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26 | AUTUMN 2023 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie Roisin Byrne Excitment and Challenge ALL-STARS TG4 LGFA I ntermediate Players' Player of the Year Róisín Byrne spoke to Daire Walsh about the exciting times ahead on and off the pitch as well as the challenges she has overcome to be back playing at the top level. November proved to be quite the month for Kildare footballer Róisín Byrne with a couple of personal accolades being complimented by a major moment away from the sporting arena. At a function in Croke Park on Friday, November 3, the primary school teacher was on hand to collect her award for being named at full-forward on the TG4 Intermediate Team of the Championship for 2023. Fast forward 15 days and Byrne was back in the capital, this time at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel, for the TG4 All-Star Awards. In addition to being nominated for an All-Star on the night, she held off stiff competition from Fidelma Marrinan (Clare) and Órlaith Prenter (Antrim) to secure the TG4 Intermediate Players' Player of the Year prize. Having contributed 0-25 throughout Kildare's successful TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championship campaign – including seven points in their final triumph over Clare – Byrne was a more than worthy recipient of this award. Joining her at the ceremony in The Bonnington was her fiancé Liam McGovern, exactly a week before their wedding took place. This particular event meant it didn't immediately sink in that she was named as the best player from the intermediate championship, but it certainly isn't lost on her how tremendous an honour it is. "I was so happy to get the nomination, but going up there obviously we had the wedding on the mind as well. I thought I was going to be happy to