Moloney selected on Ladies All Star team

Tipperary’s Aishling Moloney was named on the Senior Team of the Year at the TG4/LGFA Annual Awards held virtually last weekend.

The Cahir club-player was named at full forward in the team dominated by All-Ireland champions Dublin who had six players included, with beaten finalists Cork providing four players on the chosen 15.

Armagh’s championship impact was rewarded with three players named on the selection Aimee Mackin and her sister, Blaithin and Clodagh McCambridge. Galway’s 2020 captain Louise Ward rounded off an impressive team.

Armagh’s Aimee Mackin was also crowned TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year for 2020. Mackin (23) was voted best in class by her peers, with the Shane O’Neills player fending off stiff competition from Dublin duo Carla Rowe and Sinead Goldrick to claim the coveted individual award.

Mackin recovered from cruciate knee ligament damage sustained against Cork in 2019 to make a sensational impact during the 2020 Championship. She scored 1-6 in the All-Ireland Senior Championship opener against Tyrone, before a 2-7 haul helped Armagh past Mayo and into a first semi-final appearance since 2015.

Armagh fell at the penultimate hurdle against eventual champions Dublin, but Mackin lit up Kingspan Breffni with an excellent display, registering 2-4 in defeat to bring her Championship haul to 5-17 from three outings.

Mackin made it a treble success at the awards as her sensational second half semi-final goal against Dublin earned the lethal attacker the AIG Cúl na Bliana award.

TG4/LGFA Senior Team of the Championship

1. Martina O’Brien – Cork

2. Martha Byrne – Dublin

3. Clodagh McCambridge – Armagh

4. Eimear Meaney – Cork

5. Melissa Duggan – Cork

6. Blaithin Mackin – Armagh

7. Sinead Goldrick – Dublin

8. Jennifer Dunne – Dublin

9. Louise Ward – Galway

10. Carla Rowe – Dublin

11. Lyndsey Davey – Dublin

12. Aimee Mackin – Armagh

13. Áine O’Sullivan – Cork

14. Aishling Moloney – Tipperary

15. Noelle Healy – Dublin