2022 End of Season Awards | Treaty Talk Special

It was an eventful year for Limerick GAA with plenty of success for the county sides as well as the clubs in the provincial series.

2022 would prove to be another stellar year in the Limerick GAA circles. The Hurlers became the first county from outside the big three to claim three Liam MacCarthy titles on the trot, earning a fourth in five years.

Billy Lee’s footballers secured a second promotion in three years whilst reaching a first Munster final in 12 years. On the club front, Na Piarsaigh returned to the pinnacle of Limerick hurling while Newcastle West were narrowly beaten in the Munster Club final.

Diarmaid Byrnes was named Hurler of the Year while Limerick had seven on the All-Star team. Cian Sheehan was only Limerick’s third football nominee this decade while the U20 hurlers reached the All-Ireland final.

Prior to the turn of the new year, Matt and Jack combined for their 2022 End of Year Awards where over the course of 100 minutes, they would go through eight different categories, giving out various intercounty, club hurling and club football awards in each.

The categories were as follows;

• Match of the Year
• Player of the Year
• Young of the Year
• Performance of the Year (Team)
• Performance of the Year (Individual)
• Score of the Year
• Biggest Surprise of the Year
• Team of the Year

Watch or listen below or continue scrolling to read through the award winners.

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Match of the Year

• Intercounty: All-Ireland Hurling Final [Jack] / Munster Hurling Final [Matt]
• Club Hurling: Kilmallock v Na Piarsaigh (Limerick SHC Round II)
• Club Football: Newcastle West v Clonmel Commercials (Munster SFC Semi-Final)

Player of the Year

• Intercounty: Barry Nash [Jack] / Diarmaid Byrnes [Matt] (Limerick Hurling) | Cian Sheehan (Limerick Football)
• Club Hurling: Kyle Hayes (Kildimo Pallaskenry) [Jack] / Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen) [Matt]
• Club Football: Mike McMahon (Newcastle West) [Jack] / Cian Sheehan (Newcastle West) [Matt]

Young Player of the Year

• Intercounty: Cathal O’Neill (Limerick Hurling)
• Club Hurling: Shane O’Brien (Kilmallock) [Jack] / Aidan O’Connor (Ballybrown) [Matt]
• Club Football: Ruadhan O’Connor (Newcastle West) [Jack] / Emmet Rigter (Newcastle West) [Matt]

Performance of the Year (Team)

• Intercounty: Limerick v Fermanagh (National Football League Round 7)
• Club Hurling: Na Piarsaigh v Kilmallock (Limerick SHC Final)
• Club Football: Newcastle West v Clonmel Commercials (Munster SFC Semi-Final)

Performance of the Year (Individual)

• Intercounty: Gearoid Hegarty v Kilkenny (All-Ireland Final) / Cillian Fahy v Longford (National Football League Round 1)
• Club Hurling: Kyle Hayes v Blackrock (Limerick SHC Round 4)
• Club Football: Mike McMahon v Galbally (Limerick SFC Round 3)

Score of the Year

• Intercounty: Declan Hannon point v Clare (Munster Hurling Final)
• Club Hurling: Adrian Breen 2nd goal v Kilmallock (Limerick SHC Final) [Jack] / Mark O’Dwyer goal v Doora Barefield (Munster IHC Semi-Final) [Matt]
• Club Football: Cian Sheehan point v Clonmel Commercials [Jack] / Darren O’Doherty point v Adare [Matt]

Biggest Surprise of the Year

• Club Hurling: South Liberties beat Patrickswell in Limerick SHC quarter-final
• Club Football: Fr Caseys’ heavy win over Monaleen [Jack] / Monaleen beat St Kierans in SFC quarter-final [Matt]

Team of the Year

• Club Hurling: Na Piarsaigh
• Club Football: Newcastle West