Dublin’s Hannah Tyrrell and Amy O’Connor of Cork also earn top awards from Gaelic Writers’ Association.
DUBLIN DUO JAMES McCarthy and Hannah Tyrrell , Cork’s Amy O’Connor and Clare’s Shane O’Donnell scooped the Personality of the Year awards at the Gaelic Writers’ Association annual dinner held today.
Brenda McAnespie , Kilkenny’s Downey sisters, Ann and Angela, Terence McNaughton of Antrim and Sligo’s Mickey Kearins of Sligo were inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame. Over the next 20 years the duo would go on to win 12 O’Duffy Cups and eight player of the year awards between them – five for Angela and three for Ann.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Vincent Hogan, is one of Ireland’s greatest ever sportswriters and, indeed, his work has carried well beyond these shores. Having worked with the Hayters Sports Agency in London from 1977, he joined the Irish Press in 1980 before moving to the Irish Independent five years later.
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