National Volunteer Awards

The LGFA National Volunteer Awards were initiated in 2017 to recognise the contribution of amazing volunteers across the country. Below are the list of winners to date:

 

Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Young Volunteer Of the Year	Denis Ring – Knocknagree, Cork	Niamh Fox – Dromin-Athlacca Banogue, Limerick	Eoin Delaney – Crettyard, Laois	Sandra O’Donoghue – Rosscarbery, Cork	Chloe Callaghan – Termon, Donegal
Local Journalist of the Year	Kieran McCarthy – Southern Star	Darren Kelly – Galway Bay FM	Ger McCarthy – Cork Evening Echo	Ian Cooney – Roscommon Herald	Derrick Lynch – Clare FM
PRO of the Year	Aisling Clery – Leinster	Donal Fitzpatrick – Kildare	John McDermott – Galway	Peter O’Leary – Cork	Élena Byrne – Dunamaggin , Kilkenny
Club Coach of the Year	Marie Egan – Kilmihil, Clare	Jess Brennan – Blessington, Wicklow	George Leetch – St Nathy’s, Sligo	Colin Kenny – Naomh Ciaran, Offaly	Bart Gilmartin – Old Leighlin, Carlow
School Coach of the Year	Laura Bannon – St Dominic’s, Belfast	John Kennedy – Glenamaddy, Galway	Ciara Marley – St Catherine’s, Armagh	Conor Maguire – Loreto College, Cavan	Fidelma Quinn – Moate Community School, Westmeath
Club Committee Officer of the Year	N/A	N/A	Shirley Doody – Kerins O’Rahillys, Kerry	Helen Clarke – An Caisleán Glas agus Sperrin Óg, Tyrone	Carolyn Mullane – Passage West, Cork
County/Provincial Officer of the Year	Siobhan Condon – Munster	Nora Fealy – Kerry	Geraldine Heverin – Galway	Sinead Reel – Armagh	Cormac McNally – Roscommon
International Volunteer of the Year	N/A	N/A	Ciara Lane – Calgary Chieftains, Canada	Clodagh Harris – RAK Ropairí, UAE	Eva Scanlon – Tir Chonaill Gaels, London
Hall of Fame Award	N/A	Phillip O’Hare – Down	Michael Ryan – Ballymacarbry, Waterford	Kathleen Kane – St. Nathy’s, Sligo	Mary Hernon – Milltown, Galway
Lulu Carroll Award	Sheena Byrne – Kilcock, Kildare	Edel Conway – Doonbeg, Clare	Maggie Skelton – Tyrone	Mikey Hyland – Shanahoe, Laois	Kathleen Colreavy – Naomh Mearnóg, Dublin