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8 | WINTER 2021 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie 1 Monica McGuirk (Meath) 2nd award (previous winner in 2019) 2 Emma Troy (Meath) 1 st award 3 Mary Kate Lynch (Meath) 1 st award 4 Leah Caffrey (Dublin) 3 rd award (previous winner in 2016 and 2017) 5 Erika O'Shea (Cork) 1 st award 6 Aoibhín Cleary (Meath) 1 st award 7 Orlagh Nolan (Dublin) 1 st award 8 Hannah Looney (Cork) 1 st award 9 Máire O'Shaughnessy (Meath) 1 st award 10 Hannah Tyrrell (Dublin) 1 st award 11 Rachel Kearns (Mayo) 2 nd award (previous winner in 2019) 12 Niamh O'Sullivan (Meath) 1 st award 13 Vikki Wall (Meath) 1 st award 14 Emma Duggan (Meath) 1 st award 15 Geraldine McLaughlin (Donegal) 1 st award Awards TG4 ALL STAR A ll-Ireland Senior champions Meath lead the way with eight representatives on the 2021 TG4 Ladies Football All Star team. The final 15 was revealed at the TG4 All Star awards banquet, in association with Lidl, at Dublin's Bonnington Hotel in November. Seven of the eight Meath players honoured are first-time winners, on the back of an historic season which saw the Royal County win a maiden TG4 All-Ireland Senior title. Goalkeeper Monica McGuirk wins a second TG4 All Star award, following her previous success in 2019, while team-mates Emma Troy, Mary Kate Lynch, Aoibhín Cleary, Máire O'Shaughnessy, Niamh O'Sullivan, Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan are first-time recipients. TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final runners-up Dublin have claimed three TG4 All Star awards, with Leah Caffrey claiming her third, while Orlagh Nolan and Hannah Tyrell are first-time winners. Cork duo Erika O'Shea and Hannah Looney, along with Donegal's Geraldine McLaughlin, are other first-time All Star winners, while Mayo forward Rachel Kearns earns her second award, following her previous win in 2019. In total, there are 12 first-time winners on the 2021 TG4 All Star team, with McGuirk and Kearns the only survivors from the 2019 selection. There are three pairs of clubmates on the 2021 team, with Aoibhín Cleary and Máire O'Shaughnessy from Donaghmore/Ashbourne joined by Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan from Dunboyne, and Leah Caffrey and Hannah Tyrrell are both members of the Na Fianna club in Glasnevin, Dublin. 2021 TG4 ALL STARS 2021 TG4 LADIES FOOTBALL ALL-STAR TEAM: Above: The TG4 LGFA Team of the Year with their TG4 LGFA Allstar awards, back row, from left, Monica McGuirk of Meath, Emma Troy of Meath, Mary Kate Lynch of Meath, Leah Caffrey of Dublin, Erika O'Shea of Cork, Orlagh Nolan of Dublin, Aoibhín Cleary of Meath and Máire O'Shaughnessy of Meath, with, front, from left, Hannah Tyrrell of Dublin, Niamh O'Sullivan of Meath, Vikki Wall of Meath, Ard Stiúrthóir TG4 Alan Esslemont, President of the LGFA Mícheál Naughton Geradline McLaughlin of Donegal and Emma Duggan of Meath