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Ronan (L) and Padraic Maher lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup

Tipp boast seven players in All Stars team

There were no surprises as Tipperary dominated the 2016 GAA/GPA Opel All Star hurling team with seven representatives.

An All Star award being made in the Cast Foundry, Dublin

All Star awards are earned, but how are they made?

The best 15 hurlers and footballers will receive a All Star award this evening, but just how are the prestigious trophies made? Peter Sweeney went to find out.

GAA • 04 Nov 16

Clarke in action for Mayo in their All-Ireland quarter-final win over Tyrone

Clarke makes All Stars after All-Ireland axe

Dublin and Mayo dominate the 2016 GAA/GPA Opel All Star football team. Dublin get six awards, Mayo four, with Tyrone getting two and Donegal, Tipperary and Kerry one apiece.

GAA • 03 Nov 16

Lee Chin was to the fore in the first leg

All Star ceremony means Chin will miss second leg

After scoring a wonder goal to put Wexford Youths in the driving seat in the SSE Airtricity League promotion/relegation play-off, Lee Chin will be an absentee for Friday's second leg as he attends the All-Star Awards in Dublin.

GAA • 02 Nov 16

Gleeson has been nominated for both Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year

Gleeson leading youthful All Stars challenge

With youth leading the way for both Waterford and Tipperary this season, it is little surprise that the All Star nominees have a certain air of a changing of the guard feel about it.

GAA • 07 Oct 16

Tipperary's Padraic Maher and Seamus Callanan

Maher, Callanan and Gleeson up for hurling award

Tipperary duo Pádraic Maher and Séamus Callanan, and Waterford’s Austin Gleeson have all been shortlisted for the Hurling Player of the Year award.

GAA • 07 Oct 16

Michael Quinlivan hit 2-27 for Tipperary who reached the All-Ireland semi-final for the first time since 1935

Who can break Dublin/Mayo All Stars selection?

A total of 45 footballers have been nominated for an All Star for their exploits over the 2016 season, but history would suggest the odds are stacked against those outside of All-Ireland finalists Dublin and Mayo.

Football • 06 Oct 16

Lee Keegan and Brian Fenton have been nominated for the Player of the Year award

Fenton, Kilkenny and Keegan up for top GAA award

Mayo's Lee Keegan and Dublin duo Brian Fenton and Ciarán Kilkenny have been shortlisted for the GAA's Player of the Year award.

GAA • 06 Oct 16

Kilkenny hurlers Richie Hogan, Paul Murphy and Ger Aylward bring a very important guest to Texas

Hurling All Stars heading for Lone Star State

THE GAA-GPA All-Stars made history on Friday when they jetted out on a hurling tour to Austin, Texas for the first time.

Hurling • 10 Dec 15

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny's glorious summer has been reflected in this year's All Stars

Seven Kilkenny players on 2015 All Stars team

All-Ireland champions Kilkenny predictably dominate the 2015 Hurling All Stars, with seven stars of the Cats' triumphant summer in the team.

Hurling • 05 Nov 15

Galway's Thomas Flynn and Michael Murphy of Donegal both feature on the alternative team of the year

Football team of the year: the alternative XV

Ahead of the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals, RTÉ Sport's James McMahon picks his football team of 2015 - minus players from Kerry, Tyrone, Dublin and Mayo.

Football • 18 Aug 15