Aidan Corbett
Waterford Ladies footballer Emma Murray has been named among the nominees for a 2024 TG4 Ladies Football All-Star award.
The Comeragh Rangers Half-Back was a stand out for the Déise last season as they reached an All-Ireland Quarter Final, losing out to Cork.
25 June 2022; Emma Murray of Waterford during the TG4 All-Ireland SFC Group D Round 3 match between Cork and Waterford at MW Hire O’Moore Park in Portlaoise, Co Laois. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile
The Kingdom, who won the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park on Sunday August 4, make up one-third of the 45-player long list, with 15 players in the running for the prestigious individual gongs.
Runners-up Galway have nine players nominated, National League Division 1 Champions Armagh are next in line with eight, Dublin have five players nominated, Cork have four, while players from Meath, Kildare, Tipperary and Waterford have also been included in the list compiled by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee.
On the 2024 TG4 All-Star team, 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, along with two midfielders from the six nominated.
The 2024 TG4 All-Star team will be announced at a gala banquet at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday, November 16.
2024 TG4 All-Star nominees:
Goalkeeper:
Anna Carr (Armagh), Dearbhla Gower (Galway), Ciara Butler (Kerry).
Full Back Line:
Grace Ferguson (Armagh), Clodagh McCambridge (Armagh), Melissa Duggan (Cork), Leah Caffrey (Dublin), Kate Geraghty (Galway), Sarah Ní Loingsigh (Galway), Kayleigh Cronin (Kerry), Eilís Lynch (Kerry), Ciara Murphy (Kerry).
Half Back Line:
Lauren McConville (Armagh), Cait Towe (Armagh), Sinéad Goldrick (Dublin), Aoife Ní Cheallaigh (Galway), Nicola Ward (Galway), Aoife Dillane (Kerry), Deirdre Kearney (Kerry), Aishling O’Connell (Kerry), Emma Murray (Waterford).
Midfield:
Caroline O’Hanlon (Armagh), Máire O’Callaghan (Cork), Jennifer Dunne (Dublin), Ailbhe Davoren (Galway) Anna Galvin (Kerry), Mary O’Connell (Kerry).
Half Forward Line:
Blaithín Mackin (Armagh), Aoife McCoy (Armagh), Emma Cleary (Cork), Caoimhe O’Connor (Dublin), Olivia Divilly (Galway), Louise Ward (Galway), Niamh Carmody (Kerry), Niamh Ní Chonchúir (Kerry), Síofra O’Shea (Kerry).
Full Forward Line:
Katie Quirke (Cork), Carla Rowe (Dublin), Róisín Leonard (Galway), Emma Dineen (Kerry), Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh (Kerry), Danielle O’Leary (Kerry), Róisín Byrne (Kildare), Emma Duggan (Meath), Aishling Moloney (Tipperary).
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