ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS GALWAY dominated the 2019 Camogie All-Stars team with seven players honoured at last night’s awards at the Citywest Hotel.
All-Ireland runners-up Kilkenny received four awards, with two winners from Waterford while Cork and Limerick completed the line-up with one award each.
Galway’s players recognised on the night were goalkeeper Sarah Healy, the defensive trio of Shauna Healy, Sarah Dervan and Heather Cooney, the midfield duo of Aoife Donohue and Niamh Kilkenny, and attacker Ailish O’Reilly.
All-Ireland runners-up Kilkenny are represented by corner-back Edwina Keane, half-back Claire Phelan, and forwards Denise Gaule and Michelle Quilty.
Waterford defender Lorraine Bray and forward Beth Carton were both honoured while Limerick stalwart Niamh Mulcahy and Cork’s Amy O’Connor were rewarded with their first All-Stars.
Galway boss Cathal Murray was named as Manager of the Year after guiding both the county’s senior and intermediate teams to All-Ireland finals with the senior outfit claiming Croke Park glory in September.
Galway’s Niamh Kilkenny also collected the Camogie Association/WGPA Senior Players’ Player of the Year award following Player of the Match displays in both the All-Ireland Semi-Final and Final. Pamela Greville of Westmeath was the recipient of the Intermediate accolade whilst Kerry’s Patrice Diggin was chosen as the junior winner.
All-Ireland intermediate champions Westmeath lead the 2019 Soaring Stars Awards, which were also sponsored by Liberty Insurance, represented by seven players.
Here’s the full list of the winners:
2019 All-Stars team
(Number of awards included after each player)
Goalkeeper: Sarah Healy (Galway) – 1st
Right Corner-Back: Shauna Healy (Galway) – 1st
Full-Back: Sarah Dervan (Galway) – 6th
Left Corner-Back: Edwina Keane (Kilkenny) – 2nd
Right Half-Back: Heather Cooney (Galway) – 2nd
Centre Half-Back: Claire Phelan (Kilkenny) – 1st
Left Half-Back: Lorraine Bray (Waterford) – 1st
Midfield: Aoife Donohue (Galway) – 3rd
Midfield: Niamh Kilkenny (Galway) – 6th
Right Half-Forward: Niamh Mulcahy (Limerick) – 1st
Centre Half-Forward: Denise Gaule (Kilkenny) – 3rd
Left Half-Forward: Amy O’Connor (Cork) – 1st
Right Corner-Forward: Michelle Quilty (Kilkenny) – 3rd
Full-Forward: Ailish O’Reilly (Galway) – 4th
Left Corner-Forward: Beth Carton (Waterford) – 2nd
2019 Soaring Stars
Goalkeeper: Laura Glynn (Galway) – 1st
Right Corner-Back: Laura Doherty (Westmeath) – 2nd
Full-Back: Laura Shinners (Tipperary) – 1st
Left Corner-Back: Nicole Kelly (Down) – 1st
Right Half-Back: Fiona Leavy (Westmeath) – 1st
Centre Half-Back: Sabrina Larkin (Tipperary) – 1st
Left Half-Back: Dervla Higgins (Galway) – 1st
Midfield: Patrice Diggin (Kerry) – 1st
Midfield: Muireann Scally (Westmeath) – 1st
Right Half-Forward: Mairéad McCormack (Westmeath) – 1st
Centre Half-Forward: Sheila McGrath (Westmeath) – 1st
Left Half-Forward: Megan Dowdall (Westmeath) – 1st
Right Corner-Forward: Gráinne McGoldrick (Derry) – 1st
Full-Forward: Pamela Greville (Westmeath) – 3rd
Left Corner-Forward: Tara Ruttledge (Galway) – 1st
2019 Manager of the Year: Cathal Murray, Galway – 1st
Player of the Year Awards
- Senior: Niamh Kilkenny (Galway) – 1st
- Intermediate: Pamela Greville (Westmeath) – 1st
- Junior: Patrice Diggin (Kerry) – 1st
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Top 6 this season
Liverpool
City
Arsenal
Spurs
Chelsea
United
@Chonky Racoon: quietly confident united can get top 4 . Chelsea are going to crumble badly and David Luiz is not Arsenal’s answer at centre back . City/pool 1-2 and spurs probably 3rd but united have a great chance of getting ahead of the other 2 .
@Niall James Fergal McCormack: yeah I’d say United have a better chance than Chelsea. Lampards not going to cut it at all.. Arsenal have the firepower to get third ahead of spurs, we’ll still have a decent defence in a few weeks. Zaha coming tomorrow as well, two unreal wingers and lethal strikers.
@Chonky Racoon: Your still Rubbish at the back, Don’t get the Luiz transfer at all, Tierney is a great signing, sad to see him go from Celtic, Arsenal will be fighting for the top 4 all right, don’t know who pepe is either, Don’t think Zaha is good enough either, you’ll be fighting for fourth again
@Chonky Racoon: You say Lampard isn’t going to cut it as if Ole has won all there is to win as a football manager! The only certs for top 4 this year are City and Liverpool. You’d likely say Spurs are there too. Of the remaining 3, only Arsenal have improved significantly in terms of recruitment. So I think it’s really a free for all for that last top 4 position.
@Quoka: is that a rabbit in your profile? And yeah spot on.. Realistically 4th is going to be a tight scrap between 3 teams, Arsenal will there at stage. But think we’ll get out of it
@Chonky Racoon: Think city will win league, and liverpool will struggle to keep pace with them over the season.. We’ll soon find out if Klopps tactic of not reinforcing with a big money signing will be a moment of genius or a missed opportunity.
I understand his philosophy not buying for the sack of buying but will the young guns be good enough to win them a league only time will tell. Fingers crossed they will eventually end the wait and become champions for the first time since 1990
1.City
2.Liverpool
3.Spurs
4.Chelsea
5. West Ham
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. United
Top 6
City
Pool
Arsenal
Spurs
Chelsea
Wolves
Leicester
Utd/Everton
Hopefully I’m wrong and Chelsea can get top 4 for king frank, but with only kovacic in and hazard gone and champs league can’t see us making top 4, others have bought v well incl Everton if they get Zaha too 4
Where will Chelsea’s goals come from now Hazard has left?