Armagh quartet selected for Lidl LGFA NFL Division 1 Team of the League

The four Armagh players honoured are defenders Maeve Ferguson (Ballyhegan) and Lauren McConville (Crossmaglen Rangers), and attacking pair Blaithín Mackin (Shane O’Neill’s) and Niamh Reel (Silverbridge Harps), who was the Orchard County’s top scorer in the competition.

Runners-up Armagh relinquished the title they won against Kerry in 2024, and the champions, who won a record 13th Division 1 title at Croke Park on April 12, lead the way on the top-flight selection, with eight players included.

Waterford’s impressive campaign has been rewarded with the inclusion of two players, and the remaining spot on the team goes to Dublin’s TG4 All-Star, Leah Caffrey.

The eight Kerry players selected are goalkeeper Mary Ellen Bolger, defenders Eilís Lynch, Aishling O’Connell and Kayleigh Cronin, midfielder and captain, Anna Galvin, and forwards Niamh Carmody, Danielle O’Leary (Player of the Match in the Lidl NFL Division 1 Final) and Síofra O’Shea, the Kingdom’s leading scorer in 2025.

Waterford finished third in the Division 1 standings and that fine form sees captain and midfielder Emma Murray earning a spot on the Team of the League, alongside free-scoring forward Kellyann Hogan.

Caffrey, O'Connell, McConville, Galvin and Carmody are the five survivors from the 2024 Division 1 Team of the League.

The winners will receive their awards at Croke Park on Friday, May 2.

The Division 1 Team of the League: Mary Ellen Bolger (Kerry); Maeve Ferguson (Armagh), Leah Caffrey (Dublin), Eilís Lynch (Kerry); Aishling O'Connell (Kerry), Kayleigh Cronin (Kerry), Lauren McConville (Armagh); Emma Murray (Waterford), Anna Galvin (Kerry); Kellyann Hogan (Waterford), Blaithín Mackin (Armagh), Niamh Carmody (Kerry); Danielle O'Leary (Kerry), Síofra O'Shea (Kerry), Niamh Reel (Armagh).