She was a great admirer of Kevin Heffernan and often received coaching advice from him before she played in big games.
She enjoyed much success with Celtic, winning ten Dublin county camogie championship titles in all.
With Dublin struggling with ten minutes left in the game, O’Connor was brought on and showed her talent once again by scoring the winning goal.
This victory began an amazing run of success that by 1966 saw O’Connor win ten All-Ireland medals in a row.
In 2004 O’Connor was named in the wing-forward position on a special team picked to celebrate the centenary of Cumann Camogaíochta na nGael.