East Kerry All Stars shortlist announced

WITH just over a week to go until the 2016 East Kerry GAA All Stars awards night in The Brehon Hotel, can exclusively reveal the short-list of nominees for the prestigious event.

Last week we revealed the long-list of 45 footballers nominated from the hundreds who played in the 2016 East Kerry SFC (O’Donoghue Cup), and this week the judges have whittled that number down to the 24 players who will attend the gala banquet as guests of honour.

Unsurprisingly, the champions, Rathmore, and beaten finalists, Dr Crokes, dominate the short-list with 20 nominations between them, with the threetime champions commanding 12 places in the list.

Beaten semi-finalists Spa have three nominations with the other place on the short-list going to Gneeveguilla, the other beaten semi-finalist.

In addition to the 15 All Stars announced on the night, the Senior Footballer of the Championship and the Young Footballer of the Championship will be announced as well as the Intermediate Player of the Fr Galvin Cup.

The East Kerry Board will also honour their Personality of the Year and name their 2016 Hall of Fame winner at the gala awards. James Devane – Spa Shane Murphy – Dr Crokes Conor Jenkins – Rathmore Michael J Kelliher – Rathmore Cathal Murphy – Rathmore Paul Murphy – Rathmore Dan O’Donoghue – Spa Conor O’Sullivan – Rathmore James O’Sullivan – Rathmore John Payne – Dr Crokes Gavin White – Dr Crokes Daithi Casey – Dr Crokes Ambrose O’Donovan – Dr Crokes Brendan O’Keeffe – Rathmore Aidan O’Mahony – Rathmore Cornelius Buckley – Gneeveguilla Micheál Burns – Dr Crokes Colm Cooper – Dr Crokes Jordan Kiely – Dr Crokes Eoin Lawlor – Rathmore John Moynihan – Rathmore Michael O’Donoghue – Spa Mark Reen – Rathmore Shane Ryan – Rathmore