2020
Volunteer of the Year
Awards in association
with currentaccount.ie
T
HE Ladies Gaelic Football
Association was delighted
to celebrate the 10 winners
of the Volunteer of the Year
awards earlier in the year.
Administrators, coaches and media
were among those honoured across
ten categories, with the scheme now in
its fourth year. The award winners were
acknowledged during a special virtual
ceremony, with Dáithí Ó Sé performing
MC duties.
The then President of the LGFA,
Marie Hickey and Mr. Seamus
Newcombe, CEO currentaccount.ie,
joined Dáithí in studio, with live links to
all winners on the night.
The 2020 winners were as follows:
• Young Volunteer of the Year – Sandra O'Donoghue (Rosscarbery, Cork)
• School Coach of the Year – Conor Maguire (Loreto, Cavan)
• Club Coach of the Year – Colin Kenny (Naomh Ciaran, Offaly)
• Local Journalist of the Year – Ian Cooney (Roscommon Herald)
• PRO of the Year (Peter O'Leary, Cork LGFA)
• Club Committee Officer of the Year (Helen Clarke, An Caisleán Glas agus Sperrin Óg, Tyrone)
• County/Provincial Officer of the Year (Sinead Reel, Armagh LGFA)
• International Volunteer of the Year – Clodagh Harris (RAK Ropairí, UAE)
• Overall Volunteer of the Year – Mikey Hyland (Shanahoe, Laois)
• Volunteer Hall of Fame – Kathleen Kane (St Nathy's, Sligo)
The Overall Volunteer of the Year winner, Mikey Hyland from Shanahoe in county Laois,
received the Lulu Carroll award. This award is named after the late Lulu, a 2001 All-Ireland Senior
Medallist with Laois who sadly passed away in 2007, following a battle with cancer.
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