Meath mob-handed again as 45 Ladies football All-Star nominations announced

All-Ireland champs Meath are mob-handed with 13 of the 45 nominees for the 2022 TG4 Ladies Football All Star awards. 

The Royal County won a second successive TG4 All-Ireland Senior title on July 31, when they defeated Kerry, to go with the Lidl National League they'd won earlier in the year. Runners-up Kerry are next best, with 11 nominations after a campaign that also saw the Kingdom contest a TG4 Munster Senior Final, while they were also crowned Lidl National League Division 2 champions.   Donegal, who contested the Lidl National League Division 1 Final before reaching the last four of the All-Ireland series, have six players up, while there five nominees from Mayo, who also 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.   Monica McGuirk, a two-time recipient, is joined on that list by fellow 2021 TG4 All Star winners Mary Kate Lynch, Aoibhín Cleary, Emma Troy, Máire O’Shaughnessy, Emma Duggan, Vikki Wall, the 2021 TG4 Senior Players’ Player of the Year, and Niamh O’Sullivan, who was player of the match in the 2022 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final.   [caption id="attachment_268810" align="alignnone" width="1300"] 31 July 2022; Meath players Máire O'Shaughnessy, left, and Aoibhín Cleary celebrate after their side's victory in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Final match between Kerry and Meath at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile[/caption] The other Meath nominees are team captain Shauna Ennis, Aoibheann Leahy, Orlagh Lally, Kelsey Nesbitt and Stacey Grimes.  Katie Newe and Megan Thynne, who both started their final win over Kerry, are the two absentees from the list. The list is completed by Laois attacker Mo Nerney, the Intermediate Championship nominee and winner of the ZuCar Golden Boot award as top scorer in the 2022 TG4 All-Ireland Championships.  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 also be acknowledged.   2022 TG4 All Star nominees:    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