Annual Club Awards
Presented each year at the club Dinner Dance, our annual awards acknowledge individual excellence in the previous season. Listed below are the award winners since 2005. There was no dinner dance in 2010 given the effort invested in the club's centenary celebrations in 2009. Elsewhere, in cases where years are not listed in a category, no award was presented. In some years, exceptional service on and off the pitch across a period of decades is also recognised by our Hall of Fame awards at the dinner dance.
Club person of the year
The club person of the year award is a special honour bestowed upon a person who has give exceptional service to the club in the preceding year. It is named in honour of Sean Slevin, a true club legend who rendered decades of selfless service to the Aodh Ruadh club.
Recent winners of the award are listed below. Kerry Ryan, Terry McShea and Claire Flood also won the award in earlier years.
2005 - Mary Matthews
2006 - Enda McGurrin
2007 - Jim Kane
2008 - John Rooney
2009 - John Hughes
2011 - Brian Drummond
2012 - Peter Horan
2013 - Sean O'Mahoney
2014 - Tracey Flood
2015 - Conal Gallagher
2016 - David McLoone
2017 - Chris Kelly
2018 - James O'Donnell
2019 - Lisa McTernan
2023 - Brian Gillespie
Ciaran Keon senior player of the year
The senior player of the year award is named in honour of Ciaran Keon, an outstanding player who embodied our club's spirit and passed on all too early in 2009. The award recognises the outstanding player on the senior team in the previous season.
2005 - Thomas McPhelim
2006 - Jonny Gallagher
2007 - David Greene
2008 - Stephen Ward
2009 - Philip O'Reilly
2011 - Michael 'Sticky' Ward
2012 - Conor Patton
2013 - Anthony Boyle
2014 - Kerry Ryan
2015 - Michael Dolan
2016 - Diarmaid McInerney
2017 - David McGurrin
2018 - Eddie Lynch Jr
2019 - Johnny Gethins
2020 - Eddie Lynch Jr
2021 - Philip Patton
2022 - Eamonn McGrath
2023 - Cian Dolan
Reserve player of the year
This award recognises the outstanding player on the reserve team in the previous season.
2005 - Brian Gethins
2006 - Simon Gillespie
2007 - Paul Kane
2008 - Barry Travers
2009 - David Dolan
2011 - Ronan Drummond
2012 - Rian Treanor
2013 - Damien Cleary
2014 - David McLoone
2015 - Ciaran Slevin
2016 - Anthony Coughlin
2017 - Christopher Goan
2018 - Daniel Warnock
2019 - Adam Clarke
2022 - Odhran McGarrigle
2023 - Michael 'Sticky' Ward
Third team footballer of the year
This award recognises the outstanding third team footballer in the previous season.
2005 - Gary Walsh
2006 - Paul Connolly
2007 - Diarmuid McInerney
2008 - Brian Dorrian
2009 - Ronan Drummond
2011 - Ken Monaghan
Under 21 footballer of the year
This award recognises the outstanding under 21 footballer in the previous season.
2014 - Gary Carty
2015 - Eamonn McGrath
2023 - Aidan Sweeny
Young footballer of the year
This award recognises the outstanding young footballer in the previous season.
2006 - Matthew Thompson
2007 - PJ McGee
2008 - Barry Leonard
2009 - Christopher Goan
2011 - Gary Carty
2012 - Ronan McGurrin
2013 - David McGurrin
2014 - Eamonn McGrath
2015 - Pauric Patton
2016 - Calum O'Halloran
2017 - Philip Patton
2018 - Eamonn McGrath
2019 - Sean Taylor
2022 - Damian Weber
2023 - Eoghan Kelly
Young reserve footballer of the year
This award recognises the outstanding young footballer in the previous season.
2023 - Darragh Flood Dolan
Senior hurler of the year
This award recognises the outstanding player on the senior hurling team in the previous season.
2005 - Peter Horan
2006 - Michael Bowering
2007 - David Donnelly
2009 - Kevin McDermott
2011 - Paul Sheridan
2014 - Conor McNeely
2016 - Stephen Sheerin
2017 - Ciaran Kilgannon
2019 - Pat Haran
2022 - Brendan Gillespie
2023 - Gareth Sheerin
Young hurler of the year
This award recognises the outstanding young hurler in the previous season.
2006 - Chris Kilgannon
2007 - Kieran Kilgannon
2008 - Stephen Ryan
2012 - Tommy Gillespie
2013 - Colm Kelly and Jamie Brennan
2014 - Eddie Lynch Jr
2015 - Oisín Rooney
2016 - Ciaran Rami
2017 - Stephen Anderson
2018 - Senan Rooney
2019 - Adam Rami
2023 - Kyle McCaffrey
Under 21 hurler of the year
This award recognises the outstanding under 21 hurler in the previous season.
2016 - Conor McNeely
Minor hurler of the year
This award recognises the outstanding minor hurler in the previous season.
2016 - Oisin Rooney
Senior ladies player of the year
The senior ladies player of the year award is named in honour of Tanya Dunne-O'Shea, an driving force of ladies football in the club and previous winner of the award who passed on before her time in 2022. This award recognises the outstanding player on the senior ladies team in the previous season.
2005 - Aoife Buggy
2006 - Louise Foy
2007 - Shauna Slevin
2008 - Sarah Patton
2009 - Niamh Gallagher
2011 - Grainne McCosker
2012 - Fionnuala Gill
2013 - Tara Khan
2014 - Elaine Dorrian
2015 - Tanya O'Shea
2016 - Shelly Loughlin
2017 - Tara Khan
2018 - Tanya O'Shea
2019 - Áine Gilmore
2022 - Cáit Gillespie
2023 - Anna Rafferty
Reserve ladies player of the year
This award recognises the outstanding junior ladies footballer in the previous season.
2022 - Kate Cunnigham
2023 - Roisin McGloin
Young ladies player of the year
This award recognises the outstanding young ladies player in the previous season.
2017 - Mary Flora Scott
2018 - Cáit Gillespie
2019 - Bridín Maguire
2022 - Caitlin McGarrigle
Under 23 ladies player of the year
This award recognises the outstanding under 23 ladies player in the previous season.
2023 - Síofra Hughes