Galway's Conroy wins Footballer of the Year

Conroy is the first Galway player to win the award since 2001

Galway midfielder Paul Conroy has been named the GAA's Footballer of the Year while Clare forward Shane O'Donnell has won the Hurler of the Year award.

Conroy edged out teammate John Maher and Armagh's All-Ireland winner Barry McCambridge for the football prize.

It is the third time a Galway player has won the GAA's top individual football award after Jarlath Fallon (1998) and Declan Meehan (2001).

Conroy's success follows confirmation on Thursday that he was one of five All-Star winners from the All-Ireland runners-up.

Armagh's All-Ireland winner Oisin Conaty took the Young Footballer of the Year title ahead of Galway's Johnny McGrath and Donegal's Ciaran Moore.

O'Donnell, meanwhile, has become the fourth Clare player to take the hurling title after Brian Lohan (1995), Jamesie O'Connor (1997) and Tony Kelly (2013).

The full-forward starred for the Banner County as they won the All-Ireland Hurling title for the first time since 2013, edging Cork in an epic final.

O'Donnell beat Cork midfielder Darragh Fitzgibbon and Limerick defender Kyle Hayes, becoming the first non-Limerick player to win since Tipperary's Seamus Callanan in 2019.

His teammate Adam Hogan collected Young Hurler of the Year, edging out Cork's Eoin Downey and Limerick's Cathal O'Neill.

O'Donnell and Hogan are two of six Clare players to make the Hurling All-Star team of the season, with losing finalists Cork accounting for five players and Limerick claiming four All-Stars.

2024 GAA All-Star Hurling team

Nickie Quaid (Limerick); Adam Hogan (Clare), Eoin Downey (Cork), Dan Morrissey (Limerick); David McInerney (Clare), Robert Downey (Cork), Kyle Hayes (Limerick); Tony Kelly (Clare), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork); David Fitzgerald (Clare), Shane Barrett (Cork), Seamus Harnedy (Cork); Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick), Shane O'Donnell (Clare), Mark Rodgers (Clare).