Annette Clarke


Annette Clarke is an Irish sportswoman. She played ladies' Gaelic football with her local club, Kilkerrin-Clonberne, and with Galway.

Sporting career

Clarke won the All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship with Galway in 2002, and captained Galway to the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2004.
She suffered a near-career-ending injury in 2010 and was dropped from the Galway squad in 2012. Clarke however returned to the Galway squad, winning a second All Star in 2013 and captaining her club to a Connacht Ladies Senior Club Football Championship in 2014. She retired in 2016.
She appeared on an episode of Laochra Gael on 17 April 2016.

Personal life

Annette Clarke is a member of Garda Síochána, the Irish police. She is married to Kieran Collins.