Liz Neary (born 1951 in Kilkenny, Ireland) is a retired Irish sportsperson.
She played camogie at various times with her local clubs St. Paul's and Austin Stacks and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1987.
By the time the club disbanded in the early 1990s, she had already collected twenty county titles.
Downey later joined the Austin Stacks club in Dublin and went on to win another county medal.
Kilkenny won by 3-3 to 1-5 and Neary captured her first All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medal.
In 1977, Neary was a key player in Kilkenny’s quest for back-to-back All-Ireland titles.
That year Kilkenny met Cork in the championship decider, with both sides ended with 3-9 apiece.
The replay was more conclusive, with Kilkenny winning that game by 1-9 to 0-7 and Neary collecting a fourth All-Ireland medal.
Dublin provided the opposition in the final which ended with a 0-13 to 1-5 victory for Kilkenny, and earning her a fifth All-Ireland medal.
It was an historic occasion as Downey's side were hoping to capture a third All-Ireland title in-a-row, something that Kilkenny had never achieved.
Neary also lined out with Leinster in the Gael Linn sponsored inter-provincial camogie championship.
In 2004, she was named in the right corner-back position on a special team picked to celebrate the centenary of the Camogie Association of Ireland.