Three Donegal women have been nominated for 2023 TG4 Ladies Football All-Star Awards.
Moville duo Niamh McLaughlin and Niamh Hegarty and Amy Boyle Carr from Naomh Conaill have all been selected for their performances in helping Donegal win the Ulster title and reaching the quarter-final of the All-Ireland Championship.
The Donegal trio are part of a 45-person shortlist dominated by All-Ireland Senior Finalists Dublin and Kerry.
McLaughlin won the GAA ladies senior football player of the year award in 2022 as she was nominated along with Hegarty last year.
One goalkeeper will be chosen from the shortlist of three, with three players selected from each of the full-back, half-back, half-forward and full-forward lines for inclusion in the TG4 All Star team, along with two midfielders from the six nominated.
The 2023 TG4 All Star team will be announced at a gala banquet at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday, November 18.
2023 TG4 All Star nominees:
Goalkeepers
Abby Shiels – Dublin
Ciara Butler – Kerry
*Monica McGuirk – Meath
Full Back Line
Clodagh McCambridge – Armagh
Róisín Phelan – Cork
Niamh Crowley – Dublin
Leah Caffrey – Dublin
*Kayleigh Cronin – Kerry
Eilís Lynch – Kerry
*Danielle Caldwell – Mayo
Clodagh McManamon – Mayo
Mary Kate Lynch – Meath
Half Back Line
Lauren McConville – Armagh
Amy Boyle Carr – Donegal
Martha Byrne – Dublin
Lauren Magee – Dublin
Emma Costello – Kerry
*Cáit Lynch – Kerry
*Aishling O’Connell – Kerry
Ciara Needham – Mayo
Kathryn Sullivan – Mayo
Midfield
*Niamh McLaughlin – Donegal
Jennifer Dunne – Dublin
Eilish O’Dowd – Dublin
Louise Galvin – Kerry
Lorraine Scanlon – Kerry
Nicola Ward – Galway
Half Forward Line
Fidelma Marrinan – Clare
Ciara O’Sullivan – Cork
Orlagh Nolan – Dublin
Caoimhe O’Connor – Dublin
Kate Sullivan – Dublin
*Niamh Carmody – Kerry
Anna Galvin – Kerry
Sinéad Cafferky – Mayo
*Emma Duggan – Meath
Full Forward Line
Aoife McCoy – Armagh
Doireann O’Sullivan – Cork
Niamh Hegarty – Donegal
Carla Rowe – Dublin
Hannah Tyrrell – Dublin
*Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh – Kerry
Danielle O’Leary – Kerry
Síofra O’Shea – Kerry
Róisín Byrne – Kildare
*denotes 2022 TG4 All Star
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