Leinster Leader's Daragh Nolan wins top LGFA Award

THE Ladies Gaelic Football Association has just announce the 2023 Glenveagh Homes LGFA Award winners.

Glenveagh Homes are on board as new sponsor of the LGFA National Volunteer of the Year awards, which acknowledge winners in ten categories.

This partnership builds on the already strong relationship between the LGFA and Glenveagh Homes, who are also the Association’s Gaelic4Girls programme sponsor.

Among the award winners is the Leinster Leader's Daragh Nolan who has been awarded the "Local Journalist of the Year Award."

Daragh has given the Kildare Ladies extensive coverage throughout 2023, including them gaining promotion last year from Division 3 to Division 2; going on to capture the Leinster intermediate title and then capping it off with victory over Clare to capture the All-Ireland Intermediate title.

This year Kildare Ladies have started the new campaign, operating in Division 2, with two excellent wins over Monaghan and Donegal and take on Cavan this weekend.

The full list of the awards are as follows:

Young Volunteer of the Year – Dúana Coleman (Pádraig Sairseil, Co. Antrim)
PRO of the Year – Siobhan McCloskey (Emyvale, Co. Monaghan)
Local Journalist of the Year – Daragh Nolan (Leinster Leader)
School Coach of the Year – Sean Costello (Dominican College, Griffith Avenue, Dublin)
Club Coach of the Year – Aine Reilly (Convoy, Co. Donegal)
Club Committee Officer of the Year – Deirdre Colgan (St. Margaret’s, Co. Dublin)
County/Provincial Committee Officer of the Year – Lisa Walsh (Co. Cork)
International Volunteer of the Year – Pat Doab (Celtic Cowboys, Austin, Texas, USA)
Volunteer Hall of Fame – Michael O’Loughlin, (Mountmellick Sarsfields, Co. Laois)
Overall Volunteer of the Year (Lulu Carroll award) – Margaret Buckley (St. Valentines, Co. Cork).

The awads will be presented at a ceremony at Croke Park on Friday February 9.