Nicola Daly

In addition to playing Gaelic football and field hockey, Daly spent many weekends during her youth at Mondello Park watching her father compete.

[10][11] Between 2012 and 2013 she attended the School of Applied Sciences at Cranfield University where she gained an MSc in Motorsport Engineering and Management.

[23] Daly and Meeke were also members the High School team that finished as runners-up in the 2005 Leinster Schoolgirls' Premier League.

[30] On 9 May 2010, together with Hannah Matthews, Nikki Symmons, Lizzie Colvin and Alison Meeke, Daly was a member of the Loreto team that won the Irish Senior Cup.

She subsequently scored the opening goal as Loreto defeated Cork Harlequins 2–1 to win the 2018 EY Champions Trophy.

[8] In March 2015 Daly was a member of the Ireland team that won a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out.

[45][46] On 10 June 2015 she scored an acclaimed solo goal against South Africa in the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.

[3][47][48][49] Daly was a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, defeating the Czech Republic 5–0 in the final.

[50] In January 2017 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won a 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia 3–0 in the final.

[51] Daly represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal.

Daly explained that some of the younger members of the team had said that the excitement and anticipation they experienced during the tournament "felt like Christmas Eve."

[38][78] On 19 August 2018, just two weeks after playing for Ireland in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final, Daly made her debut as a motor racing driver at Mondello Park.