Retirement
In retirement Downey’s reputation as one of the greatest players of all-time has grown. Her haul of twelve All-Ireland medals is surpassed by only two other all-time greats, Úna O'Connor and Kathleen Mills. In 2004 Downey was named in the left corner-forward position on a special team picked to celebrate the centenary of the Camogie Association of Ireland. Controversially Downey boycotted the presentation in protest at the absence of her twin-sister, Ann, from the team.She is now a distinqueshed teacher at Grennan College in Thomastown Co.Kilkenny
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mary Fennelly (Kilkenny) |
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final winning captain 1977 |
Succeeded by Nancy O’Driscoll (Cork) |
| Preceded by Bridie McGarry (Kilkenny) |
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final winning captain 1988 |
Succeeded by Ann Downey (Kilkenny) |
| Preceded by Breda Holmes (Kilkenny) |
All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final winning captain 1991 |
Succeeded by Sandy Fitzgibbon (Cork) |
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Famous quotes containing the word retirement:
“He who comes into Assemblies only to gratifie his Curiosity, and not to make a Figure, enjoys the Pleasures of Retirement in a[n] ...exquisite Degree.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)
“The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shirking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure, defrauding himself of the experience which alone can make leisure fruitful.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Douglas. Now remains a sweet reversion—
We may boldly spend, upon the hope
Of what is to come in.
A comfort of retirement lives in this.
Hotspur. A rendezvous, a home to fly unto.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)