Cora Staunton
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Cora Staunton (born 13 December 1981) is an Irish sportswoman. She is best known as a ladies' Gaelic footballer, winning four All-Irelands and three Ladies' National Football League titles with Mayo. She has also been an All Star on eleven occasions. In addition to playing Gaelic football, Staunton has also played three other football codes at a senior level. In 2006, as an association footballer, she won an FAI Women's Cup winner's medal with the Mayo Ladies' League representative team. In 2013, she began playing rugby union for Castlebar Ladies in the Connacht Women's League. In she 2018 made her Australian rules football debut in the AFLW competition for the Greater Western Sydney Giants, establishing herself by 2022 as one of the league's all-time great goalkickers. She has also played for the Ireland women's international rules football team. Staunton works as a HSE liaison officer, working with women from the Irish Travellers community.[1][2][3][4]
Personal information | |||
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Sport | Ladies' Gaelic football | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Born | (1981-12-13) 13 December 1981 (age 42) | ||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Occupation | HSE Liaison Officer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Carnacon | |||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1995–2018 | Mayo | 66 (59:476) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 4 | ||
All Stars | 11 |
In 2018, Staunton released her autobiography called Game Changer; it was named as the 2018 Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year.[5]