Donegal captain Michael Murphy was the county’s sole football All-Star winner at Friday night’s GAA/GPA awards ceremony in Dublin.
The Glenswilly was named at left half-forward on the All-Star 15 – and collects an All-Star for the third time in his career.
He gave his reaction to the award to reporter Will O’Callaghan:
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Dublin, as expected, dominated the football team, winning seven All-Stars with veteran goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton also named as Footballer of the Year.
Kerry received four awards with Sean O’Shea also being named Young Footballer of the Year.
Tyrone won two awards with full-back Ronan McNamee and full-forward Cathal McShane – while Mayo’s Paddy Durcan also made the final 15.
The 2019 Football All-Star team:
- Stephen Cluxton (Dublin) – 6th award
- Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin) – 2nd award
- Ronan McNamee (Tyrone) – 1st award
- Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry) – 1st award
- Paddy Durcan (Mayo) – 1st award
- Brian Howard (Dublin) – 2nd award
- Jack McCaffrey (Dublin) – 4th award
- Brian Fenton (Dublin) – 4th award
- David Moran (Kerry) – 2nd award
- Paul Mannion (Dublin) – 3rd award
- Seán O’Shea (Kerry) – 1st award
- Michael Murphy (Donegal) – 3rd award
- David Clifford (Kerry) -2nd award
- Cathal McShane (Tyrone) – 1st award
- Con O’Callaghan (Dublin) – 2nd award.
