Jenny back to make up for lost time

When she first came onto the panel in 2001 as a shy 17-year-old, the county had scarcely been in better shape.

Established players like Fiona O’Driscoll, Mary O’Connor and Linda Mellerick provided the spine of the side and between 2002 and 2007, they reached every senior camogie decider, losing as many as winning. O’Leary bagged four All Stars, a teaching degree from UL and a hat-trick of Ashbourne Cups in that glittering spell.

But times have changed. O’Leary hasn’t featured at Croke Park in mid-September for five years, and the county have been overtaken by Wexford as camogie’s pacesetters.