St Brigid's quartet named on Team of the Year – Fallon could scoop Player of the Year
Kevin O'Neill
Four players from the St Brigid's GAA team cruelly denied All-Ireland SFC final glory in January have been selected on the AIB GAA Football Club Championship Team of the Year.
Meanwhile, St Brigid's highly impressive defender Ruaidhrí Fallon, a stand-out in that final, is among three players nominated for the AIB GAA Club Footballer of the Year.
After more than playing their part in an epic All-Ireland final that required extra-time, Roscommon and Connacht champions St Brigid’s have Ruaidhrí Fallon collecting his second award in three years and he is joined by Seán Trundle and Paul McGrath in defence and Conor Hand at centre forward.
The nominated players will be honoured at the AIB GAA Club Player Awards to be held at Croke Park on Friday, March 13, marking the second time that the four codes of football, hurling, camogie and ladies football are celebrated together.
The shortlist for Club Footballer of the Year features St Brigid’s Fallon and Daingean Uí Chúis’ Tom O’Sullivan – two defenders who gained notoriety for their attacking and scoring exploits - and the contenders are completed by Dylan Geaney of Daingean Uí Chúis, who was the fulcrum of the All-Ireland winning attack.
The team was selected by a panel of Gaelic games correspondents from across print, radio, TV and digital media.
AIB GAA Club Players Awards 2025/26
1. Rory Beggan (Scotstown)
2. Damien McArdle (Scotstown)
3. Seán Trundle (St Brigid’s)
4. Tom O’Sullivan (Daingean Uí Chúis)
5. Ruaidhrí Fallon (St Brigids)
6. Conor Flannery (Daingean Uí Chúis)
7. Paul McGrath (St Brigid’s)
8. Mark O’Connor (Daingean Uí Chúis)
9. Céin D’Arcy (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
10. Ross McGarry (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
11. Conor Hand (St Brigid’s)
12. Dylan Geaney (Daingean Uí Chúis)
13. Ryan O’Dwyer (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
14. Paul Geaney (Daingean Uí Chúis)
15. Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr’s).
AIB GAA Club Footballer of the Year Nominees
Ruaidhrí Fallon (St Brigid’s)
Dylan Geaney (Daingean Uí Chúis)
Tom O’Sullivan (Daingean Uí Chúis).