1. Cora Staunton was born on 13 December 1981 and is an Irish sportswoman.
18 Facts About Cora Staunton
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Cora Staunton has been an All Star on eleven occasions.
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Cora Staunton has played for the Ireland women's international rules football team.
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In 2018, Cora Staunton released her autobiography called Game Changer; it was named as the 2018 Bord Gais Energy Sports Book of the Year.
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Cora Staunton's father was a farmer and her mother worked in the catering department of a local hospital.
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Cora Staunton has four brothers and three sisters and is the second youngest amongst her siblings.
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Cora Staunton died on 11 July 1998 when Staunton was 16.
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Cora Staunton began playing Gaelic football at the age of seven in her local school in Carnacon.
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Cora Staunton later played with boys' teams in nearby Ballinrobe.
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Cora Staunton made her debut at senior level for the Mayo county ladies' football team in 1995 aged just 13.
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Cora Staunton made her first appearance in an All-Ireland final in 1999.
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Cora Staunton made her second All-Ireland appearance in 2000, scoring 2:2 as Mayo defeated Waterford.
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Cora Staunton has won six All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championships with her club, Carnacon.
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Cora Staunton was a member of the Ireland women's international rules football team that played against Australia in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.
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In September 2013 Cora Staunton made her rugby union debut for Castlebar Ladies in a Connacht Women's League game against Tuam.
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Cora Staunton went onto captain Castlebar to the league title.
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Cora Staunton was drafted by the Giants in the 2017 AFL Women's draft and was the first international player to be signed to an AFL Women's list.
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In 2018 Cora Staunton returned to Ireland to play for Mayo county during which time she was selected in the Ireland Banshees squad for the Euro Cup 9-a-side Australian rules tournament at Cork.