Kerry lead the way with 11 Football All-Star nominations

Kieran Donaghy

The nominations have been announced for the GAA GPA Football All-Stars - champions Kerry have 11 nominations and beaten finalists Donegal have nine.

Dublin also received nine nominations, followed by Mayo with six and Monaghan with four.

There are 10 counties represented in total - Armagh received two nominations and one each for Cork, Derry, Galway and Tipperary make up the list.

The shortlist for Player of the Year has also been announced. Vying for the award are James O’Donoghue of Kerry, Neil McGee of Donegal and Dublin’s Diarmuid Connolly.

Donegal has two players shortlisted for Young Player of the Year, Ryan McHugh and Paddy McBrearty. The third nominee on the list is Galway’s Shane Walsh.

The All-Star and Player of the Year awards, sponsored by Opel, will be presented at the annual banquet in Dublin on Friday October 24.

Goalkeepers

Paul Durcan (Donegal)

Rory Beggan (Monaghan)

Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)

Stephen Cluxton

Full backs

Fionn Fitzgerald (Kerry)

Keith Higgins (Mayo)

Éamonn McGee (Donegal)

Neil McGee (Donegal)

Andy Mallon (Armagh), Rory O’Carroll (Dublin)

Philip McMahon (Dublin)

Paul Murphy (Kerry)

Drew Wylie (Monaghan)

Neil McGee

Half backs

Aidan O’Mahony (Kerry)

Peter Crowley (Kerry)

James McCarthy (Dublin)

Frank McGlynn (Donegal)

Dessie Mone (Monaghan)

Jonny Cooper (Dublin)

Colin O’Riordan (Tipperary)

Colm Boyle (Mayo)

Lee Keegan (Mayo)

Lee Keegan

Midfield

Neil Gallagher (Donegal)

Michael Darragh Macauley (Dublin)

Odhrán MacNiallais (Donegal)

Anthony Maher (Kerry)

David Moran (Kerry)

Séamus O’Shea (Mayo)

Michael Darragh Macauley

Half forwards

Johnny Buckley (Kerry)

Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin)

Paul Flynn (Dublin)

Aidan O’Shea (Mayo)

Ryan McHugh (Donegal)

Michael Murphy (Donegal)

Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)

Shane Walsh (Galway)

Mark Lynch (Derry)

Aidan O’Shea

Full forwards

Kieran Donaghy (Kerry)

Paul Geaney (Kerry)

Conor McManus (Monaghan)

Cillian O’Connor (Mayo)

James O’Donoghue (Kerry)

Brian Hurley (Cork)

Kevin McManamon (Dublin)

Tony Kernan (Armagh)

Paddy McBrearty (Donegal)

James O’Donoghue