Fourteen first-time recipients included in 2024 football team of the year
Galway's Johnny McGrath and Armagh's Conor Turbitt during the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football final. Both players have been included in the 2024 All-Star football team of the year. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
It is the first time since 2003 that an All-Star football team has had no player from either Dublin or Kerry.Ciarán Murphy: Breath of fresh air as Thomastown lead charge of underdogsSeán Moran: Policing amateurism in the modern GAA almost requires the skills of Elliott Ness Morgan’s previous All Star was garnered in 2021 after starring in Tyrone’s All-Ireland success that season, and he gets the nod this term ahead of Hughes and Donegal goalkeeper Shaun Patton.
McKay is probably the unluckiest of all the 45 nominees not to make the team of the year. The Dromintee clubman was a rock in the Armagh defence and was a vital cog in their rearguard system and also got up the field to slap home the crucial goal in the All-Ireland final. The half-back line is made up of players from three counties – Galway’s Dylan McHugh, Armagh’s Aidan Forker, and Louth’s Lennon.
Alongside him at midfield is Armagh’s Ben Crealey, who gets the nod ahead of his Orchard counterpart Niall Grimley. Dublin’s Brian Fenton might also consider himself unlucky to miss out.
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