GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year

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GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year
Sport Hurling
Competition All-Ireland Senior Championship
Country Ireland
Presented by GAA and GPA
History
First award1996
Editions23
First winner Colours of Limerick.svg Mark Foley
Most recent Colours of Kilkenny.svg Mikey Butler

The Gaelic Athletic Association/Gaelic Players Association Young Hurler of the Year (known for sponsorship reasons as the PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year, or simply the Young Hurler of the Year) is an annual award given to the player aged 21 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best during the All-Ireland Championship. [1] The award has been presented since the 1996 All-Ireland Championship and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Gaelic Players Association (GPA). [2] The first winner of the award was Limerick defender Mark Foley. The current holder is Adrian Mullen, who won the award for Kilkenny GAA in 2019. The only 2 players to ever win the award twice are Eoin Kelly, who won it in both 2001 and 2002 and Eoin Cody, 2020 and 2021.

Contents

A shortlist of nominees is published in September and the winner of the award, along with the winners of the GAA/GPA's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in Dublin in November. The players themselves consider the award to be highly prestigious, because the winner is chosen by his peers.

Winners

The award has been presented on 24 occasions as of 2019, with 23 different winners. The table also indicates where the winning player also won one of the other major "hurler of the year" awards, namely the GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year award (HOTY).

Diarmuid O'Sullivan was Cork's first award-winner in 1999. Diarmuid O'Sullivan cropped.jpg
Diarmuid O'Sullivan was Cork's first award-winner in 1999.
Setanta O hAilpin. Setanta2.jpg
Setanta Ó hAilpín.
Joe Canning was Galway's first award-winner in 2008. Joe Canning (2013).jpg
Joe Canning was Galway's first award-winner in 2008.
YearPlayerCountyAlso wonNotes
1996 Colours of Limerick.svg Mark Foley Limerick
1997 Colours of Tipperary.svg Eugene O'Neill Tipperary
1998 Colours of Offaly.svg Stephen Byrne Offaly
1999 Colours of Cork.svg Diarmuid O'Sullivan Cork
2000 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Noel Hickey Kilkenny
2001 Colours of Tipperary.svg Eoin Kelly Tipperary
2002 Colours of Tipperary.svg Eoin Kelly Tipperary
2003 Colours of Cork.svg Setanta Ó hAilpín Cork
2004 Colours of Cork.svg Brian Murphy Cork
2005 Colours of Galway.svg David Collins Galway
2006 Colours of Kilkenny.svg James Fitzpatrick Kilkenny
2007 Colours of Limerick.svg Séamus Hickey Limerick
2008 Colours of Galway.svg Joe Canning Galway
2009 Colours of Tipperary.svg Noel McGrath Tipperary [3]
2010 Colours of Tipperary.svg Brendan Maher Tipperary [4]
2011 Colours of Dublin.svg Liam Rushe Dublin [5]
2012 Colours of Galway.svg Johnny Coen Galway [6]
2013 Colours of Clare.svg Tony Kelly Clare HOTY [7]
2014 Colours of Tipperary.svg Cathal Barrett Tipperary [8]
2015 Colours of Waterford.svg Tadhg de Búrca Waterford [9]
2016 Colours of Waterford.svg Austin Gleeson Waterford HOTY [10]
2017 Colours of Galway.svg Conor Whelan Galway [11]
2018 Colours of Limerick.svg Kyle Hayes Limerick [12]
2019 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Adrian Mullen Kilkenny
2020 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Eoin Cody Kilkenny
2021 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Eoin Cody Kilkenny
2022 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Mikey Butler Kilkenny
2023 Colours of Clare.svg Mark Rodgers Clare [13]

Breakdown of winners

CountyNumber of winsWinning years
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary
6
1997, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
6
2000, 2006, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Colours of Galway.svg Galway
4
2005, 2008, 2012, 2017
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick
3
1996, 2007, 2018
Colours of Cork.svg Cork
3
1999, 2003, 2004
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford
2
2015, 2016
Colours of Clare.svg Clare
2
2013, 2023
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly
1
1998
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
1
2011

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