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Player of the Year
Player of the Year 2025 - 2026

The Player of the Year competition was introduced in 2016 along the same lines as Payer of the Month. It runs from the first night of the first 2-session club competition of the year OR the first club night in September –
whichever is the earlier – up to and including the last night of the President’s Prize competition in late May or early June.

Points are scored in exactly the same way as in the Player of the Month competition (see Player of the month) EXCEPT that only performance on club nights
(currently Tuesday) is counted.  As with the Player of the Month competition, both overall and grade prizes are awarded.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
*    denotes Area Master player
**  denotes Intermediate player
2025/2026 c/f Feb 3rd Feb 10th Feb17th Feb 24th Total (end Feb)
Liam Maher 180 10 14 15 10 229
Paul Kane 174 2 11 16 203
Kevin O'Dea 167.5 10 9 7 5 198.5
Ita Fahy 140.75 11 14 15 10 190.75
Mary Lindopp 136 9 14 15 10 184
Ann Marie Heavey 147.5 9 8 6 10 180.5
Deirdre Leopold 134.25 7 5 4 11 161.25
Maeve Delaney 121 19 17 157
Elizabeth Meagher 146 7 3 156
Gerry Lawlor 118 8 12 5 11 154
Colette Allen 142 6 3 151
Deirdre Reid 134 12 5 151
Christy Tierney 131 12 5 148
Kate Daultrey 108.5 19 17 3 147.5
Maura Lawlor 111 8 12 5 11 147
Ann Hanratty 109.5 2 11 16 8 146.5
Rosalind O'Brien 123.5 8 8 6 145.5
Mary Stanley 116.75 11 16 143.75
John Reilly 112 6 8 6 7 139
Michael O'Mahony* 120 2 9 7 138
Seán Moynihan 121.5 9 7 137.5
Niamh Harty 114.5 9 7 5 135.5
Helen Friel 131 4 135
Sheila Horkan 114.5 1 7 10 2 134.5
Michael McInerney* 93.5 14 15 2 124.5
Adrienne Purdy 96 13 12 121
Gráinne Dunne 87 17 14 118
Paul Hanratty 73.5 9 11 16 8 117.5
Máire O'Connor 96.75 16 3 115.75
Dermot O'Brien 87.5 15 13 115.5
Michael McAuliffe 84.5 11 16 3 114.5
Maeve Flanagan* 100.5 11 1 112.5
Mary Seaver* 100.5 11 1 112.5
Frances Kelly 81.5 15 13 109.5
Anne Keating 78 15 13 106
Giles Murnin* 89.5 4 1 9 103.5
Evgenia Gladysheva 90 4 5 4 103
Colette O'Callaghan* 90.5 2 9 101.5
Angela O'Neill* 81 1 10 2 6 100
David Connolly* 83 4 1 9 97
Ronan Nolan* 78 1 10 2 6 97
Frances Gill 71.5 6 7 10 2 96.5
Mary Roche 60.5 18 18 96.5
Teresa Rigney 73.5 3 19 95.5
Marie James 70 13 12 95
Martin Purdy 69.5 13 12 94.5
Michael Kiernan* 93.75 93.75
Ruth O'Dea 49.5 17 14 12 92.5
Anthony Moloney 66 13 12 91
Philip Robinson 80 5 4 89
Denis Mortell 69.5 16 3 88.5
Marie Slattery 72.5 3 12 87.5
Conor Moore 56 17 14 87
Dave Ryan 86 86
Gerry Kelly 54.5 17 14 85.5
Ann Fitzgerald 77.75 7 84.75
Denis Gill 59 6 7 10 2 84
Richard Hartheimer 56 15 13 84
Frances A. Kelly 80.5 3 83.5
Paula Heaphy 83.25 83.25
David Dunne 47 18 18 83
Sheila Kelly 47 18 18 83
Carmel Murnin* 81.5 81.5
Suzanne Hill 62.25 16 3 81.25
Simon Burrell* 66 6 8 80
Marie Morrissey* 64.5 9 6 79.5
John Flavin 74 5 79
Léan McMahon* 72 3 4 79
Paul Williams* 67 10 2 79
Mary Whooley* 75 3 78
BJ O'Brien 53.5 3 19 75.5
Tomás Roche 37.5 18 18 73.5
Rick Crowe 61.5 2 9 72.5
Deirdre Linnane* 67.5 4 71.5
Rachel Connellan 45 8 9 7 69
Fiona O'Gorman 49.5 6 8 5 68.5
Carol Hawkins 67.75 67.75
Paul Delaney 31.5 19 17 67.5
Geraldine Crowe 55.5 2 9 66.5
Séamus Bradley* 47.5 8 6 3 64.5
Mary Hickey* 53 2 7 62
Sheila Williams* 50 10 2 62
Sue Power 61.5 61.5
Liz Hurley* 49.25 7 4 1 61.25
Aoife MacHale 38.5 3 19 60.5
Vicky Pigot* 46.5 6 8 60.5
Fergus O'Rafferty 36.5 6 8 9 59.5
Seán Maguire 22.25 19 17 58.25
Brian McCann* 32 10 1 11 4 58
Siobhán McCarthy** 40 4.5 1 11 56.5
Mick Lynch 56 56
Jackie McBride* 48.5 6 54.5
Dónal O'Keeffe 53.5 53.5
Kay Russell* 51.75 51.75
Pat Blaney* 46.5 4.5 51
Hilary Moran* 45.5 4.5 50
Joe Dolan* 48 48
Mary Rose McGovern* 44 2 46
Elaine Fitzpatrick 45 45
Fiona McGoldrick* 34 11 45
Brendan Ruddy* 28 10 4 42
Marjorie McNeill* 34 8 42
Lillian Swaine* 37 4.5 41.5
Helen Lambkin* 41 41
Mark Ryan* 28 1 11 40
Bernie Lynch 38 38
Edward Spain* 32.5 5 37.5
Eamonn Kearney* 37 37
Melíosa O'Malley* 37 37
Willie Kearney* 37 37
Teresa Gavin 31.5 4 1 36.5
Frances Ronan 20.5 12 32.5
Pascale Wolfe 20.5 12 32.5
Mary Gleeson* 32 32
Peter Goodman 10 3 19 32
Clare O'Donoghue* 29.5 1 30.5
Sharon McDermott* 29.5 1 30.5
Bríd Kemple 30 30
Jenny Caulfield* 30 30
Ronan McMaugh 30 30
Terry Walsh 30 30
Liz Sherlock* 29 29
Aindrias Ó Caoimh* 10 1 7 10 28
Barbara Walsh 28 28
Frank Kennedy 19 5 4 28
Austin Leahy** 27 27
Colette Stokes 26 26
Kerri Nolan* 17 1 7 25
Siobhán Part 23.5 23.5
Aisling O'Grady* 22 22
Jeremy James* 22 22
Máiréad Ní Oistín 21.5 21.5
Max McNeill* 12.5 8 20.5
Pat Egan 19 19
Mary Kane* 18.5 18.5
Gerry Tracey* 16 16
Caroline Crowley* 10 5 15
Huey Daly 15 15
Mia Delaney* 14 14
Mareeda Tracey* 13 13
Keith MacDonald** 12 12
Edel Dunleavy** 0 11 11
Martin Brady 10 10
Bernie Rountree 9 9
Erica Nasickyte* 0 9 9
Ciara Gleeson* 6 6
Bláthnaid Trayer 4.5 4.5
Player of the Year 2024 - 2025

The Player of the Year competition was introduced in 2016 along the same lines as Payer of the Month. It runs from the first night of the first 2-session club competition of the year OR the first club night in September –
whichever is the earlier – up to and including the last night of the President’s Prize competition in late May or early June.

Points are scored in exactly the same way as in the Player of the Month competition (see Player of the month) EXCEPT that only performance on club nights
(currently Tuesday) is counted.  As with the Player of the Month competition, both overall and grade prizes are awarded.
 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR  
*    denotes Area Master player  

**  denotes Intermediate player
 

 
2024/2025 Final table c/f May 6th May 13th May 20th May 27th Jun 3rd Total
Winner Liam Maher 347 13 7 7 7 1 382
Mary Lindopp 319 9.5 5 5 9 3 350.5
Ita Fahy 308 6 6 3 9 1 333
Best A.M. Rosalind O'Brien* 273 3 9 4 9 298
Mary Stanley 261.75 11 4 7 4 10 297.75
Kevin O'Dea 264.5 13 7 5 4 293.5
Maura Lawlor 261.75 9 3 3 8 284.75
Colette Allen 250.75 7 6 6 1 5 275.75
Paul Kane 229.75 8 9 1 6 10 263.75
Gerry Lawlor 247.25 6 9 262.25
Sheila Horkan 224.5 7 9 7 4 5 256.5
John Reilly 219.5 13 6 8 2 4 252.5
Ann Marie Heavey 208.25 9.5 8 9 2 4 240.75
Rachel Connellan 220.25 2 7 5 234.25
John Kelly 212.5 3 8 5 228.5
Pat Egan 188.5 12 6 3 2 10 221.5
David Connolly* 194.75 6 3 4 2 9 218.75
Marie James 202 1 3 2.5 9 217.5
Christy Tierney 183 3 7 4 9 8 214
Jackie McBride* 204 1 6 3 214
Seán Moynihan 187 4 5 6 10 212
Deirdre Reid 185.25 9 4 1 1 8 208.25
Paul Hanratty 163.25 14 7 6 7 9 206.25
Anthony Moloney 181.75 4 9 8 202.75
Frances A. Kelly 180.75 4 2 4 7 2 199.75
Fiona McGoldrick* 172.75 9 9 3 4 197.75
Deirdre Leopold 183 2 2 4 2 193
Sue Power 177.75 8 1 3 3 192.75
Kay Russell* 187.75 1 1 189.75
Fiona O'Gorman 147.25 2 8 6 8 8 179.25
Conor Moore 178.5 178.5
Maeve Flanagan* 158.25 14 5 177.25
Mary Seaver* 164.25 5 5 3 177.25
Michael O'Mahony* 155 6 4 5 6 176
Niamh Harty 175.75 175.75
Giles Murnin* 165.75 7 172.75
Helen Friel 162.5 8 2 172.5
Máire O'Connor 147.5 10 2.5 4 8 172
Ann Hanratty 147 14 3 1 1 5 171
Elizabeth Meagher* 155.25 7 2 4 168.25
Carmel Murnin* 150 11 7 168
Maeve Delaney* 168 168
Angela O'Neill* 147.5 8 5 3 1 1 165.5
Mick Lynch 163.5 163.5
Carol Hawkins 157.75 4 161.75
Michael McAuliffe 138.5 12 8 2.5 161
Rick Crowe 143.5 2 8 5 1 159.5
Mary Roche 159 159
Ronan Nolan* 147.5 2 5.5 1 156
Geraldine Crowe 151.5 1 152.5
Tomás Roche 152 152
Fergus O'Rafferty* 124 6 8 1 8 4 151
Paul Delaney 145 145
Evgenia Gladysheva 139.5 139.5
Adrienne Purdy 108 1 8 6 7 9 139
Frances Kelly 104 9.5 3 8 4 8 136.5
Marie Morrissey* 110 8 4 8 1 3 134
Séamus Bradley* 105 13 2 7 7 134
Brian McCann* 127.25 5.5 132.75
Marie Slattery 118 1 4 2 2 127
John Flavin 121.5 121.5
Denis Gill 113 7 120
Frances Gill 113 7 120
Mary Hickey* 110 5 2 1 118
Suzanne Hill 81 10 8 8 7 114
Colette O'Callaghan* 102.75 2 1 4 3 112.75
Mike Gowie 97 4 5 4 110
BJ O'Brien 100.5 9 109.5
Kate Daultrey 102 7 109
Mary Rose McGovern* 101 5 1 107
Gráinne Dunne 90 1 2 8 2 3 106
Siobhán Part 96.5 9 105.5
Máiréad Ní Oistín 78 3 5 6 4 8 104
Pat Blaney* 97.5 3 2 102.5
Brendan Ruddy* 102 102
Anne Keating 80 9.5 2 8 99.5
Philip Robinson* 75.5 7 4 10 96.5
Liz Hurley* 81 1 1 7 6 96
Michael Kiernan 89.5 6 95.5
Léan McMahon* 85 5 1 3 94
Edward Spain* 93.5 93.5
Paul Williams* 91.5 91.5
Ann Fitzgerald 68 6 7 4 6 91
Teresa Rigney 91 91
Jenny Caulfield* 77.75 2 1 4 6 90.75
Frances Ronan 90.5 90.5
Mary Gleeson* 63.5 11 5 4 7 90.5
Caroline Crowley* 56 14 4 5 6 5 90
Sharon McDermott* 86.5 86.5
Sheila Williams* 85.5 85.5
Ruth O'Dea 80.25 1 2 83.25
Deirdre Linnane* 83 83
Martin Purdy 57.75 4 7 2 7 4 81.75
Aoife MacHale 68 3 2 5 78
Barbara Walsh 72 5 77
Denis Mortell 77 77
Clare O'Donoghue* 65.5 5 5 75.5
Dermot O'Brien 57.25 7 8 3 75.25
Jim Rowley* 72.5 2 74.5
Sheila Kelly 73 73
Dave Ryan 67 5 72
Dónal O'Keeffe* 47.75 12 6 5.5 71.25
Best Inter Austin Leahy** 38 6 9 5 6 7 71
Martin Brady 46 7 4 7 6 70
Teresa Gavin 59 2 6 2 1 70
David Dunne 69 69
Pascale Wolfe 68.5 68.5
Kerri Nolan* 59.75 1 6 66.75
Willie Kearney* 56.5 10 66.5
Mary Whooley* 58 5 3 66
Brendan Toale 51 8 6 65
Helen Lambkin* 63 63
Elaine Fitzpatrick* 54.5 4 4 62.5
Hilary Moran* 58 3 61
Paula Heaphy 53 8 61
Huey Daly 51 9 60
Gerry Tracey* 39 3 5 8 55
Gerry Kelly 52 1 1 54
Seán Maguire 47.75 6 53.75
Mary Kane* 49 3 52
Joe Dolan* 42.5 8 50.5
Mareeda Tracey* 41 1 6 48
Bernie Lynch 47 47
Jeremy James* 37 7 2.5 46.5
Terry Walsh 44 44
Colette Stokes 22 11 4 3 40
Betty Cody 34.5 3 37.5
Mia Delaney* 37 37
Liz Sherlock* 25.5 5 6 36.5
Michele Purcell* 36.5 36.5
Melíosa O'Malley* 36 36
Max McNeill* 26 8 34
Wojciech Gorczyca 33 33
Peter Goodman 31 31
Kieran Crowley* 26 4 30
Maria Whelan 30 30
Bob Neilson* 29 29
Michael McInerney* 20 7 27
Frank Kennedy* 26 26
Marjorie McNeill* 26 26
Peter Stewart 26 26
Richard Hartheimer 14 12 26
Margaret McConville* 25 25
Eamonn Kearney 23 23
Lillian Swaine** 0 7 5.5 9 21.5
Aindrias Ó Caoimh* 20.75 20.75
Liz Jennings 7 2 8 2 19
LizAnn Doyle 18 18
Sonya Hillis 18 18
Ciara Gleeson* 13 13
Ronan McMaugh 13 13
Vicky Pigot** 11 11
Leisa Part* 10 10
Mark Ryan** 0 9 9
Peter Ryan 7 2 9
Bláthnaid Trayer 8.5 8.5
Maurice O'Leary 8.5 8.5
Anne-Marie Feeney* 7.5 7.5
Eileen O'Donovan 7 7
Jim McAndrew 7 7
Catherine Egan* 6 6
Fionnuala Lynch* 4.5 4.5
Anne Stewart* 3 3
Player of the Year 2023 - 2024

The Player of the Year competition was introduced in 2016 along the same lines as Payer of the Month. It runs from the first night of the first 2-session club competition of the year OR the first club night in September –
whichever is the earlier – up to and including the last night of the President’s Prize competition in late May or early June.

Points are scored in exactly the same way as in the Player of the Month competition (see Player of the month) EXCEPT that only performance on club nights
(currently Tuesday) is counted.  As with the Player of the Month competition, both overall and grade prizes are awarded.

Final table
*    denotes Area Master player
**  denotes Intermediate player
c/f May 7th May 14th May 21st May 28th Jun 4th Total
Winner Liam Maher 319.25 6 14 5 12 10 366.25
Mary Lindopp 308.5 14 1 6 5 12 346.5
Ita Fahy 263.25 14 12 8 4 10 311.25
Best A.M Deirdre Leopold* 251.75 15 11 14 12 2 305.75
Best Inter Mary Kane** 64.5 8 4 8 84.5
Player of the Year

Player of the Year 2022/2023

Liam  

Overall Winner
Liam Maher

Area Master
Rosiland O'Brien
Intermediate
Kay Russell


PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022-23

 
 
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
 
 
*    denotes Area Master player
 
 
 
**  denotes Intermediate player
 
 
 
c/f May 2nd May 9th May 16th May 23rd May 30th Total
Winner Liam Maher 275.25 8 8 6 5 7.5 309.75
Mary Lindopp 253 10 10 10 4 287
Ita Fahy 248.75 10 10 7 3 7.5 286.25
Best Area Master Rosalind O'Brien* 237.5 2 8 8 5 9 269.5
Best Inter Kay Russell** 157.75 3.5 1 3 5 3 173.25
   

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2021-22

 
 
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
 
 
*    denotes Area Master player
 
 
 
**  denotes Intermediate player
 
 
 
   
c/f
May 3rd
May 10th
May 17th
May 24th
May 31st
TOTAL
Winner LIAM MAHER
413.25
8
 
 
8
6
435.25
  Ronan McMaugh
390
10
6
9
9
4
428
  Mary Lindopp
388
12
 
6.5
11
6
423.5
  Ita Fahy
369.5
 
9
 
11
6
395.5
Best Intermediate David Connolly**
301.5
4
2
12
7
2
328.5
Best Area Master Paul Kane*
288
4
3
12.5
7
5
319.5


PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2020-21

 
 
 
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
 
 
*    denotes Area Master player
 
 
 
**  denotes Intermediate player
 
 
 
   
c/f
4th May
11th May
18th May
25th May
1st June
Total
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overall winner CONOR MOORE
466.5
8
14
14
13
9
524.5
  Mick Lynch
479
4.5
 
 
15
9
507.5
  Ronan McMaugh
463
13.5
15
8
 
3
502.5
  Michael McAuliffe
429
12
13
8
14
10
486
  Liam Maher
445.25
1
3
14
14
8
485.25
Best Intermediate David Connolly**
426.5
4
10
7
10
11
468.5
Best Area Master Máire O'Connor*
378.5
12
4
4
12
9
419.5


PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2019-20

 
 
 
 
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
 
 
 
 
*    denotes Area Master player
 
 
 
 
 
**  denotes Intermediate player
 
 
 
 
 
Figures in italics denote points awarded for Fanagan League appearances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 MARCH
 
c/f
Feb 4th
Feb 11th
Feb 18th
Feb 25th
Mar 3rd
Mar 10th
Total
Mary Lindopp
 
236.75
8
19.5
8
8
7
7
294.25
Liam Maher
 
213
9
9
8
8
8
7
262
Deirdre Reid
 
192.5
10
12.5
5
4
1
1
226
Mick Lynch
 
192.5
 
14.25
7
10
 
 
223.75

 

  PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2018-19    
PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2018-19
 
 
 
*    denotes Area Master player
Figures in italics denote points awarded for Fanagan League appearances
**  denotes Intermediate player
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019 June 4
c/f
May 7th
May 14th
May 21st
May 28th
June 4th
Total
LIAM MAHER
340
4
12
6
10
4
376
Mary Lindopp
322
9
10
11
10
10
372
Ita Fahy
283
11
7
11
 
4
316
Dónal Dunne
148.5
 
 
 
8
1
157.5