2024 TG4 LGFA All Star Awards
- Nov 14,2024
Dublin’s proud All-Star History -
The 2024 LGFA All-Star awards will be announced this coming Saturday night. TG4 Leinster champions, Dublin have five players nominated, Leah Caffrey, Sinéad Goldrick, Jennifer Dunne, Caoimhe O’Connor and Carla Rowe.
Dublin picked up eight awards in 2023, the winners were Abby Shiels, Leah Caffrey, Lauren Magee, Martha Byrne, Jennifer Dunne, Orlagh Nolan, Hannah Tyrrell and Carla Rowe.
In 2020 owing to the Covid pandemic no All-Star awards ceremony took place. LGFA did reveal their ‘Senior Team of the Championship’. The then, four in a row All-Ireland winners Dublin had six players named on the team. Martha Byrne (Cuala), Sinead Goldrick (Foxrock Cabinteely), Jennifer Dunne (Cuala), Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire), Lyndsey Davey (Skerries Harps) and Noelle Healy (St Brigid’s).
The All Stars awards where first presented back in 1981 seven years after the founding of the Association in Hayes Hotel, Thurles in 1974.
The All-Star banquet as we know today commenced back in 2003 up until then players received their awards after a football match which was normally played between the reigning All Ireland champions and an All-Star selection.
Since the inception of the All-Stars awards 37 Dubliners have received statuettes with the first won back in 1983 by Kathleen Kennedy who was honoured as All Star goalkeeper, she followed this up with a second award for the same position in 1984.
Sinead Aherne and Sinead Goldrick are joint leaders on the Dublin All-Star honours list with seven awards each. Lyndsey Davey is next up with five All-Star awards.
While this year, no Dubliner is in the running for the coveted ‘Senior Players Player of the year Award’ previous Dublin winners were Noelle Healy (2017), Sinead Aherne (2018) and Siobhan McGrath (2019).
Wishing all our All-Star nominees the very best of luck on Saturday evening have an enjoyable night.
Watch the event via the TG4 YouTube channel and LGFA Facebook page. Red carpet event 6.30pm and Awards Ceremony 11pm.
Dublin All Star Award Roll of Honour:
Sinead Aherne (St Sylvester’s) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Sinead Goldrick (Foxrock Cabinteely) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Lyndsey Davey (Skerries Harps) 2005, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
Noelle Healy (St Brigid’s) 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Siobhan McGrath (Thomas Davis) 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019
Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire) 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023
Leah Caffrey (Na Fianna) 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
Ciara Trant (St Brigid’s) 2017, 2018
Cliodhna O’Connor (Naomh Mearnog) 2004, 2009
Gemma Fay (Ballyboden St Endas) 2005, 2010
Rachel Ruddy (Ballyboden St Endas) 2010, 2017
Kathleen Kennedy (Rathcoole / UCD) 1983, 1984
Hannah Tyrrell (Na Fianna) 2021, 2023
Lauren Magee (Kilmacud Crokes) 2018, 2023
Orlagh Nolan (Ballinteer St Johns) 2021, 2023
Julie Kavanagh (St Monica’s) 1991
Denise Smith (Erins Isle) 1993
Louise Kelly (Ballyboden St Endas) 2001
Sile Nic Coitir (Ballyboden St Endas) 2002
Suzanne Hughes (Ballyboden St Endas) 2002
Angie McNally (Ballinteer St Johns) 2003
Maria Kavanagh (Round Towers Clondalkin) 2003
Martina Farrell (Ballyboden St Endas) 2003
Bernie Finlay (Na Fianna) 2004
Louise Keegan (St Brigid’s) 2004
Mary Nevin (Na Fianna) 2004
Amy McGuinness (Fingallians) 2010
Denise Masterson (Naomh Mearnog) 2010
Elaine Kelly (St Brigid’s) 2011
Sinead Finnegan (Fingallians) 2015
Nicole Owens (St Sylvester’s) 2017
Niamh Collins (Foxrock Cabinteely) 2019
Olwen Carey (Thomas Davis) 2019
Niamh McEvoy (St Sylvester’s) 2019
Abby Shiels (Lucan Sarsfields) 2023
Martha Byrne (Cuala) 2023
Jennifer Dunne (Cuala) 2023
