Shelbourne Ladies dominated the season, completing an impressive league and cup double for the first time in their history.
The awards ceremony for the season will take place on Thursday, January 12th at the Guinness Storehouse at 12.30pm, with two Shelbourne players nominated for Senior Player of the Year. Leanne Kiernan, who scored an impressive hat-trick in the Women’s Senior Cup final against Wexford Youths, takes her place next to team-mate Noelle Murray and Republic of Ireland international Karen Duggan for the prestigious award.
Galway’s Sadhbh Doyle and Peamount’s Roma McLaughlin goes up against Kiernan for the Young Player of the Year award whilst Peamount striker Amber Barrett will be presented with the Irish Daily Mail Golden Boot award after scoring 16 goals during the 2016 campaign.
The 2016 Team of the Year features five Shelbourne Ladies players as well as three UCD Waves players, Roma McLaughlin and Amber Barrett from Peamount United and Chloe Moloney from Galway WFC.
The nominations for the awards are as follows:
SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies)
Noelle Murray (Shelbourne Ladies)
Karen Duggan (UCD Waves)
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Sadhbh Doyle (Galway WFC)
Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies)
Roma McLaughlin (Peamount United)
IRISH DAILY MAIL GOLDEN BOOT
Amber Barrett (Peamount United)
2016 CONTINENTAL TYRES TEAM OF THE SEASON
Amanda McQuillan (Shelbourne Ladies)
Jetta Berrill (UCD Waves)
Pearl Slattery (Shelbourne Ladies)
Chloe Moloney (Galway WFC)
Niamh Prior (UCD Waves)
Karen Duggan (UCD Waves)
Roma McLaughlin (Peamount United)
Noelle Murray (Shelbourne Ladies)
Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne Ladies)
Amber Barrett (Peamount United)
Siobhan Killeen (Shelbourne Ladies)