AFTER CREATING HISTORY by landing their fifth successive All-Ireland football title, Dublin lead the way with 13 nominees for the 2019 PwC Football All-Stars.
11 counties in total – the same number as last year – have representatives on the 45-player shortlist which has been released this morning.
Champions Dublin have one more nominee than last year with beaten finalists Kerry having nine players recognised and there are six Donegal players in the running.
League champions Mayo have four players with three apiece from All-Ireland semi-finalists Tyrone and Leinster finalists Meath.
There are two from Connacht champions Roscommon (Niall Daly and Conor Cox) and Ulster outfit Armagh (Jarlath Óg Burns and Rian O’Neill) with Cork (Brian Hurley), Clare (Jamie Malone) and Cavan (Conor Moynagh) all having inclusions.
There are eight players from the 2018 All-Stars team nominated in James McCarthy, Jack McCaffrey, Brian Fenton, Brian Howard, Paul Mannion, Ciaran Kilkenny, Ryan McHugh and David Clifford.
The nominees were decided by a committee made up of GAA media and chaired by GAA President John Horan.
This year’s All-Star awards take place on Friday 1 November.
The list of nominees in full is:
Goalkeepers
- Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
- Shaun Patton (Donegal)
- Shane Ryan (Kerry)
Defenders
- David Byrne (Dublin)
- Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
- James McCarthy (Dublin)
- Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin)
- John Small (Dublin)
- Paul Murphy (Kerry)
- Tadhg Morley (Kerry)
- Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry)
- Colm Boyle (Mayo)
- Chris Barrett (Mayo)
- Patrick Durcan (Mayo)
- Stephen McMenamin (Donegal)
- Ryan McHugh (Donegal)
- Donal Keogan (Meath)
- Conor McGill (Meath)
- Conor Moynagh (Cavan)
- Ronan McNamee (Tyrone)
- Niall Daly (Roscommon)
Midfielders
- Brian Fenton (Dublin)
- Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin)
- David Moran (Kerry)
- Aidan O’Shea (Mayo)
- Jarlath Óg Burns (Armagh)
- Brian Menton (Meath)
Forwards
- Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin)
- Brian Howard (Dublin)
- Paul Mannion (Dublin)
- Dean Rock (Dublin)
- Con O’Callaghan (Dublin)
- David Clifford (Kerry)
- Paul Geaney (Kerry)
- Seán O’Shea (Kerry)
- Stephen O’Brien (Kerry)
- Jamie Brennan (Donegal)
- Michael Murphy (Donegal)
- Patrick McBrearty (Donegal)
- Cathal McShane (Tyrone)
- Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)
- Conor Cox (Roscommon)
- Rian O’Neill (Armagh)
- Brian Hurley (Cork)
- Jamie Malone (Clare)
Cluxton has to get it..has to.
@SFNutters: give it to Giggs
I’m waiting for the comments saying the Dublin players only got nominated because it’s all so unfair………..
@Deborah Blacoe:
Or in other words – “can someone please say something to outrage me!”
@gags: Ha, ha. No, just looking to liven things up a bit. All a little serious. But I suppose sport us a very serious business?
@Deborah Blacoe: The Dublin players only got nominated because it’s so unfair………..
Btw .. are you Toyah Wilcox?
@Logan Shepherd: I’ve been called lots of things, but that’s a first for Toyah Wilcox. Great artist. Loved her.
@Deborah Blacoe: You do look really like her ..
They should revert back to the old way of being only nominated for your position.
@raymond flynn: why? The positions aren’t have much relevance in modern football anyway with all the movement around the place. You might as well make sure the best 15 footballers in the country get an award, regardless of where they play.
Would like to hear the thought process behind some of those nominations.
Cooper punished further for that red card in the drawn AI final? Donegal 6 for not reaching the last 4 and only 3 for Tyrone?
Meath getting more than Roscommon although they didn’t beat any team of the standard of Mayo and Galway and Armagh getting two when 1 was probably enough.
Cork had probably two better forwards this summer than Hurley who was nominated. I could go on..
@john miller: donegal lost 1 game in the championship this year only kerry and dublin have a better record. + they are Ulster champions. But saying that only murphy deserves an all star
@john miller: the 3 meath lads had an excellent season. Keogan deserves an all star he was immense
@john miller: it used to be the case that if you got a red card it excluded you from the All Stars. Not sure if that’s still the case though
@john miller: Cooper missing most of championship with injury is also a major factor you’re disregarding.
@Yorkie1892: good seasons with Keogan the clear stand out but I think the six All star defenders will be Fitzsimmons McNamee, Ó Sullivan, Durcan, Mccarthy and McCaffrey.
No Mayo forwards in the conversation sums up why they are where they are, Aiden O’ Shea has no business taking a nomination either.
Delighted to see a Clare man on this but not having Gary Brennan is just ridiculous on this years form. If they were at enough games to nominate Jamie (who had a fabulous year and nomination well deserved) then how did they miss Gary?
Can somone tell me how Dean Rock managed to get nominated. Had 3 good matchs all year.
@Doire: probably scoring ten points in an All Ireland Final has something to do with it.
@my name: so play one good game and get a all-star. Wise up lads. Eoin murchan played well in replay scored a goal too he sure to get one.
@Doire: Can you name many players that have scored 10 points in a final? He hasn’t gotten an All Star for anything though, he’s just been nominated
@my name: what does that matter. 10 from play no! Killiane Spillane scored 1-1 in about 9 mins does that get nominated. Why was Cormac Costello not nominated?
@Doire: I’ll do the maths for you will I?
@Doire: Dublin’s top scoring forward for Dublin, only McShane and Seán ó Shea scored more than him this summer.
O’Shea and MDMA only nominated because of their names. No Gary Brennan is a farce. Cleaned Brian Menton when they played, and O’Shea not half the midfielder he is!
Andy Moran would be a great wild card