Two Mayo players selected on LGFA Division 1 Team of the League

The Teams of the 2024 Lidl National Football Leagues – selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee – have been revealed.

Mayo goalkeeper Laura Brennan and team-mate Lisa Cafferky represent the Green and Red on the selection, which is dominated by first time champions Armagh.

The seven Armagh players honoured are Grace Ferguson, captain Clodagh McCambridge, Lauren McConville (player of the match in the Division 1 final victory over Kerry), Caroline O’Hanlon, Aoife McCoy, leading scorer Aimee Mackin and Kelly Mallon.

Runners-up Kerry, who won the competition in 2023, have three players included, namely Aishling O’Connell, Anna Galvin and captain Niamh Carmody, while Meath, like Mayo, have two players on the team, Niamh Gallogly and Emma Duggan. Finally, there’s one player listed on the annual XV from the reigning TG4 All-Ireland senior champions, Dublin, with Leah Caffrey acknowledged for her displays.

The Division 1 selection in full is as follows: Laura Brennan (Mayo); Grace Ferguson (Armagh), Clodagh McCambridge (Armagh), Leah Caffrey (Dublin); Niamh Gallogly (Meath), Lauren McConville (Armagh), Aishling O’Connell (Kerry); Anna Galvin (Kerry), Caroline O’Hanlon (Armagh); Niamh Carmody (Kerry), Aoife McCoy (Armagh), Emma Duggan (Meath); Aimee Mackin (Armagh), Kelly Mallon (Armagh), Lisa Cafferky (Mayo).

In this year’s Division 2 selection, newly-crowned champions Kildare are the big winners, with six players included.

Five players from runners-up Tyrone, who were also promoted, make the cut, along with three from Donegal and one from Tipperary.

On the Division 3 Team of the League, champions Clare have six players named, with runners-up Roscommon following closely behind on five players. Down have two players included, and there’s one each from Louth and Offaly.

Finally, the Division 4 Team of the League is made up of six players from champions Carlow, three from runners-up Limerick, three from Leitrim, two from Fermanagh and one from Wicklow.

The winners will receive their awards in Croke Park on Friday, May 3.