MCGRATH AND O'CONNOR LEAD WAY AT GWA AWARDS

THE Gaelic Writers' Association (GWA) annual awards dinner, in association with the Dalata Hotel Group, took place at the Clayton Hotel in Ballsbridge last night.

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Tipperary's Noel McGrath, Dublin's Carla Rowe, Galway's Shauna Healy and Kerry manager Jack O'Connor were honoured as Personality of the Year in their respective codes.

The awards evening also saw Ger Canning handed the Lifetime Achievement award and Meath's Brian Kelly named PRO of the Year.

Imelda Hobbins (Galway), Larry Tompkins (Cork), Juliet Murphy (Cork) and Nickey Brennan (Kilkenny) were all inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame.

Tompkins is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to lace up a pair of boots and was a pivotal figure at centre forward in the Cork side that reached four All-Ireland Finals (1987-90), winning two.