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Kieran Hughes secures Irish News Ulster All Star

By Majella Boyd Fri 8th Sep

Kieran Hughes secures Irish News Ulster  All Star
Kieran Hughes secures Irish News Ulster  All Star

The Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars 2017

Irish News Ulster All-Stars Honoured

The 23rd Irish News Ulster GAA All-Star team were unveiled last night in the Armagh City Hotel

The uniqueness of the Irish News Ulster All-Stars is that the player selection is entirely based on fan choice – readers select in their opinion the 15 players of the Championship.

Commenting on the success of the Irish News Ulster All-Stars, Noel Doran, editor of The Irish News said: `We set out to recognise the outstanding performers in ladies football, camogie and hurling, as well as naming the men’s football team of the year, as voted by our readers, and the overall Ulster player of the year, so this is one of the most important events in the GAA’s calendar.  Standards are higher than ever, as the intensity of the Ulster Championship proved.  There is enormous excitement surrounding our entire programme.’

Ulster GAA President Michael Hasson added, ‘We had a great Ulster Championship with numbers attending games up on last year and that is down to our players and I am delighted that we have recognised some of those players here in the Irish News Ulster All-Stars.’

Included in the line-up are nine Tyrone players, three Down players, two Armagh players, and one Monaghan player.

Four additional awards will be given out on the night to reflect the importance of all codes within the GAA family:­ Hurling Excellence award x2, Camogie Excellence award and Ladies Football Excellence award. There was a further two presentations to Paddy Tally for on behalf of the Sigerson Team for their massive success. Also a Lifetime Career Award was presented to Sean Cavanagh for his many contributing years to the GAA.

The evening was hosted by Joanne Cantwell, RTE Sport presenter, with Sports Legend and Champion Jockey  A.P. McCoy

 

The Irish News Ulster All-Star team of 2017 is:

 

  1. Niall Morgan- Tyrone
    2. James Morgan – Armagh
    3. Ronan McNamee – Tyrone
    4. Darren O’Hagan – Down
    5. Tiernan McCann – Tyrone
    6. Padraig Hampsey – Tyrone
    7. Darragh O’Hanlon – Down
    8. Colm Cavanagh – Tyrone
    9. Kieran Hughes – Monaghan
    10. Mattie Donnelly – Tyrone
    11. Niall Sludden – Tyrone
    12. Peter Harte – Tyrone
    13. Mark Bradley – Tyrone
    14. Connaire Harrison – Down
    15. Jamie Clarke – Armagh

 

Player of the Year                   Peter Harte

 

The Irish News Excellence Awards

Hurling Excellence Award:

Derry Senior Hurling Team – picked up by their Captain Oisin McCloskey

Derry U21 Hurling Team – picked up by their Captain Ciaran Steele

Camogie Excellence Award: Aoife Cassidy – Captain of Slaughtneil Camogie Club

Ladies Football Excellence Award: Karen Guthrie –Donegal Ladies Senior Football Team

By Majella Boyd Fri 8th Sep

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