Sixty seconds with Briege Corkery

Schools: Rusheen National School (between Coachford and Macroom) and St Mary's Secondary school in Macroom.

Sport: Gaelic football with St Vals and camogie with Cloughduv.

Other school sports: I tried a bit of soccer, but I was really bad at it - sliding everywhere was my speciality, and catching the ball in the air! I tried a bit of basketball too but got sent off too many times for playing Gaelic football rules!

Who got you started? I suppose I was just into sport through my family - I had no other choice but to go to my eight brothers and sisters' hurling and football games. Then Gerard Coakley, my national school teacher, really started my career off through camogie when I was in senior infants.

The Best of Days: Winning the Sciath na Scoil final in 1998 - I was vice-captain.

The Worst of Days: Losing the Sciath na Scoil final in 1995 when my sister Katherine was captain. She was in sixth class and I was in first - I scored a goal in the semi-final by running through a big girl's legs!

Most inspiring sporting memory: My very first All-Ireland finals in 2005 were amazing, but it's very hard to beat my club moments, especially winning the under-16 county championship as captain - it had been the only time I captained my club, so it is a savage honour.

I wished I was: I always wanted to be a Roy Keane or a Diarmuid O'Sullivan. They played with such heart and put their legs, head, every bit of their bodies, where most people wouldn't put their hurley!

If I could turn back time: Well, to be fair, I wouldn't change anything. I have won everything I could possibly win in the sports I love, without going overboard and missing out on other things - like meeting up with friends and going out. So far, so good, I have them balanced quite nicely!

The value of school sport to you: I love all the memories I have from playing sport in school. More than anything it's about the friends you make, and I have made some amazing friendships - and that's exactly what amateur sport should be about and how it should be taken. It stands to you, too, in later years, when you're working with other people, a background in sport helps you become a team person and gives you leadership skills.

Most Admired: Tyrone's Seán Cavanagh is an absolutely amazing player, he could win player of the year every year. Not alone does he score but he also does a lot of donkey work which he wouldn't get praised for. He reminds me of Norita Kelly on our Cork team - again, she does work people don't seem to see. She's a legend, up there with Seán Cavanagh!

Not Too Keen: The GAA boys are class players, but I hate the way they dive on the ground, roaring and bawling and nothing wrong with them. A bit of that magic water and they're flying! That just drives me mad. They're supposed to be men, they should play like men and just get up and get on with it, stop this sneaky carry-on trying to get their opponents sent off or yellow carded. I think Tyrone and Kerry are the worst two teams for it. That's another reason I admire Seán Cavanagh, he hasn't fallen to that level.

One sporting wish: Just to keep playing while I'm enjoying it really, and then maybe train a team when I get time. I can't wait to do more travelling, other than that I just want to live a simple happy life.

• The 21-year-old from Cork, the 2006 Sportswoman of the Year, won her third All-Ireland camogie medal in September (and was named player of the match in the final) and her fourth Gaelic football medal when her county completed a four-in-a-row.