals in 2002,[3] 2005 [4] and 2006.[5] She won Ashbourne Cup medals with UCC in 2000[6] and 2002.[7]
She graduated in law and retired when she commenced work with a firm of solicitors in Cork. She moved to London for work and joined Tara Camogie Club 2012, winning Championship and reaching All-Ireland Junior Club semi final. Vice-Captain.