Ciara Cooney (born 18 January 1988) is an Irish rugby player from Galway.
She plays in the second row for Wasps RFC, Leinster and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.
Cooney's first sport was camogie and she took up rugby, initially with Tullow RFC, while studying at Carlow IT.
[3] To move her rugby up another level Cooney joined West London side Wasps, in England's Premier 15s in the Autumn of 2020, where her teammates include Irish teammates Claire Molloy and Cliodhna Moloney.
in Sport Science from Carlow Institute of Technology and a Masters in Science research from Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology and works as a research assistant, studying medical nutrition, for MET Gateway in Galway.