Magnificent seven as Galway dominate TG4 All-Star selection

Galway All-Star winners, from left, Niamh Divilly, Leanne Coen, Brónagh Quinn, Nicola Ward, Kate Geraghty, Hannah Noone, and Olivia Divilly during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football All-Star Awards banquet, in association with Lidl, at the Bonnington Dublin Hotel. Photo by Paul Phelan/Sportsfile

TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions Galway lead the way with seven representatives on the 2026 TG4 Ladies Football All-Star team.

The selection was revealed on Saturday night at the annual TG4 All-Star awards banquet, in association with Lidl, at the Bonnington Dublin Hotel.

Galway’s seven winners are defenders Brónagh Quinn, Kate Geraghty (TG4 All-Ireland winning captain), Hannah Noone and Nicola Ward, midfielder Niamh Divilly and attackers Olivia Divilly and Leanne Coen.

Runners-up Kerry have been rewarded with five TG4 All-Star awards, namely goalkeeper Mary Ellen Bolger, defenders Róisín Rahilly and Emma Costello, midfielder Mary O’Connell, and team captain Síofra O’Shea, the leading scorer in this year’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship.

There is one award each for All-Ireland semi-finalists Armagh and Dublin, with Aimee Mackin and Orlagh Nolan honoured in attack.

Waterford’s Kellyann Hogan is also included in the half-forward line, which means the Déise have a TG4 All-Star for the second year in succession, following Emma Murray’s award in 2025.

There are nine first-time award winners in the 15 selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee, as Bolger, Rahilly, Quinn, Noone, Costello, Niamh Divilly, O’Connell, Hogan and Coen picked up maiden All-Star gongs.

Geraghty and O’Shea have secured All-Star awards for the second time in their careers, while Olivia Divilly and Nolan are now three-time winners.

Ward and Mackin are now four-time TG4 All-Star award recipients.

There are three survivors from the 2025 TG4 All-Star team, with Ward, Olivia Divilly and Síofra O’Shea included once again. Ward and Olivia Divilly are both honoured for a third successive year.

It was a memorable night for the Kilkerrin-Clonberne club in Galway, as Noone, Ward and sisters Niamh and Olivia Divilly all feature on the 2026 TG4 All-Star team. There was also a double for the Southern Gaels club in Kerry, with Bolger and O’Shea both honoured.

2026 TG4 All-Star team:

Mary Ellen Bolger (Kerry) – 1st award

Róisín Rahilly (Kerry) – 1st award

Brónagh Quinn (Galway) – 1st award

Kate Geraghty (Galway) – 2nd award (previous in 2024)

Hannah Noone (Galway) – 1st award

Nicola Ward (Galway) – 4th award (previous in 2019, 2024 and 2025)

Emma Costello (Kerry) – 1st award

Niamh Divilly (Galway) – 1st award

Mary O’Connell (Kerry) – 1st award

Olivia Divilly (Galway) – 3rd award (previous in 2024 and 2025)

Orlagh Nolan (Dublin) – 3rd award (previous in 2021 and 2023)

Kellyann Hogan (Waterford) – 1st award

Aimee Mackin (Armagh) – 4th award (previous in 2015, 2017 and 2022)

Leanne Coen (Galway) – 1st award

Síofra O’Shea (Kerry) – 2nd award (previous in 2025)

County by county breakdown:

Galway 7, Kerry 5, Armagh 1, Dublin 1, Waterford 1.