The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has announced the nominees for the 2024 TG4 Players’ Player of the Year Awards in the Senior, Intermediate, and Junior grades.
The winners will be revealed at the 2024 TG4 All-Star Awards banquet, which will be held on Saturday, November 16th, at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel.
Kerry’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship winner Kayleigh Cronin, Galway’s Nicola Ward and Armagh’s Lauren McConville have been nominated for the TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year Award.
Cronin was Player of the Match in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final victory over Galway and was remarkably consistent throughout the campaign. At the same time, Ward also enjoyed an outstanding season for the runners-up, with her most eye-catching display coming against Dublin in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final victory at Parnell Park.
Armagh’s McConville starred for the Orchard County in 2024 as they captured the Lidl National League Division 1 and TG4 Ulster title, before progressing to the last four of the All-Ireland series.
All three players have also been nominated for TG4 All-Star Awards.
The Intermediate shortlist, meanwhile, is made up of players from champions Leitrim and Tyrone.
Leitrim, who landed the 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate title, have two players nominated – Captain Michelle Guckian and long-serving defender Charlene Tyrell.
Tyrone captain Aoibhinn McHugh joined them on the shortlist after leading her team to Lidl National League Division 2 and TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Final appearances.
All three players were recently named on the TG4 Intermediate Team of the Championship.
In the Junior grade, Fermanagh pair Bláithín Bogue and Eimear Smyth are nominated alongside Louth star Kate Flood.
All three players are former winners of this award: Flood claimed the honour in 2018, Bogue in 2022, and Smyth, a two-time recipient in 2019 and 2020.
Bogue was also nominated for the TG4 Junior Players’ Player of the Year Award last year. At the same time, Smyth ended the 2024 campaign as the winner of the ZuCar Golden Boot award as the leading scorer across the TG4 All-Ireland Championships.
Bogue and Smyth were recently named on the TG4 Junior Team of the Championship, while Flood finished as the leading scorer for Louth as the Wee County progressed to the TG4 All-Ireland decider.
The nominees in all three categories were selected by their fellow players, who could not vote for their own teammates.
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