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11 Sept 2025
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Carmel Kelly (Best Sports Girl)
The winner in 1980 was Carmel Kelly, then a student at Loreto Convent Letterkenny. Carmel set a new Donegal High Jump record of 1.61m that year and she also enjoyed long jump and shot putt success at county and national level. She was an Irish schools and club medalist in High Jump, Long jump and Shot putt. And there is no surprise that with that versatility Carmel Kelly was a National Heptathlon champion. Now Carmel Cruise she resides in Foxford, Co Mayo where she is a secondary school PE teacher St Colman’s College, Claremorris and had the honour of being crowned Mary from Dungloe in 1989. As a schoolgirl she was also selected for the Tailtean Games and Bells International in Edinburgh.
PJ Kelly, on behalf of Carmel Kelly, received the Best Sports Girls award in 1980
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