Louise: Kingdom well placed

While it was a year ultimately ending in defeat by Cork at the All-Ireland semi-final stage, 2013 was one of progress for Kerry ladies footballers.

Star attacker Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh — who will be honoured on Saturday with the ladies football prize at the 2013 Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Awards – believes wins in the Munster championship and Division 2 of the NFL leave the Kingdom well placed ahead of 2014.

“It’s a massive honour to win,” she said. “You could have picked any of a number of Kerry players, so I’m delighted to have been chosen, it was a good year for us. It was disappointing not to have got to Croke Park as we wanted to do that after getting to the 2012 final but winning silverware was a dream come true. There’s a lot to look forward to for next year.”