The Dublin senior footballers lead the way in the list of nominees for the 2019 TG4 All-Stars which were revealed on Monday.
The Girls in Blue made history by claiming a third successive All-Ireland title in front of a record 56,114 attendance at Croke Park and they have 13 nominations for the All-Star team.
There are nine nominations each for All-Ireland finalists Galway and for Mayo, who were beaten by their Connacht rivals in the provincial Final replay and at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.
Munster Champions Cork, who lost out to Dublin in the semi-finals, have been acknowledged with seven All-Star nominations following a season that also saw the Leesiders claim the Lidl National League Division 1 title.
The newly-crowned All-Ireland Intermediate champions, Tipperary, have two players on the list, a tally matched by Tyrone, while Ulster champions Donegal, Armagh and Meath, the All-Ireland Intermediate Finalists, each have one player nominated.
Seven players from the 2018 All Star team are nominated for awards once again – and six of those are Dublin players, along with Galway’s Sinéad Burke, who received a first All Star award last year.
Dublin goalkeeper Ciara Trant is joined on the 2019 list of nominees by team-mates Sinéad Goldrick, Siobhan McGrath, Lauren Magee, All-Ireland Final Player of the Match Lyndsey Davey and three-in-a-row winning captain and 2018 player of the year; Sinéad Aherne.
Dublin’s other nominees for 2019 are Éabha Rutledge, Niamh Collins, Martha Byrne, Aoife Kane, Olwen Carey, Carla Rowe and Niamh McEvoy.
Joining Burke from Galway on the list are goalkeeper Lisa Murphy, the Ward sisters, Nicola and Louise, Olivia Divilly, Megan Glynn, Mairéad Seoighe, captain Tracey Leonard, and her cousin, Róisín Leonard.
Mayo’s nine nominees are Danielle Caldwell, Éilis Ronayne, Ciara McManamon, Ciara Whyte, Sinéad Cafferky, captain Niamh Kelly and her sister, Grace, Sarah Rowe and Rachel Kearns.
Cork, meanwhile, have Eimear Meaney, Hannah Looney, Melissa Duggan, Shauna Kelly, Ashling Hutchings, Eimear Scally and Orla Finn on the list of nominations.
One player will be chosen from the three shortlisted in each of the positions to make up the final selection, with the exception of midfield, where two from six will be chosen.
The All-Star team will be announced at a gala banquet at the Citywest Hotel on Saturday, November 16, along with the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Players’ Player of the Year award winners, the Provincial Young Players of the Year and the 2019 inductee into the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) Hall of Fame.
2019 TG4 All Star nominations:
Goalkeepers:
Ciara Trant (Dublin)*, Lisa Murphy (Galway), Monica McGuirk (Meath)
Right corner back:
Sinéad Burke (Galway)*, Eimear Meaney (Cork), Éabha Rutledge (Dublin)
Full back:
Hannah Looney (Cork), Niamh Collins (Dublin), Danielle Caldwell (Mayo)
Left corner back:
Melissa Duggan (Cork), Martha Byrne (Dublin), Éilis Ronayne (Mayo)
Right half back:
Nicola Ward (Galway), Aoife Kane (Dublin), Shauna Kelly (Cork)
Centre back:
Ashling Hutchings (Cork), Sinéad Goldrick (Dublin)*, Ciara McManamon (Mayo)
Left half back:
Olwen Carey (Dublin), Ciara Whyte (Mayo), Niamh McGirr (Tyrone)
Midfield:
Lauren Magee (Dublin)*, Louise Ward (Galway), Caroline O’Hanlon (Armagh), Aisling McCarthy (Tipperary), Siobhan McGrath (Dublin)*, Emma Jane Gervin (Tyrone)
Right half forward:
Carla Rowe (Dublin), Olivia Divilly (Galway), Sinéad Cafferky (Mayo)
Centre forward:
Megan Glynn (Galway), Niamh McEvoy (Dublin), Aishling Moloney (Tipperary)
Left half forward:
Niamh Kelly (Mayo), Lyndsey Davey (Dublin)*, Mairéad Seoighe (Galway)
Right corner forward:
Sarah Rowe (Mayo), Sinéad Aherne (Dublin)*, Tracey Leonard (Galway)
Full forward:
Eimear Scally (Cork), Rachel Kearns (Mayo), Geradline McLaughlin (Donegal)
Left corner forward:
Grace Kelly (Mayo), Orla Finn (Cork), Róisín Leonard (Galway)
*(denotes 2018 TG4 All Star)
County by county breakdown:
Dublin 13
Galway 9
Mayo 9
Cork 7
Tipperary 2
Tyrone 2
Armagh 1
Donegal 1
Meath 1
