{{short description|Cork dual Gaelic football/camogie player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | image = | name = Rena Buckley | irish = Ríona Ní Bhuachalla | nickname = | occupation = Physiotherapist | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2019|05|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30923214.html | publisher = Irish Examiner | website = irishexaminer.com | title = GAA star Rena Buckley on work, love and levelling the playing pitch for women | date = 10 May 2019 | accessdate = 20 September 2022 }}</ref> | birth_place = County Cork, Ireland | height = | sport = Ladies' Gaelic football<br />Camogie | county = Cork | province = Munster | club = Inniscarra<br />Donoughmore<br />UCD | clyears = <br /><br />2005–2009 | clposition = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = | clprovince = | clallireland = | counties = Cork ('''F''')<br />Cork ('''C''') | code = Ladies' Football | icyears = 2003–2017<br />2004–2018 | icposition = Back/Midfield | icapps(points) = | icprovince = | icallireland = 18 | nfl = | allstars = 11 | clupdate = | icupdate = }}
'''Rena Buckley''' is an Irish sportswoman who played at senior level for both the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team. She has also represented Munster in the Gael Linn Cup and Ireland at international rules. Between 2005 and 2017 she won 18 All-Ireland winners medals - the most All-Ireland senior medals any one person has ever won - making her one of the most decorated sportspeople in Gaelic games. In 2012 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and in 2017 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. She was the first player to captain Cork to both All-Ireland senior championships.<ref name="irishexaminer120917">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/multi-talented-mary-geaney-made-her-own-all-ireland-history-458816.html|title=Multi-talented Mary Geaney made her own All-Ireland history|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=2 September 2019|date=12 September 2017}}</ref> She was also named as an All Star on eleven occasions. In 2015 Buckley and her team mate and fellow dual player, Briege Corkery, were named joint winners of the 2015 ''The Irish Times''/ Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year Award.
==Early years, family and education== Rena Buckley is the daughter of Tim and Ellen Buckley.<ref name="sportsfile130118">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1801085/5000/#11|title=Tribute Event for Rena Buckley Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 January 2018}}</ref> Her hometown is Berrings, Inniscarra.<ref name="ucd130917">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2017/sep/13/18all-irelandtitlesucdstudentisnowgaasmostsuccessfulstar/|title=18 All-Ireland titles - UCD student is now GAA's most successful star|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="independent200518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/i-want-the-chance-to-give-more-of-my-time-to-the-people-in-my-life-18time-allireland-winner-rena-buckley-retires-36910226.html|title='I want the chance to give more of my time to the people in my life' - 18-time All-Ireland winner Rena Buckley retires|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=20 May 2018}}</ref> Between 1999 and 2005 she attended St. Aloysius School in Cork.<ref name="linkedinbuckley">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rena-buckley-b31a3371/|title=Rena Buckley|publisher=www.linkedin.com|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2009 she attended University College Dublin where she gained a BSc in Physiotherapy and Performance Science. In 2017–18 she returned to UCD and completed a MSc in Sports Physiotherapy.<ref name="ucd130917">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2017/sep/13/18all-irelandtitlesucdstudentisnowgaasmostsuccessfulstar/|title=18 All-Ireland titles - UCD student is now GAA's most successful star|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="independent200518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/i-want-the-chance-to-give-more-of-my-time-to-the-people-in-my-life-18time-allireland-winner-rena-buckley-retires-36910226.html|title='I want the chance to give more of my time to the people in my life' - 18-time All-Ireland winner Rena Buckley retires|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=20 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="ucd2015">{{cite web|url=https://alumni.ucd.ie/awards/awardee/rena-buckley/|title=Rena Buckley – UCD Physiotherapy Alumni Award Winner 2015|publisher=alumni.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=2 October 2005}}</ref><ref name="physio1">{{cite web|url=http://renabuckleyphysio.ie/|title=Rena Buckley Physiotherapy|publisher=renabuckleyphysio.ie|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University College Cork.<ref name="ucc070619">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/ucc-recognises-outstanding-leaders-.html|title=UCC recognises outstanding leaders|publisher=www.ucc.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=7 June 2019}}</ref> In 2015, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award for Physiotherapy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RENA BUCKLEY |url=https://alumni.ucd.ie/awards/awardee/rena-buckley/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=UCD Alumni Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Playing career==
===Clubs=== At club level Buckley plays ladies' Gaelic football for Donoughmore and camogie for Inniscarra.<ref name="independent280518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/comment-rena-buckley-helped-change-attitudes-to-womens-sport-during-a-wonderful-astounding-career-36953291.html|title=Comment: Rena Buckley helped change attitudes to women's sport during a wonderful, astounding career|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=14 September 2019|date=28 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer100519">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/healthandlife/gaa-star-rena-buckley-on-work-love-and-levelling-the-playing-pitch-for-women-923214.html|title=GAA star Rena Buckley on work, love and levelling the playing pitch for women|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=10 September 2019|date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="sportschronicle230818">{{cite web|url=https://www.thesportschronicle.com/gaa/rena-buckley-cork-camogie-football/|title=We Had Forgotten How To Lose|publisher=www.thesportschronicle.com|access-date=10 September 2019|date=23 August 2018}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2009, while attending University College Dublin, she also played camogie and ladies football for UCD GAA and featured in four successive Ashbourne Cup finals, finishing on winning teams in 2007 and 2008.<ref name="independent270206">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/oleary-fires-ul-to-third-title-26401667.html|title=O'Leary fires UL to third title|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=16 September 2019|date=27 February 2006}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes190207">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/ucd-claim-title-for-first-time-in-19-years-1.1196100|title=UCD claim title for first time in 19 years|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=14 September 2019|date=19 February 2007}}</ref><ref name="hoganstand200207">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/county/dublin/article/index/73028|title=Ashbourne Cup champions UCD take six College All-Star awards|publisher=www.hoganstand.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=20 February 2007}}</ref><ref name="hoganstand240208">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/90023|title=UCD capture historic back-to-back titles|publisher=www.hoganstand.com|access-date=14 September 2019|date=24 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile240208">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/P0802066/|title=2008 Ashbourne Cup Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=14 September 2019|date=24 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes230209">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/wit-bridge-eight-year-gap-1.707603|title=WIT bridge eight-year gap|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 September 2019|date=23 February 2009}}</ref> She was part of an O'Connor Cup winning team in 2006.
===Inter-county=== ====Ladies' Gaelic football==== Between 2003 and 2017 Buckley played for the Cork county ladies' football team. Together with Valerie Mulcahy, Juliet Murphy and Briege Corkery she was a member of the Cork team that won eleven All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championships between 2005 and 2016.<ref name="independent280518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/comment-rena-buckley-helped-change-attitudes-to-womens-sport-during-a-wonderful-astounding-career-36953291.html|title=Comment: Rena Buckley helped change attitudes to women's sport during a wonderful, astounding career|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=14 September 2019|date=28 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="sportschronicle230818">{{cite web|url=https://www.thesportschronicle.com/gaa/rena-buckley-cork-camogie-football/|title=We Had Forgotten How To Lose|publisher=www.thesportschronicle.com|access-date=10 September 2019|date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cork-s-rena-buckley-announces-inter-county-retirement-1.3503360|title=Cork's Rena Buckley announces inter-county retirement|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 June 2018|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer060617">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/rena-buckley-there-wasnt-enough-time-in-the-day-451812.html|title=Rena Buckley: 'There wasn't enough time in the day'|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=6 June 2017}}</ref> In 2010 Buckley captained Cork when they won the Ladies' National Football League title <ref name="sportsfile080510">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/10050059/#3|title=Cork v Galway - Bord Gais Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=5 September 2019|date=8 May 2010}}</ref> and in 2012 she was captain when they won the All-Ireland title.<ref name="sportsfile071012">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1210048/|title=Cork v Kerry - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=7 April 2018|date=7 October 2012}}</ref> In the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final she was named Player of the Match.<ref name="rte250916">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0925/819098-cork-v-dublin/|title=Drama as Cork edge out Dublin to seal six-in-a-row|publisher=www.rte.ie|date=25 September 2016|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> In 2017 she retired from the Cork senior ladies' football team.<ref name="irishexaminer060617">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/rena-buckley-there-wasnt-enough-time-in-the-day-451812.html|title=Rena Buckley: 'There wasn't enough time in the day'|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
====Camogie==== Between 2004 and 2018 Buckley played for the Cork county camogie team. Together with Gemma O'Connor, Anna Geary, Ashling Thompson and Briege Corkery she was a member of the Cork team that won seven All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships between 2005 and 2017. <ref name="independent280518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/comment-rena-buckley-helped-change-attitudes-to-womens-sport-during-a-wonderful-astounding-career-36953291.html|title=Comment: Rena Buckley helped change attitudes to women's sport during a wonderful, astounding career|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=14 September 2019|date=28 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cork-s-rena-buckley-announces-inter-county-retirement-1.3503360|title=Cork's Rena Buckley announces inter-county retirement|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 June 2018|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer060617">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/rena-buckley-there-wasnt-enough-time-in-the-day-451812.html|title=Rena Buckley: 'There wasn't enough time in the day'|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=6 June 2017}}</ref> She captained Cork when they won the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final.<ref name="ucd130917">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2017/sep/13/18all-irelandtitlesucdstudentisnowgaasmostsuccessfulstar/|title=18 All-Ireland titles - UCD student is now GAA's most successful star|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="42ie100917">{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-18-all-ireland-medals-3591351-Sep2017/|title=Rena Buckley makes GAA history with an incredible 18 All-Ireland medals|date=10 September 2017|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="independent310318">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/buckley-award-to-mark-18th-allireland-medal-36754408.html|title=Buckley award to mark 18th All-Ireland medal|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes121017">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rena-buckley-and-sinead-aherne-joint-winners-of-sportswoman-award-1.3252657|title=Rena Buckley and Sinead Aherne joint winners of sportswoman award|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=2 September 2019|date=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="rte100917">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0910/903690-murray/|title=Murray hails Cork's cool heads after last-gasp win|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="42ie110917">{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-final-speech-3592437-Sep2017/|title='I wouldn't go back on my word': Buckley's childhood pledge to make her acceptance speech in Irish|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=11 September 2017}}</ref> In 2018 Buckley announced she was retiring from the Cork senior camogie team.<ref name="rte210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0521/965045-rena-buckley-calls-time-on-stunning-cork-career/|title=Rena Buckley calls time on stunning Cork career|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=10 September 2019|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="balls210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/gaa/rena-buckley-tributes-389448|title=Tributes Pour In For The Retirement Of Gaelic Games' Most Successful Player|publisher=www.balls.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="merrionstreet210518">{{cite web|url=https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Ministers_Ross_and_Griffin_congratulate_Cork_dual_player_Rena_Buckley_on_her_sporting_career.html|title=Ministers Ross and Griffin congratulate Cork dual player Rena Buckley on her sporting career|publisher=merrionstreet.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=21 May 2018}}</ref>
====All-Ireland Finals==== Between 2005 and 2017, while playing for the Cork county ladies' football team and the Cork county camogie team, Buckley won 18 All-Ireland winners medals, making her one of the most decorated sportspeople in Gaelic games. In 2012 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and in 2017 she captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. She was the first player to captain Cork to both All-Ireland championships and, after Mary Geaney, she became only the second player to captain a team to both All-Ireland championships. On six occasions she helped Cork win the Double, after they won both All-Ireland championships in the same year. In total she played in 22 All-Ireland finals. On four occasions she finished as a runner-up, all with the Cork senior camogie team. In 2015 Buckley and her team mate and fellow dual player, Briege Corkery, both broke the record for most individual All-Ireland medals, overtaking the 15 won by the Dublin camogie player, Kathleen Mills.<ref name="ucd130917">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2017/sep/13/18all-irelandtitlesucdstudentisnowgaasmostsuccessfulstar/|title=18 All-Ireland titles - UCD student is now GAA's most successful star|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cork-s-rena-buckley-announces-inter-county-retirement-1.3503360|title=Cork's Rena Buckley announces inter-county retirement|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 June 2018|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="42ie100917">{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-18-all-ireland-medals-3591351-Sep2017/|title=Rena Buckley makes GAA history with an incredible 18 All-Ireland medals|date=10 September 2017|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="independent310318">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/buckley-award-to-mark-18th-allireland-medal-36754408.html|title=Buckley award to mark 18th All-Ireland medal|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes121017">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rena-buckley-and-sinead-aherne-joint-winners-of-sportswoman-award-1.3252657|title=Rena Buckley and Sinead Aherne joint winners of sportswoman award|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=2 September 2019|date=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="independent151018">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/watch-cork-legend-rena-buckley-share-outrageous-story-of-being-asked-to-present-medals-but-only-to-girls-37420375.html|title=Cork legend Rena Buckley share outrageous story of being asked to present medals... but only to girls|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=10 September 2019|date=15 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="42ie151018">{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-medals-cork-20x20-gaa-ladies-football-camogie-4287729-Oct2018/|title='We're sorry, but the GAA team actually don't want you to present the boys with the medals'|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=10 September 2019|date=15 October 2018}}</ref> In December 2015 Buckley and Corkery were named joint winners of the 2015 ''The Irish Times''/ Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year Award in recognition of there achievement.<ref name="irishtimes210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cork-s-rena-buckley-announces-inter-county-retirement-1.3503360|title=Cork's Rena Buckley announces inter-county retirement|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 June 2018|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes181215">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/rena-buckley-and-briege-corkery-the-first-among-equals-1.2471669|title=Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery the first among equals|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=17 September 2019|date=18 December 2015}}</ref>
{{legend2|#EAC117|Cork won the Double, winning both All-Ireland championships in the same year.|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! ! Final ! Place ! Opponent |- |1||2004 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishtimes210518">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/cork-s-rena-buckley-announces-inter-county-retirement-1.3503360|title=Cork's Rena Buckley announces inter-county retirement|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=16 June 2018|date=21 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="42ie161217">{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-interview-december-2017-3743896-Dec2017/|title='I've gotten a good bit of attention, which wouldn't really be what I'd look for'|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=16 December 2017}}</ref>||Runners Up||Tipperary |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |2||2005 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="ucd021005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/news/oct05/physiostud.htm|title=UCD physio student helps Cork claim victory twice|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=2 October 2005}}</ref>||Winners||Tipperary |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |3||2005 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="ucd021005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucd.ie/news/oct05/physiostud.htm|title=UCD physio student helps Cork claim victory twice|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=2 October 2005}}</ref><ref name="ladiesgaelic031005">{{cite web|url=http://ladiesgaelic.ie/news/mulcahy-shoots-the-rebels-to-historic-title-treble/|title=Mulcahy shoots the rebels to historic title treble|publisher=ladiesgaelic.ie|date=3 October 2005|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Galway |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |4||2006 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishexaminer110906">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2006/0911/sport/powerful-cork-put-up-the-shutters-13008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101042046/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2006/0911/sport/powerful-cork-put-up-the-shutters-13008.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2014|title=Powerful Cork put up the shutters|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=18 September 2019|date=11 September 2006}}</ref>||Winners||Tipperary |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |5||2006 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="irishexaminer021006">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/match-reports/cork-belles-dig-deep-to-ring-up-double-14734.html|title=Cork belles dig deep to ring up double|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|date=2 October 2006|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Armagh |- |6||2007 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="independent100907">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wexfords-day-of-glory-26316808.html|title=Wexford's day of glory|publisher=www.independent.ie|date=10 September 2007|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>||Runners Up||Wexford |- |7||2007 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="ladiesgaelic260907">{{cite web|url=http://ladiesgaelic.ie/news/mayo-v-cork-all-ireland-final-report/|title=Mayo v Cork All-Ireland Final Report|publisher=ladiesgaelic.ie|date=26 September 2007|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Mayo |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |8||2008 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishexaminer150908">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-10072331.html|title=Murray seals Cork's No 1 spot|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=18 September 2019|date=15 September 2008}}</ref>||Winners||Galway |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |9||2008 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="rte280908">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/ladies-football/2008/0928/238807-cork_monaghan/|title=Cork 4-13 Monaghan 0-11|publisher=www.rte.ie|date=28 September 2008|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Monaghan |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |10||2009 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishexaminer140909">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-10100856.html|title=Classy Cork crush Cats|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=18 September 2019|date=14 September 2009}}</ref>||Winners||Kilkenny |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |11||2009 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="irishtimes280909">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cork-s-craft-and-guile-gets-them-over-the-line-at-croke-park-1.746560|title=Cork's craft and guile gets them over the line at Croke Park|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|date=28 September 2009|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Dublin |- |12||2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="independent260911">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/its-joy-of-six-for-cork-girls-26775494.html|title=It's joy of six for Cork girls|publisher=www.independent.ie|date=26 September 2011|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Monaghan |- |13||2012 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishtimes170912">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/jacob-takes-the-biscuit-as-wexford-come-through-in-the-crunch-1.532348|title=Jacob takes the biscuit as Wexford come through in the crunch|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|date=17 September 2012|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>||Runners Up||Wexford |- |14||2012 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="sportsfile071012">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1210048/|title=Cork v Kerry - TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=7 April 2018|date=7 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="munster071012">{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/2012/10/07/tg4-all-ireland-ladies-sfc-final-cork-v-kerry/|title=TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC Final – Cork 0-16 Kerry 0-7|publisher=munster.gaa.ie|access-date=7 April 2018|date=7 October 2012}}</ref>||Winners||Kerry |- |15||2013 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="munster290913">{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/2013/09/29/tg4-all-ireland-ladies-football-senior-championship-final-cork-v-monaghan/|title=TG4 All Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final – Cork 1-10 Monaghan 1-9|publisher=munster.gaa.ie|access-date=7 October 2013|date=29 September 2013}}</ref>||Winners||Monaghan |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |16||2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="irishtimes140914">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/cork-come-good-when-it-matters-1.1928596|title=Cork come good when it matters|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|date=14 September 2014|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>||Winners||Kilkenny |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |17||2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="munster280914">{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/2014/09/28/tg4-all-ireland-ladies-football-senior-championship-final-cork-v-dublin/|title=All Ireland Ladies Football Senior Final – Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-12|publisher=munster.gaa.ie|date=28 September 2014|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Dublin |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |18||2015 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="42ie140915">{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/live-senior-camogie-final-cork-galway-2328311-Sep2015/|title=As it happened: Cork v Galway, All-Ireland senior camogie final|date=14 September 2015|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>||Winners||Galway |- bgcolor=#EAC117 |19||2015 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="the42270915">{{cite web|url =http://www.the42.ie/cork-ladies-10th-all-ireland-dublin-2354680-Sep2015/|title=Simply the best! Sensational Cork ladies are All-Ireland champs for 10th time in 11 years|date=27 September 2015|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Dublin |- |20||2016 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="munster110916">{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/event/all-ireland-senior-camogie-championship-final/|title=All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final – Kilkenny 1-13 Cork 1-9|publisher=munster.gaa.ie|date=11 September 2016|access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>||Runners Up||Kilkenny |- |21||2016 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final<ref name="rte250916">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/0925/819098-cork-v-dublin/|title=Drama as Cork edge out Dublin to seal six-in-a-row|publisher=www.rte.ie|date=25 September 2016|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>||Winners||Dublin |- |22||2017 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final<ref name="ucd130917">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2017/sep/13/18all-irelandtitlesucdstudentisnowgaasmostsuccessfulstar/|title=18 All-Ireland titles - UCD student is now GAA's most successful star|publisher=www.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="42ie100917">{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-18-all-ireland-medals-3591351-Sep2017/|title=Rena Buckley makes GAA history with an incredible 18 All-Ireland medals|date=10 September 2017|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="independent310318">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/sport/gaa/buckley-award-to-mark-18th-allireland-medal-36754408.html|title=Buckley award to mark 18th All-Ireland medal|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes121017">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rena-buckley-and-sinead-aherne-joint-winners-of-sportswoman-award-1.3252657|title=Rena Buckley and Sinead Aherne joint winners of sportswoman award|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|access-date=2 September 2019|date=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="rte100917">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0910/903690-murray/|title=Murray hails Cork's cool heads after last-gasp win|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="42ie110917">{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-final-speech-3592437-Sep2017/|title='I wouldn't go back on my word': Buckley's childhood pledge to make her acceptance speech in Irish|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=2 September 2019|date=11 September 2017}}</ref>||Winners||Kilkenny |- |}
===International rules football=== Buckley was a member of the Ireland women's international rules football team that played against Australia in the 2006 Ladies International Rules Series.<ref name=worldfootynews141106>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20061109110343227 |title=Brave Aussie ladies like ewes to the slaughter in Ireland |publisher=www.worldfootynews.com |date=14 November 2006 |access-date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616130039/http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20061109110343227 |archive-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ladiesgaelic261006">{{cite web|url=https://ladiesgaelic.ie/players-launch-first-ever-ladies-international-rules-test-series/|title=Players Launch First Ever Ladies International Rules Test Series|date=26 October 2006|publisher=ladiesgaelic.ie|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Buckley is a member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. In 2013 she became a partner in a physiotherapy centre in Muskerry, County Cork. Since September 2015 she has operated her own clinic in Macroom. Her clinic are the club physiotherapists for several local GAA clubs including Naomh Abán.<ref name="linkedinbuckley">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rena-buckley-b31a3371/|title=Rena Buckley|publisher=www.linkedin.com|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="ucd2015">{{cite web|url=https://alumni.ucd.ie/awards/awardee/rena-buckley/|title=Rena Buckley – UCD Physiotherapy Alumni Award Winner 2015|publisher=alumni.ucd.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=2 October 2005}}</ref><ref name="physio1">{{cite web|url=http://renabuckleyphysio.ie/|title=Rena Buckley Physiotherapy|publisher=renabuckleyphysio.ie|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="42ie161217">{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/rena-buckley-interview-december-2017-3743896-Dec2017/|title='I've gotten a good bit of attention, which wouldn't really be what I'd look for'|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=16 December 2017}}</ref> In May 2021, Buckley married her longtime partner, the Freemount GAA player, Páidí Collins.<ref name="sportsfile130118">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1801085/5000/#11|title=Tribute Event for Rena Buckley Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=11 September 2019|date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="independent200518">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/camogie/i-want-the-chance-to-give-more-of-my-time-to-the-people-in-my-life-18time-allireland-winner-rena-buckley-retires-36910226.html|title='I want the chance to give more of my time to the people in my life' - 18-time All-Ireland winner Rena Buckley retires|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=11 September 2019|date=20 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer100519">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/healthandlife/gaa-star-rena-buckley-on-work-love-and-levelling-the-playing-pitch-for-women-923214.html|title=GAA star Rena Buckley on work, love and levelling the playing pitch for women|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=10 September 2019|date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40301624.html Wedding bells in Berrings as Cork legend Rena Buckley marries Páidí Collins]</ref>
==Honours== ===Ladies' Gaelic football=== ;Cork *'''All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship''' **''Winners'': 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016: '''11''' *'''Ladies' National Football League''' ** 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017: '''11''' *'''RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award''' ** 2014
===Camogie=== ;Cork *'''All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship''' **''Winners'': 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017: '''7''' **''Runners-up'': 2004, 2007, 2012, 2016: '''4''' *'''National Camogie League''' **''Winners'': 2006, 2007, 2012: '''3''' ;UCD *'''Ashbourne Cup''' **''Winners'': 2007, 2008: '''2''' **''Runners-up'': 2006, 2009: '''2'''
===Individual=== *'''''The Irish Times''/ Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year''' ** 2015 *'''Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards''' **''Winner'': 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015: '''6''' *'''Camogie All Stars''' **''Winner'': 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017: '''5'''
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Cork county ladies' football team}} {{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2005}} {{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2006}} {{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2007}} {{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2008}} {{Cork Ladies' Football Team 2009}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Rena}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Cork camogie players Category:Cork inter-county ladies' Gaelic footballers Category:UCD camogie players Category:Dual camogie–football players Category:Ireland women's international rules football team players Category:Winners of four All-Ireland medals (ladies' football) Category:Alumni of University College Dublin Category:People associated with University College Cork Category:Irish physiotherapists Category:Health professionals from County Cork Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen