Lidl Teams: Champions Dublin have five players selected on the 2021 Ladies National Football League Division 1 Lidl team
THE Lidl Teams of the 2021 Ladies National Football Leagues – selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All Star committee – have been revealed.
Runners-up Cork lead the way on the Division 1 selection, with six players selected.
Champions Dublin have five players in the Team of the League, and there are four slots for semi-finalists Donegal.
In total, there are five survivors from the 2019 selection, with Cork trio Shauna Kelly, Melissa Duggan and Orla Finn included again in the 2021 team, along with Dublin’s Martha Byrne and Donegal’s Karen Guthrie.
Erika O’Shea, Ciara O’Sullivan and Sadhbh O’Leary are the other Cork players who earn spots on the team this time, while Byrne is joined by Dublin team-mates Abby Shiels, Olwen Carey, Jennifer Dunne and Hannah Tyrrell.
Along with Guthrie, Donegal are represented by Evelyn McGinley, Katy Herron and Geraldine McLaughlin on the 2021 Lidl Team of the League.
Champions Meath lead the way on the Division 2 selection, with eight players included.
Goalkeeper Monica McGuirk, Emma Troy (Division 2 Final Player of the Match), Aoibhín Cleary, Máire O’Shaughnessy, Vikki Wall, Niamh O’Sullivan, Stacey Grimes and Emma Duggan are all acknowledged for their efforts throughout the campaign.
Runners-up Kerry are represented by four players – Aislinn Desmond, Cáit Lynch, Niamh Carmody and Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh – while there are two players from semi-finalists Monaghan in the selected XV, namely Aoife McAnespie and Ellen McCarron.
There’s also a place in the team for Cavan’s long-serving Sinéad Greene.
On the Division 3 team, Champions Laois have seven players named – including captain Laura Nerney and Amy Potts, Player of the Match from the Final victory over Kildare.
Runners-up Kildare follow closely behind with six players on the Division 3 team, while there is one player each from Sligo and Wicklow.
The Division 4 team is made up of eight players from champions Louth, including Final Player of the Match Niamh Rice, four from Finalists Leitrim, two from Offaly and one from Limerick.
Lidl Teams of the 2021 Ladies National Football Leagues
Division 1
1. Abby Shiels – Dublin
2. Shauna Kelly – Cork
3. Evelyn McGinley – Donegal
4. Martha Byrne – Dublin
5. Erika O’Shea – Cork
6. Olwen Carey – Dublin
7. Melissa Duggan – Cork
8. Katy Herron – Donegal
9. Jennifer Dunne – Dublin
10. Hannah Tyrrell – Dublin
11. Ciara O’Sullivan – Cork
12. Orla Finn – Cork
13. Sadhbh O’Leary – Cork
14. Karen Guthrie – Donegal
15. Geraldine McLaughlin – Donegal
Division 2
1. Monica McGuirk – Meath
2. Emma Troy – Meath
3. Aislinn Desmond – Kerry
4. Aoife McAnespie – Monaghan
5. Sinéad Greene – Cavan
6. Aoibhín Cleary – Meath
7. Cáit Lynch – Kerry
8. Niamh Carmody – Kerry
9. Máire O’Shaughnessy – Meath
10. Vikki Wall – Meath
11. Ellen McCarron – Monaghan
12. Niamh O’Sullivan – Meath
13. Stacey Grimes – Meath
14. Emma Duggan – Meath
15. Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh – Kerry
Division 3
1. Eimear Barry – Laois
2. Claire Sullivan – Kildare
3. Amy Potts – Laois
4. Jacqui Mulligan – Sligo
5. Lauren Murtagh – Kildare
6. Ellen Healy – Laois
7. Laura Nerney – Laois
8. Gráinne Kenneally – Kildare
9. Jane Moore – Laois
10. Erone Fitzpatrick – Laois
11. Lara Curran – Kildare
12. Grace Clifford – Kildare
13. Mo Nerney – Laois
14. Neasa Dooley – Kildare
15. Marie Kealy – Wicklow
Division 4
1. Una Pearson – Louth
2. Mary Alice Maguire – Leitrim
4. Sinéad Tighe – Leitrim
3. Niamh McCarthy – Limerick
5. Michelle McMahon – Louth
6. Shannen McLaughlin – Louth
7. Ceire Nolan – Louth
8. Áine Breen – Louth
9. Amy Gavin Mangan – Offaly
10. Laura O’Dowd – Leitrim
11. Kate Flood – Louth
12. Niamh Rice – Louth
13. Lauren Boyle – Louth
14. Michelle Guckian – Leitrim
15. Gráinne Egan – Offaly
