GPA Hurler of the Year

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The GPA Hurler of the Year is a hurling award that honours the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence. At the end of every Hurling Championship the members of the Gaelic Players Association, the players 'union', vote on which of its members has played the best hurling in the previous year. As the award is voted on by the players it is often viewed as one of the greatest individual honours. Unlike other Gaelic Athletic Association awards the GPA Hurler of the Year is presented with a new car. In September 2011 the GAA and GPA announced that their respective annual player awards schemes were to merge under the sponsorship of Opel. [1] The first merged awards were given out in 2011. [2]

GPA Hurlers of the Year

2022 Diarmaid Byrnes [3] Limerick
2021 Cian Lynch [4] Limerick
2020 Gearóid Hegarty Limerick
2018 Cian Lynch [4] Limerick
2016 Austin Gleeson Waterford
2015 T.J. Reid Kilkenny
2014 Richie Hogan Kilkenny
2013 Tony Kelly Clare
2012 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny
2011 Michael Fennelly Kilkenny
2010 Lar Corbett Tipperary [5]
2009 Tommy Walsh Kilkenny
2008 Eoin Larkin Kilkenny
2007 Dan Shanahan Waterford
2006 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny
2005 John Gardiner Cork
2004 Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Cork
2003 J. J. Delaney Kilkenny
2002 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny
2001 Tommy Dunne Tipperary

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References

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  2. "Shefflin and Cats steal All Star show". Irish Examiner. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. Duffy, Emma (28 October 2022). "David Clifford and Diarmaid Byrnes named 2022 Footballer and Hurler of the Year". The 42. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 O'Toole, Fintan (10 December 2021). "Limerick's Cian Lynch and Tyrone's Kieran McGeary named 2021 Hurler and Footballer of the Year". The 42. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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