ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS GALWAY lead the way on the shortlist for the 2019 Camogie All-Star award nominations with 14 players included.
Goalkeeper Sarah Healy, captain Sarah Dervan and All-Ireland final Player of the Match Niamh Kilkenny all get the nod on the 45-strong shortlist, along with defenders Heather Cooney, Shauna Healy, Emma Helebert, Tara Kenny and Lorraine Ryan.
Aoife Donohue joins Kilkenny in the midfield category, while goal-scoring heroes in the final and Oranmore/Maree clubmates Ailish O’Reilly and Niamh Hanniffy, dual star Caitriona Cormican, Noreen Coen and Carrie Dolan are the forwards nominated.
Runners-up Kilkenny, who Cathal Murray’s Tribe beat by six points in the Croke Park showpiece in front of a record-breaking crowd of 24,730, have 13 players on the shortlist.
2018 Player of the Year Anne Dalton, co-captain Meighan Farrell and goalkeeper Emma Kavanagh represent the Cats along with defenders Kellyann Doyle, Catherine Foley, Edwina Keane, Claire Phelan and Grace Walsh.
Davina Tobin is put forward in midfield alongside Farrell, as Denise Gaule, Katie Power, Michelle Quilty and Miriam Walsh all earn nominations in attack.
Semi-finalists Tipperary and Cork have nine and four nominations come their way respectively, the Rebels seeing their three-in-a-row bid ended by Galway at the last four hurdle.
It’s two defenders and two forwards recognised from Paudie Murray’s side; Hannah Looney, Pamela Mackey, Linda Collins and Amy O’Connor all included, while Tipperary on the other hand, have over double that on the shortlist.
Goalkeeper Caoimhe Bourke, defenders Julianne Bourke, Karen Kennedy, Eimear Loughman and Clodagh Quirke, midfielder Mary Ryan and forwards Cáit Devane, Ereena Fryday and Eibhlís McDonald all make the cut.
Then it’s four for Waterford and one for Limerick.
The Déise, who exited at the quarter-final stage after defeat to Galway, have Lorraine Bray nominated in defence, Áine Lyng in midfield, while Beth Carton and Niamh Rockett are in the mix of forwards.
The Treaty’s top-scorer and long-time stalwart Niamh Mulcahy deservedly completes the nominated line-up.
The final 15 will be announced at the 16th annual Camogie All-Star awards banquet at the Citywest Hotel on Saturday, 19 October. This year’s winning team will join the 2018 side on the second-ever All-Star Tour to New York in November.
Elsewhere, All-Ireland winning bosses Ian Brick (Kerry), Johnny Greville (Westmeath) and Cathal Murray (Galway) go head-to-head for the Manager of the Year award, which will also be announced on the night.
Nominees for the 2019 Soaring Stars Awards for the intermediate and Premier Junior championships will be announced later this week, with those up for Player of the Year in each of the three categories revealed next week.
Camogie All-Stars Awards 2019 sponsored by Liberty Insurance, nominees list
Goalkeepers: Caoimhe Bourke (Tipperary), Emma Kavanagh (Kilkenny), Sarah Healy (Galway)
Full-back line: Julianne Bourke (Tipperary), Sarah Dervan (Galway), Catherine Foley (Kilkenny), Shauna Healy (Galway), Edwina Keane (Kilkenny), Tara Kenny (Galway), Eimear Loughman (Tipperary), Pamela Mackey (Cork), Grace Walsh (Kilkenny)
Half-back line: Lorraine Bray (Waterford), Heather Cooney (Galway), Kellyann Doyle (Kilkenny), Emma Helebert (Galway), Karen Kennedy (Tipperary), Hannah Looney (Cork), Claire Phelan (Kilkenny), Clodagh Quirke (Tipperary), Lorraine Ryan (Galway)
Midfield: Aoife Donohue (Galway), Meighan Farrell (Kilkenny), Niamh Kilkenny (Galway), Áine Lyng (Waterford), Mary Ryan (Tipperary), Davina Tobin (Kilkenny)
Half-forward line: Anne Dalton (Kilkenny), Carrie Dolan (Galway), Ereena Fryday (Tipperary), Denise Gaule (Kilkenny), Eibhlís McDonald (Tipperary), Niamh Mulcahy (Limerick), Amy O’Connor (Cork), Katie Power (Kilkenny), Niamh Rockett (Waterford)
Full-forward Line: Beth Carton (Waterford), Noreen Coen (Galway), Linda Collins (Cork), Caitriona Cormican (Galway), Cáit Devane (Tipperary), Niamh Hanniffy (Galway), Ailish O’Reilly (Galway), Michelle Quilty (Kilkenny), Miriam Walsh (Kilkenny)
Manager of the Year 2019 sponsored by Liberty Insurance, nominees list
Ian Brick (Kerry), Johnny Greville (Westmeath), Cathal Murray (Galway)
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What a waste of time. But im sure louth will have enjoyed the big day out in croke park eh
@Brian Dunne: The three provincial finals so far have been awful, hopefully Ulster is a bit better.
@Bert Carolan: Time to scrap them and run all-Ireland competitions a few weeks after the league end.
@Brian Dunne: ah now Brain nod say there’s a few of your i20’s lads would love a crack at Dublin for a Leinster title
@mainmsam: *id say
Gaelic football is a game that’s gone down the drain,between calling for a ‘mark’,handpassing,scoring by hand it’s just terrible to watch.not to take anything away from Dublin winning today,best of luck to them. I seen a few minutes of the game today and switched it off,I haven’t watched a game of Gaelic in years and won’t be watching anytime soon either.as a youngster watching on in the 80’s and 90’s it was a completely different game.can anything be done to save the game ?
@Jb Walshe: Yawn. Already been some brilliant games this year. That game was very 80s/90s esque as well. Stick to the hurling good man
@Jb Walshe: As you don’t watch gaelic football you probably didn’t watch the Ulster final today
Could have put those games on gaa go. See if anyone would watch them outside the 6 counties that played in those finals
What a competition
Utterly pointless game
Bit of silverware is a bit of silverware love to see it
Do people actually watch this?
@Donie Nagle: yes, probably a dub thing
@Donie Nagle: Yes
Them bloody Dubs are at it again…
Sam is homesick
Split Dublin in two
@KY22: and have an all Dublin Leinster final??
Louth goalkeeper was quoted by RTE commentator that he sees himself as outfield player first and a goalkeeper second well by golly that showed today. If your tge actual goalkeeper and perform like that you deserve everything you get. Maybe stick to been a keeper and you might actually be able to save something.
Levels.
Dublin will most likely reach an All Ireland quarter final and only have played one ( Roscommon) Division One team. I can see Dessie Farrell’s point, especially if Dublin come up against a more hardened team who have played competitive games.
I believe in a few years we will have the Provincial Championships in February before the League starts. They will become what the O’Byrne and McKenna Cups are now.
Also, the lopsided nature of Provincial Championships doesn’t allow the new format for the All Ireland series to be a true reflection of the top sixteen teams in the country.
@Gerry Thompson: no, they are too important to too many counties. Try telling Sligo, Clare, Louth or Armagh that they should be downgraded. Try telling Limerick from last year, tipp from a couple of years ago, Cavan etc. Even Roscommon, Meath, Derry, Monaghan, it’s their All Ireland ATM. It’s worth winning and more important than league or Tailteann Cup. Dublin and Kerry dominating their province is a necessary evil unfortunately but when someone does beat them in the Leinster final it will be huge for that county.
Time to put the Leinster and Munster football championships out to pasture. There hasn’t been a Connacht Hurling Championship since the mid 90s for the same reason. Dublin & Kerry pummelling all round them is a futile exercise.
@Colm: Tipp won Munster in 2020…..