Donegal’s senior football team captain Niamh McLaughlin was named the TG4 LGFA senior Player of the Year at Saturday night’s All-Stars banquet in Dublin.
It was a memorable night for the Moville woman as she also collected her first All-Star earlier in the evening – gaining a midfield selection on the All-Star fifteen.
McLaughlin led Donegal to the national football league final this year (which they lost narrowly to Meath) and they also reached the All-Ireland senior football semi-finals.
At 29 years of age, she’s already had three cruciate ligament injuries during her playing career – but is back playing as well as every.
She spoke to Jerome Quinn at Saturday night’s Awards Ceremony:
‘It’s a lovely lift for Donegal..’
After THREE cruciates in her career, Niamh McLaughlin last night picked up the TG4 Senior Players Player of the Year award in Dublin.
I spoke to the Moville woman on the All Stars stage..@LadiesFootball @DonegalLGFA @TG4TV #TG4AllStars pic.twitter.com/8RuPs4RG3E
— Jerome Quinn (@JeromeQuinn) November 20, 2022
The other five Donegal nominees on the night were Termon sisters Nicole and Geraldine McLaughlin, Evelyn McGinley, Robert Emmets’ Tanya Kennedy and Moville’s Niamh Hegarty.
The LGFA All-Star team in full for 2022 is:
Elsewhere on the night, Fermanagh’s Bláithín Bogue was named Junior Player of the Year for 2022 for her performances with the Erne County en route to this year’s All-Ireland junior final, which they lost to Antrim after a replay.
