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Limerick lead way as Westmeath's Doyle earns hurling All-Star nomination

Limerick's Barry Nash (L) and Diarmuid Byrnes (C) are up for hurler of the year, while Joseph Cooney is one of eight Galway All-Star nominations
Limerick's Barry Nash (L) and Diarmuid Byrnes (C) are up for hurler of the year, while Joseph Cooney is one of eight Galway All-Star nominations

Three-in-a-row champions Limerick unsurprisingly dominate the GAA/GPA PwC All-Star nominations, with 12 players from John Kiely's history-makers up for awards on 28 October.

Runners-up Kilkenny have eight players nominated, including hurler of the year nominee TJ Reid - who is up against Limerick defenders Diarmuid Byrnes and Barry Nash for the highest individual honour in the game.

There are also eight nominees from each of the beaten semi-finalists Galway and Clare, with Cork having three players recognised, two for Wexford and one each for Tipperary, Waterford, Dublin and Westmeath.

Westmeath centre-forward Killian Doyle is the first hurling nominee from the Lake County since 1986, when David Kilcoyne won their first and only All-Star to date.

Kilkenny breakout stars Eoin Cody and Mikey Butler, and Cork's Ciaran Joyce, are nominated for young hurler of the year.


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2022 PwC All-Star Nominees

Goalkeepers

Nickie Quaid (Limerick), Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny), Eanna Murphy (Galway).

Defenders

Sean Finn (Limerick), Barry Nash (Limerick), Mike Casey (Limerick), Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick), Declan Hannon (Limerick), Mikey Butler (Kilkenny), Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny), Richie Reid (Kilkenny), Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny), Paul Flanagan (Clare), John Conlon (Clare), Diarmuid Ryan (Clare), David McInerney (Clare), Ciaran Joyce (Cork), Damien Reck (Wexford), Daithi Burke (Galway), Padraic Mannion (Galway), Fintan Burke (Galway).

Midfielders

Tom Monaghan (Galway), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork), David Fitzgerald (Clare), Ryan Taylor (Clare), William O'Donoghue (Limerick), Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny).

Forwards

Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick), Kyle Hayes (Limerick), Tom Morrissey (Limerick), Aaron Gillane (Limerick), Seamus Flanagan (Limerick), TJ Reid (Kilkenny), Eoin Cody (Kilkenny), Tony Kelly (Clare), Shane O’Donnell (Clare), Noel McGrath (Tipperary), Robbie O’Flynn (Cork), Dessie Hutchinson (Waterford), Conor Whelan (Galway), Cathal Mannion (Galway), Joseph Cooney (Galway), Lee Chin (Wexford), Donal Burke (Dublin), Killian Doyle (Westmeath).

PwC GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year

Barry Nash (Limerick), Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick), TJ Reid (Kilkenny).

PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year

Mikey Butler (Kilkenny), Eoin Cody (Kilkenny), Ciaran Joyce (Cork).

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