O’Donoghue and Hegarty win GAA player awards
Sport · First reported 30 Oct, 21:00 · Updated 21:13

The reports identify Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue as Footballer of the Year and Limerick’s Gearóid Hegarty as Hurler of the Year. The Journal snippet also names the young player award winners.
- Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue won Footballer of the Year, while Limerick’s Gearóid Hegarty received Hurler of the Year.
- The Irish News reports that Hegarty’s award was the 2026 PWC GAA GPA Hurler of the Year award.
- Darragh Beirne of Mayo and Jason Rabbitte of Galway won the respective young player of the year awards.
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- Footballer of the Year
- Ryan O’Donoghue of Mayo
- Hurler of the Year
- Gearóid Hegarty of Limerick; the report identifies it as the 2026 PWC GAA GPA award
- Hegarty award context
- The fifth Limerick man to win the award in seven seasons
- Young player award winners
- Darragh Beirne of Mayo and Jason Rabbitte of Galway
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