The McGrath sisters, Siobhán and Niamh, from the Sarsfields club in Galway, have made history by claiming the respective AIB Club Player of the Year awards for 2021 and 2022.
Siobhan McGrath (22) took the 2021/2022 award to add to the recognition she first won as a teenager in 2019. Eldest sister Niamh (30) made it a fantastic family double by being honoured a year later after captaining Sarsfields to their second All-Ireland club title in nine months last December.
Siobhan was the top scorer in the 2021 final, bagging 1-07 against Oulart The Ballagh and scored a vital goal within 55 seconds of their hard-fought 2022 decider against Loughgiel.
Midfielder Niamh was player of the match in the 2022 decider when the Galway club contested their sixth final in seven years and won their third title.
They were without Orlaith (injured) for last December's decider but Clodagh and Ciara meant that Sarsfield's latest All-Ireland win featured four McGrath sisters and their father Michael 'Hopper’ McGrath, who manages them.
Ciara is only 17 but came off the bench in last year’s final and the youngest of these siblings – Laoise - is about to turn 16 which will make her eligible to play for their seniors this summer.
Six Sars’ players, including Orlaith McGrath, were selected on the 2021 te team of the year and seven made the 2022 selection.
Niamh McGrath have been named @OfficialCamogie Club Player of the Year for 2021/22 and 2022/23 respectively - but there was disappointment that the All-Star trip to Canada was cancelled @GalwayCamogie96 @SarsfieldsCC #rtesport pic.twitter.com/A1lVoUR5yd
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) March 24, 2023
2021/22 AIB Camogie Club Championship Team of the Year
Laura Glynn (Sarsfields, Galway)
Aideen Brennan (Oulart The Ballagh, Wexford)
Louise Duggan (Slaughtneil, Derry)
Laura Ward (Sarsfields, Galway)
Maria Cooney (Sarsfields, Galway)
Aoife Dunne (Oulart The Ballagh, Wexford)
Mary Leacy (Oulart The Ballagh, Wexford)
Anais Curran (Oulart The Ballagh, Wexford)
Mairead Scanlon (Scariff Ogonnelloe, Clare)
Tina Bradley (Slaughtneil, Derry)
Shelley Kehoe (Oulart The Ballagh, Wexford)
Orlaith McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
Cora Kenny (Sarsfields, Galway)
Jennifer Daly (Scariff Ogonnelloe Clare)
Siobhán McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
2021/22 AIB Camogie Club Championship Provincial Players of the Year
Caoimhe Bourke (Drom & Inch, Tipperary) Munster
Shelley Kehoe (Oulart-The-Ballagh, Wexford) Leinster
Orlaith McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway) Connacht
Lucia McNaughton (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim) Ulster
2021/22 AIB Camogie Club Championship Player of the Year
Siobhán McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
2022/23 AIB Camogie Club Championship Team of the Year
Laura Glynn (Sarsfields, Galway)
Reitseal Kelly (Sarsfields, Galway)
Laura Ward (Sarsfields, Galway)
Aine Woods (St. Vincents, Dublin)
Tara Kenny (Sarsfields, Galway)
Maria Cooney (Sarsfields, Galway)
Mairéad Eviston (Drom & Inch, Tipperary)
Niamh McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
Amy Boyle (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim)
Caitrin Dobbin (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim)
Aisling Maher (St. Vincents, Dublin)
Eimear McGrath (Drom & Inch, Tipperary)
Róisín McCormick (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim)
Siobhán McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
Annie Lynn (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim)
2022/23 AIB Camogie Club Championship Provincial Players of the Year
Mairéad Eviston (Drom & Inch, Tipperary) Munster
Aisling Maher (St. Vincents, Dublin) Leinster
Niamh McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway) Connacht
Róisín McCormick (Loughgiel Shamrocks, Antrim) Ulster
2022/23 AIB Camogie Club Championship Player of the Year
Niamh McGrath (Sarsfields, Galway)
