Five Mayo players among 2022 TG4 Ladies Football All Star nominees
Five Mayo players have made the list of 45 nominees for the 2022 TG4 Ladies Football All Star Awards.
The five Green and Red nominees are Danielle Caldwell, captain Kathryn Sullivan, Shauna Howley and the Cafferky sisters, Sinéad and Lisa.
Senior champions Meath lead the way with 13 nominations, while beaten All-Ireland finalists Kerry have 11.
The Royal County collected a second successive TG4 All-Ireland senior title with victory over Kerry in the Croke Park final on July 31, a victory which completed the double following their victory in the Lidl National League Division 1 final against Donegal in April.
The Kingdom, meanwhile, contested the TG4 Munster senior final and were crowned Lidl National League Division 2 champions in a memorable year.
Donegal, who contested the Lidl National League Division 1 final before reaching the last four of the All-Ireland series, have six players nominated.
Mayo's five nominees follow a year in which they contested a TG4 All-Ireland senior championship semi-final.
There are four nominations for TG4 Ulster senior champions Armagh, who were runners-up in the Lidl National League Division 2 final, while Dublin and Cork earn two nominations each.
The list is completed by a nomination each for TG4 Connacht senior champions Galway and Laois, who landed the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate title in 2022.
Ten players from the 2021 TG4 All Star team are nominated for awards again, including eight Meath stars who were honoured last year.
The 2022 TG4 All Star team will be announced at a gala banquet at the Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday, November 19.
The 2022 TG4 junior, intermediate and senior Players’ Player of the Year award winners will also be announced on the night, while the 2022 inductee into the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) Hall of Fame will be acknowledged.
The full list of 2022 TG4 All Star nominees is as follows: goalkeepers – Anna Carr (Armagh), Ciara Butler (Kerry), Monica McGuirk (Meath); full-back line – Róisín Phelan (Cork), Evelyn McGinley (Donegal), Tanya Kennedy (Donegal), Leah Caffrey (Dublin), Eilís Lynch (Kerry), Kayleigh Cronin (Kerry), Danielle Caldwell (Mayo), Mary Kate Lynch (Meath), Shauna Ennis (Meath); half-back line – Lauren McConville (Armagh), Nicole McLaughlin (Donegal), Nicola Ward (Galway), Aishling O’Connell (Kerry), Emma Costello (Kerry), Kathryn Sullivan (Mayo), Aoibhín Cleary (Meath), Aoibheann Leahy (Meath), Emma Troy (Meath); midfield – Niamh McLaughlin (Donegal), Cáit Lynch (Kerry), Lorraine Scanlon (Kerry), Sinéad Cafferky (Mayo), Máire O’Shaughnessy (Meath), Orlagh Lally (Meath); half-forward line - Niamh Hegarty (Donegal), Carla Rowe (Dublin), Anna Galvin (Kerry), Niamh Carmody (Kerry), Síofra O’Shea (Kerry), Shauna Howley (Mayo), Emma Duggan (Meath), Kelsey Nesbitt (Meath), Vikki Wall (Meath); full-forward line – Aimee Mackin (Armagh), Aoife McCoy (Armagh), Doireann O’Sullivan (Cork), Geraldine McLaughlin (Donegal), Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh (Kerry), Mo Nerney (Laois), Lisa Cafferky (Mayo), Stacey Grimes (Meath), Niamh O’Sullivan (Meath).