Cork's Amy O'Connor, Clare's Shane O'Donnell scoop Personality of the Year Awards

Dublin's James McCarthy and Hannah Tyrrell were also honoured. 

Personality of the Year recipient, Cork camogie player Amy O'Connor with her award at the Gaelic Writers' Association Awards, supported by EirGrid, at the Iveagh Garden Hotel in Dublin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Dublin pair James McCarthy and Hannah Tyrrell, Cork’s Amy O’Connor and Clare forward Shane O’Donnell have been named as the Gaelic Writers Association’s Personality of the Year awards in association with Eirgrid.

At the GWA’s annual dinner in Dublin on Friday evening, former “Irish Independent” chief sports writer Vincent Hogan was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award while Leinster GAA’s Brendan Minnock picked up the PRO of the Year award.