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2017 Hall of Fame winner Maeve Quinn pictured with her son Eoghan and daughter Edel after Leitrim won the 2007 All-Ireland Intermediate title
Leitrim Ladies football legend Maeve Quinn is the 2017 winner of the Leitrim Sports Star Hall of Fame award.
Quinn follows in the footsteps of Frances Cryan, Pakie McGarty, Padraig Griffin, John King, Mary Keenan and Joe Flynn and will receive her award at the Leitrim Sports Star Awards, organised by the Leitrim Sports Partnership, on Friday, November 24.
That night, held in the Lough Rynn Castle Estate & Gardens Hotel, will see Leitrim's best sporting stars and achievements from 2017 honoured on what is a great celebration of Leitrim sport.
The two-time All-Ireland winner with Leitrim, Maeve Quinn has been a fantastic servant for Leitrim ladies football from the time she first won a national medal with the Ballinamore Area Community Games team in the early eighties.
An All-Ireland Junior title followed in 1988 and showing incredible longevity, Maeve was still playing a key role for the County side when the Intermediate title was claimed in 2007. And she is still currently heavily involved in the administration of the game in the county, serving as a selector for the Ladies Senior team while also still lining with Aughawillan during the year.
We are delighted to reveal the shortlisted nominees as follows. The winners will be announced on the night:
Sports Individual Junior
Dillon Beirne - Golf
Muireann Devaney - Gaelic Football/Soccer
Matthew Earley - Rugby/ Gaelic Football
Áine Lyons - Gymnastics
Niall Morahan - Soccer
Sports Individual Senior
Ailbhe Clancy - Soccer/Gelic Football
Donnacha Holmes - Ironman
Dympna Kelly - Triathlon
Eanna Madden - Athletics
Liam Moreton - Hurling
Gerard O’Donnell - Athletics
Juvenile Team of the Year
Carrick Area U10 Community Games Team
Glencar/Manorhamilton U13 Boys Team
Leitrim U16 Hurling Team
Leitrim Ladies U14 Team
St. Clare's CS Manorhamilton First Year Soccer team
Team of the Year
Leitrim Junior Football Team
Leitrim Senior Hurling Team
Mohill GAA Senior Team
St. Joseph’s Ladies Team
Club of the Year
Lough Key Triathlon Club
Carrick Gymnastics Club
Drumshanbo Athletic Club
Drumsna Boxing Club
Volunteer of the Year
Martin Cunniffe - Hurling
Dennis Doonan - Athletics
Marie Honeyman - Basketball
Eileen Maxwell - Triathlon
Ann McGloin - Ladies Football
Best Sports School
Aughnasheelin NS
Largy NS
Scoil Mhuire NS Carrick on Shannon
Special Achievement Award
Michael Cornyn - Athletics
Melvin Gaels Gaelic 4 Girls
Melvin Gaels Gaelic 4 Mothers and Others
Martin McHugh - Gaelic Football
Leitrim Observer Unsung Hero
John Kavanagh & Sinead McKeon - Dromahair
Hall of Fame
Maeve Quinn
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