Noëlle Healy
Personal information
Irish name Nollaig Nic Éilidhe
Sport Ladies' Football
Position Forward
Born c. 1991 (age 31–32)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Occupation Doctor
Club(s)
Years Club
2000–2019
2009–2015
2019–
 St Brigid's
→ UCD
Mourneabbey
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2007–2021
 Dublin
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 5
All Stars 4

Dr. Noëlle Healy[1][2] is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer. She was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010, 2017, 2018 , 2019 and 2020. She captained Dublin in the 2016 final and was named Player of the Match following the 2017 final. In 2017 she was also named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year. She was the first Dublin player to win the award. She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League and in the same year collected her fourth All Star award.

Early years, family and education

Healy was born in Belgium but is from Castleknock. She was educated at Loreto College on St Stephen's Green[3][4] and represented the school at basketball.[5] She made her first trip to Croke Park in 2002, when her father brought her to see the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.[6] Between 2009 and 2015 she attended University College Dublin on a sports scholarship and studied medicine.[3][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Career

In 2015, Healy qualified as a doctor.[3] She specialises in anaesthesia.[13] She has trained and worked at various Dublin hospitals including St. Vincent's University Hospital,[7] the Mater,[3][13] Beaumont Hospital[11][13][14] and Holles Street Hospital.[10] On 24 December 2018, while working at Connolly Hospital, Healy responded on Twitter to a comment earlier made by the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar. Varadkar had suggested that nurses, doctors and healthcare workers in emergency departments should not take holidays during the Christmas/New Year period. Healy tweeted "Three 24 hour shifts in 6 days and 2 in the last three. It cool if I take a day or two off to celebrate Christmas with my fam".[2][15][16][17][18] In 2019 Healy began working at Cork University Hospital.[19]


Playing career

Clubs

St Brigid's

Healy began playing Gaelic football when she was nine. She initially played informally on the green in front of her house before asking her mother to take to her local GAA club, St Brigid's.[3][20] Between 2015 and 2018, Healy played in three Dublin Ladies' Senior Football Championship finals for St Brigid's.[21][22][23]

Season Championship Place Opponent Goal/Points
12015[21]DublinRunner upFoxrock–Cabinteely0–0
22016[22]DublinRunner upFoxrock–Cabinteely0–0
32018[23]DublinRunner upFoxrock–Cabinteely?
UCD

Between 2009 and 2015, while attending University College Dublin on a sports scholarship, Healy also played for UCD GAA in the O'Connor Cup.[8][24][25]

Mourneabbey

In March 2019, after her job as a doctor saw her transfer to Cork University Hospital, Healy switched from St Brigid's to Mourneabbey.[26][27][19][28]

Inter-county

Together with Niamh McEvoy, Sinéad Goldrick and Hannah Tyrrell, Healy was part of a generation of Dublin ladies' footballers who won All-Ireland titles at under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels before playing for the senior team. Healy began playing for the senior team in 2007 at the age of 16.[12][29][30][31][32] She was a member of the Dublin team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final.[33] Heally was a regular in the Dublin team during the 2010s, finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up in 2014, 2015 and 2016.[9][32][34][35] She captained Dublin in the 2016 final.[36] She was subsequently a member of the Dublin teams that won the 2017,[6][37][38] 2018,[39][40] and 2019 All-Ireland finals.[41][42] In 2017, after she was named Player of the Match in the 2017 final, she was also named the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year. She was the first Dublin player to win the award.[43][44] She was also a member of the Dublin team that won the 2018 Ladies' National Football League.[45][46] In 2018 Healy collected her fourth All Star award.[43][44][47]

All-Ireland Finals Place Opponent Goal/Points
12004 Under-14[29]WinnersMayo0–1
22006 Under-16[30]WinnersCork1–1
32008 Under-18[31]WinnersTyrone2–3
42010 Senior[33][48]WinnersTyrone0–0
52014 Senior[49]Runner upCork0–2
62015 Senior[50]Runner upCork0–0
72016 Senior[51]Runner upCork0–1
82017 Senior[6][37][38]WinnersMayo0–0
92018 Senior[39][40]WinnersCork0–0
102019 Senior[41][42]WinnersGalway0–1

Honours

Dublin
St Brigid's
Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Noëlle Healy". twitter.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 ""For somebody who worked in the industry himself, I don't think it was fair" - Healy on Varadkar's comments". www.sportsjoe.ie. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "'Working long hours as a doctor, means I've to be strict with my diet' - Dublin GAA star Noelle Healy". www.independent.ie. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Loreto Past Pupils Play in All Ireland Ladies Football Junior and Senior Finals". www.loretothegreen.ie. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mount Temple v Loretto Stephen's Green - U16B Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 14 March 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Player Watch: Inside the devastating All-Ireland final performance of Noelle Healy". www.the42.ie. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Noelle Healy". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  8. 1 2 "UCD Sports Scholarship Reception". www.sportsfile.com. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. 1 2 "The hectic lifestyle of an anaesthetist aiming to numb Dublin's All-Ireland pain". www.the42.ie. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  10. 1 2 "From the frontline of the operating theatre to the forefront of Dublin's bid for seven in-a-row". www.the42.ie. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. 1 2 "All-Ireland Delight for UCD Medicine Connections". www.ucd.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Women In Sport: Dublin's Noelle Healy". www.her.ie. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  13. 1 2 3 "Preparation is key for Healy". www.gaa.ie. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "This much I know: Noelle Healy, footballer". www.irishexaminer.com. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Everyone should read Noelle Healy's response to Varadkar's recent HSE comments". www.her.ie. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "No regrets for Dublin star Noelle Healy over Varadkar tweet". www.irishexaminer.com. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  17. ↑ "'It hit the complete wrong tone': Noelle Healy on Varadkar's holiday comments". www.irishtimes.com. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "Dublin star Noelle Healy hits out at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for medical staff comments". www.irishmirror.ie. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  19. 1 2 "'I'm sure Noelle would be up at the top of a transfer market' - All-Ireland club champions welcome Dublin star Healy". www.rte.ie. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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  25. ↑ "O'Connor Cup finals weekend awaits after late heroics". www.thecollegeview.com. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  26. ↑ "Dublin star Healy applies for transfer to Cork's All-Ireland club champions Mourneabbey". www.the42.ie. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  27. ↑ "Transfer of Dublin star approved to Cork All-Ireland club champions after vote last night". www.the42.ie. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  28. ↑ "Dublin GAA star Noelle Healy on joining a new club in Cork". www.sportsjoe.ie. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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  31. 1 2 "Dublin Minors - All Ireland Champions 2008". dublinladiesgaelic.ie. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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  33. 1 2 "TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship final". ladiesgaelic.ie. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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  35. ↑ "Ladies Captain Noelle Healy Stars in AIG's Latest Epic Promo". www.dublingaa.ie. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  36. ↑ "Cork v Dublin - TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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  44. 1 2 "Noelle Healy named TG4 Player of the Year". www.gaa.ie. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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  46. ↑ "Aherne the star turn as Dublin blitz Mayo to secure first league crown". www.the42.ie. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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