CHAMPIONS ARMAGH LEAD the way with 11 nominations as the 2024 Pwc Football All-Star awards have been announced this morning.
Kieran McGeeney’s side are heavily represented, while beaten finalists Galway have eight players in the running. Ulster champions Donegal have seven nominees, with Leinster kingpins Dublin represented by four players.
Munster title-holders Kerry have four players included, with quarter-finalists Louth enjoying their best ever representation with four nominees.
The list is completed by two players apiece from Mayo (Aidan O’Shea and Ryan O’Donoghue), Roscommon (Brian Stack and Diarmuid Murtagh), Tyrone (Niall Morgan and Darragh Canavan), along with Cork defender Daniel O’Mahony.
There are only four players from the 2023 All-Star team nominated after this season – Tom O’Sullivan, Brian Fenton, Paudie and David Clifford.
The nominations were chosen by a panel of Gaelic Games journalists from across, print, radio, TV and digital media.
The PwC All-Stars will be shown live on RTÉ at a special banquet in the RDS on Friday 1 November.
2024 PwC GAA/GPA All-Star Football Nominations
Goalkeepers
- Blaine Hughes (Armagh)
- Shaun Patton (Donegal)
- Niall Morgan (Tyrone)
Defenders
- Aaron McKay (Armagh)
- Barry McCambridge (Armagh)
- Aidan Forker (Armagh)
- Paddy Burns (Armagh)
- Peadar Mogan (Donegal)
- Ryan McHugh (Donegal)
- Caolan McGonigle (Donegal)
- Brendan McCole (Donegal)
- Johnny McGrath (Galway)
- Dylan McHugh (Galway)
- Liam Silke (Galway)
- Craig Lennon (Louth)
- Donal McKenny (Louth)
- Brian Ó Beaglaioch (Kerry)
- Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry)
- Seán Bugler (Dublin)
- Brian Stack (Roscommon)
- Daniel O’Mahony (Cork)
Midfielders
- Niall Grimley (Armagh)
- Ben Crealy (Armagh)
- Michael Langan (Donegal)
- Brian Fenton (Dublin)
- Tommy Durnin (Louth)
- Paul Conroy (Galway)
Forwards
- Rian O’Neill (Armagh)
- Conor Turbitt (Armagh)
- Oisin Conaty (Armagh)
- Rory Grugan (Armagh)
- Cillian McDaid (Galway)
- John Maher (Galway)
- Rob Finnerty (Galway)
- Shane Walsh (Galway)
- David Clifford (Kerry)
- Paudie Clifford (Kerry)
- Con O’Callaghan (Dublin)
- Cormac Costello (Dublin)
- Ryan O’Donoghue (Mayo)
- Aidan O’Shea (Mayo)
- Oisín Gallen (Donegal)
- Darragh Canavan (Tyrone)
- Sam Mulroy (Louth)
- Diarmuid Murtagh (Roscommon)
I can’t understand how Conor Gleeson didn’t receive a nomination. His distribution all year was impeccable both long and short kick outs. He scored from 45’s and he had 9 or 10 clean sheets. What more could he do?
@Pat Comer: Kick outs were far from impeccable. Against mayo, the short kick outs were a disaster. It was pure panic stations. Same Against Armagh in the group game. In fact, it was the short kick outs that day that brought Armagh back into the game. Also, for a big man, he is not near commanding enough around his own square. Dodgy under high ball and far too slow in all Ireland final to come off his line and take man and ball and all in the goal that effectively decided the all Ireland final. Did a lot of good things all year, no doubt, but far from impeccable. I’m more concerned with how Aiden O Shea got a nomination.