Tipperary's Ciara Gaynor NAME: Ciara Gaynor DATE OF BIRTH: 23-10-78 HEIGHT: 5' 7" WEIGHT: 10st 7lbs CLUB: Kilruane McDonaghs COUNTY: Tipperary NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Intermediate and 2 All-Ireland Minor with Tipperary; Senior, Junior and 7-a-side All-Irelands with St. Mary's, Nenagh; Junior and Intermediate Championships with Kilruane; Munster Youth Sports Award 1994 (Cork Examiner) TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Too many to mention FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium HOBBIES: Horse riding, dancing, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back or centre forward WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Myself probably MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: It was embarrassing enough at the time, without telling any more people FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Suzanne Kelly, Una Dwyer, Ethne Duggan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My dad Len, my brother Brian THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning Junior and Intermediate Championship with my club Kilruane BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: 1999 League Final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Philly Fogarty, Meadidh Stokes, Lizzy Lyng WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Allowing there to be more physical contact to get rid of silly frees DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: When supporters complain about a player having one bad game and forget about all the hard training put in RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Father Len, brothers Brian and Lenny, sister Sinead, cousins PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: An old man with lots of money and a bad cough or Pierce Brosnan (the cough can come later!) PET HATES: Bad drivers, a bad hurley FAVOURITE MUSIC: Everything from U2 to Radiohead FAVOURITE FILM: Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Take the whole team for a long holiday in the sun for a start, secondly I'd buy Deirdre Hughes a new helmet PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: Dr Evil. Other than him our house is always open IDEAL DATE: Me with our selector Timmy Moloney for a dinner for two in JKC's restaurant in Nenagh HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: People saying 'is she not dead yet' Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 3rd September 1999 Vol 9 No 36 Tweet

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