Moloney and McCarthy nominated for Senior All Stars
With the dust settling on another record-breaking season of Ladies Football Championship action, the 45 nominees for the 2019 TG4 All Star team have been revealed.
Senior champions Dublin, who made history by claiming a third successive title lead the way with 13 nominations. There are nine nominations each for Galway, the 2019 TG4 All-Ireland Finalists, and Mayo, who were beaten by their Connacht rivals in the provincial Final replay and at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.
Munster Champions Cork, who lost to Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final, have been acknowledged with seven All-Star nominations following a season that also saw the Leesiders claim the Lidl National League Division 1 title.
Tipperary, the newly-crowned All-Ireland Intermediate champions, have two players on the list in midfielder Aisling McCarthy and Aishling Moloney in the half forward line, a tally matched by Tyrone, while Ulster champions Donegal, Armagh and Meath, the Intermediate Finalists, each have one player nominated.
Moloney (nominated for a third successive year), McCarthy and Meath's Monica McGuirk are the Intermediate Championship representatives on the 45-player list.
Seven players from the 2018 All Star team are nominated for awards once again – and six of those are Dublin players, along with Galway’s Sinéad Burke, who received a first TG4 All Star award last year.
One player will be chosen from the three shortlisted in each of the positions to make up the final selection, with the exception of midfield, where two from six will be chosen.
The 2019 TG4 All Star team will be announced at a gala banquet at the Citywest Hotel on Saturday, 16th November, along with the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Players’ Player of the Year award winners, the Provincial Young Players of the Year and the 2019 inductee into the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) Hall of Fame.
2019 TG4 All Star nominations
Goalkeepers: Ciara Trant (Dublin), Lisa Murphy (Galway), Monica McGuirk (Meath)
Right corner back: Sinéad Burke (Galway), Eimear Meaney (Cork), Éabha Rutledge (Dublin)
Full back: Hannah Looney (Cork), Niamh Collins (Dublin), Danielle Caldwell (Mayo)
Left corner back: Melissa Duggan (Cork), Martha Byrne (Dublin), Éilis Ronayne (Mayo)
Right half back: Nicola Ward (Galway), Aoife Kane (Dublin), Shauna Kelly (Cork)
Centre back: Ashling Hutchings (Cork), Sinéad Goldrick (Dublin) Ciara McManamon (Mayo)
Left half back: Olwen Carey (Dublin), Ciara Whyte (Mayo), Niamh McGirr (Tyrone)
Midfield: Lauren Magee (Dublin), Louise Ward (Galway), Caroline O’Hanlon (Armagh), Aisling McCarthy (Tipperary), Siobhan McGrath (Dublin), Emma Jane Gervin (Tyrone)
Right half forward: Carla Rowe (Dublin), Olivia Divilly (Galway), Sinéad Cafferky (Mayo)
Centre forward: Megan Glynn (Galway), Niamh McEvoy (Dublin), Aishling Moloney (Tipperary)
Left half forward: Niamh Kelly (Mayo), Lyndsey Davey (Dublin), Mairéad Seoighe (Galway)
Right corner forward: Sarah Rowe (Mayo), Sinéad Aherne (Dublin), Tracey Leonard (Galway)
Full forward: Eimear Scally (Cork), Rachel Kearns (Mayo), Geradline McLaughlin (Donegal)
Left corner forward: Grace Kelly (Mayo), Orla Finn (Cork), Róisín Leonard (Galway)