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.
[6] Between 2005 and 2009 she attended University College Dublin where she gained a BSc in Physiotherapy and Performance Science.
[10] At club level Buckley plays ladies' Gaelic football for Donoughmore and camogie for Inniscarra.
[11][12][13] 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.
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.
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.
[4][20][25][26][27][33][34] 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.
[6][7][8][36] In May 2021, Buckley married her longtime partner, the Freemount GAA player, Páidí Collins.