One Camogie All-Star for Kilkenny as Denise Gaule makes team

Kilkenny's Denise Gaule has been selected on the 2023 All-Stars team.

The Windgao player earned her seventh award at the 2023 PwC Camogie All-Star awards, which were announced at a prestigious awards ceremony, in Croke Park. After winning her first All-Star in 2016, Gaule picked up her other honours in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The All-Stars paid tribute to the outstanding achievements of the country’s top Camogie players following an exhilarating 2023 season. The event, hosted by Marie Crowe, saw the senior camogie All-Ireland Champions Cork claim eight awards on the night.  Amongst the winners were Cork’s Captain Amy O’Connor, Katrina Mackey and Hannah Looney in the forward line. Cork’s trio of Libby Coppinger, Meabh Cahalane and Laura Treacy held a solid defensive line in front of fellow team-mate Amy Lee in goals. The final Cork All-Star was awarded to Saoirse McCarthy who displayed great leadership in the middle of the field this season.

All-Ireland Championship finalists, Waterford picked up three All-Stars, with Vikki Falconer in corner-back, Lorraine Bray in midfield and Beth Carton at centre-forward. Carton was also awarded the prestigious PwC GPA Senior Camogie Player of the Year award, as voted by her peers. 

Senior semi-finalists Tipperary claimed two awards with half-back Karen Kennedy and corner-forward Cáit Devane in the team.

The last two positions on the team were awarded to Galway’s Róisín Black at corner-back and Denise Gaule at half-forward.

Derry’s Aine McAllister, who co-captained the All-Ireland Intermediate winning team, scooped up the PwC GPA Camogie Intermediate Player of the Year, in what was a superb year for the Derry forward. 

Ellen Casey of Clare won the coveted PwC GPA Camogie Premier Junior Player of the Year award after the team triumphed over Tipperary in the All-Ireland Premier Junior Final in Croke Park.  The PwC GPA Camogie Players of the Year were selected after voting by intercounty players through the Gaelic Players Association.

The 2023 PwC Camogie Manager of the Year recipient was Cork’s Matthew Twomey, who in his final game as Manager, helped the team claim the All-Ireland title.