Two Kildare winners named in LGFA Awards

Two Kildare winners have been announced in the Ladies Gaelic Football Association 2022 LGFA Volunteer of the Year Award winners.

Now in its sixth year, the scheme recognises winners from across ten categories.

The two Kildare winners for 2022 are Erika Long, Milltown, who will received the Young Volunteer of the Year Award.

The Local Journalist of the Year awards goes to Kildare's Tara Byrne of Kfm who also works for the local newspapers.

Both are worthy winners and will receive their awards at Croke Park on Friday February 10.  

The full list of award winners are as follows:  

·       Overall Volunteer of the Year (Lulu Carroll award) – Domo Murtagh (Navan O’Mahonys, Meath) 

·        Young Volunteer of the Year – Erika Long (Milltown, Kildare) 

·        PRO of the Year – Seamus McGuire (Longford) 

·        Local Journalist of the Year – Tara Byrne (KFM, Kildare) 

·        School Coach of the Year – joint award for Emma Galligan and Laura Brogan (Mount Saint Michael Secondary School, Claremorris, Mayo)  

·         Coach of the Year – Noel Treacy (RIP) (Kildress, Tyrone) 

·        Club Committee Officer of the Year – Aislinn Nugent Reid (Valleymount, Wicklow) 

·        County/Provincial Committee Officer of the Year – Monica Callinan (Clare LGFA) 

·        International Volunteer of the Year – Colin Dixon (Na Fianna, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) 

·       Volunteer Hall of Fame – Mary Power O’Shea (Mullinahone, Tipperary) 

LGFA President Mícheál Naughton commented: “We are delighted once again to honour our annual Volunteer of the Year award winners.   Volunteers, and the sterling and unselfish work that they undertake, are the lifeblood of our Association and I salute all of our winners. 

“We received another outstanding volume of entries and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who took the time to submit nominations.  We are now very much looking forward to our awards ceremony, to be held at Croke Park on Friday February 10."