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| Native name | Siobhán Ní Shaolaigh (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 39–40) County Galway, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Camogie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susan Eaner (born 1985 or 1986)1 is an Irish camogie player who played with the Galway senior inter-county team. She won a Camogie All Stars Award in 2011 and an All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medal with Galway in 2013.2 She became the first female manager of the Offaly senior camogie team.3
Early life and education
Susan Earner was born in Clonfert, County Galway. She attended St Rynagh's Community College in nearby Banagher, County Offaly and captaining the school team to the 2004 All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship. She later attended NUI Galway. She qualified as a secondary school teacher and, as of 2010, was working as a French teacher at a secondary school in County Meath.4
Sporting career
At underage levels, Earner won an All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship (U16) medal in 2000, a junior medal in 2003, and an All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship medal in 2004. She also holds an All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship (schools) medal.5
Earner made her debut for the senior Galway camogie team in 2005.6 Playing as a goalkeeper,1 she had a "lengthy career with Galway",1 and was a member of the senior squad during the 2010,7 2011,8 and 2013 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship competitions.39 She won Camogie All Star Awards in 2011 and 2013.1011
After retiring as a player, she won the women's All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship title in 2017,1 and again in 2018.12
She subsequently became the first female manager of the Offaly senior camogie team.63 Earner retired from that role in 2022.2
References
References
- "Susan earns Poc Fada title". camogie.ie. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Offaly camogie searching for new manager as Earner steps down". Offaly Express. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Susan Earner: 'A lot of players are wondering what minimum contact really means'". Irish Examiner. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
Susan Earner [..] became the first female manager of the Offaly senior camogie team. Her appointment makes her the only female boss in the top division. An All-Ireland senior winner with Galway in 2013, the former goalkeeper is looking forward to the challenge
- "Galway camogie player Susan Earner". camogietv – via YouTube.
- Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin: An Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- "Former Galway star Earner is relishing life in Offaly job". Connacht Tribune. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Wexford jumping for joy". Irish Examiner. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Camogie: Model beat Tribe to retain senior title". hoganstand.com. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Earner out to atone for 'absolute nightmare'". Irish Independent. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Finalists dominate Camogie All Stars". rte.ie. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Galway lead the way at Camogie All Stars awards". rte.ie. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- "Fionán Mackessy retains Poc Fada title as Kerry's successful run goes on". Irish Times. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
Galway's Susan Earner, who was winner in 2017 and 2018, finished second [in 2024]