Galway dominate TG4 Ladies Football All-Star team with seven selections

Galway, the All‑Ireland senior champions, secured seven places on the 2026 TG4 Ladies Football All‑Star team.

The awards were presented at the annual banquet in The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday night, where Kerry captain Síofra O’Shea was named Senior Players’ Player of the Year and received her second consecutive All‑Star.

Galway’s seven awardees are defenders Brónagh Quinn, Kate Geraghty, Hannah Noone and Nicola Ward, midfielder Niamh Divilly and forwards Olivia Divilly and Leanne Coen.

Runners‑up Kerry earned five awards: goalkeeper Mary Ellen Bolger, defenders Róisín Rahilly and Emma Costello, midfielder Mary O’Connell and captain Síofra O’Shea, who was also the championship’s leading scorer.

One All‑Star each went to the semi‑finalists Armagh and Dublin, with Aimee Mackin and Orlagh Nolan honoured in attack, while Waterford’s Kellyann Hogan completed the half‑forward line, marking the Déise’s second consecutive All‑Star after Emma Murray in 2025.

2026 TG4 All‑Star team

1. Mary Ellen Bolger (Kerry) – 2. Róisín Rahilly (Kerry) – 3. Brónagh Quinn (Galway) – 4. Kate Geraghty (Galway) – 5. Hannah Noone (Galway) – 6. Nicola Ward (Galway) – 7. Emma Costello (Kerry) – 8. Niamh Divilly (Galway) – 9. Mary O’Connell (Kerry) – 10. Olivia Divilly (Galway) – 11. Orlagh Nolan (Dublin) – 12. Kellyann Hogan (Waterford) – 13. Aimee Mackin (Armagh) – 14. Leanne Coen (Galway) – 15. Síofra O’Shea (Kerry).

Source: Irish Examiner. Photo: RF._.studio _ / Pexels.