At a ceremony in Limerick on Monday night, Mikey Kiely was named Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Star Hurler of the Year while Daniel O'Mahony won the football award.
Waterford man Kiely inspired the University of Limerick to retain its Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup title this year.
19 February 2022; Mikey Kiely of University of Limerick during the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup Final match between NUI Galway and University of Limerick at IT Carlow in Carlow. Photo by Matt Browne/Sportsfile
The Abbeyside Ballinacourty man scored four goals in the final against the University of Galway, which was one more than he managed in his side's quarter-final victory over UCD.
Kiely was also one of seven UL players to be named to the Rising Stars Hurling Team of the Year.
25 January 2023; Luke Donnelly of Queen's University Belfast in action against UCC players Briain Murphy and Daniel O'Mahony, 3, during the HE GAA Sigerson Cup Round 3 match between University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast at the GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
Cork's Daniel O'Mahony was named the Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Star Football Player of the Year. The Knocknagree man was a rock at the heart of the UCC defence as the college won its 24th Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup title with an extra-time victory over UL.
Along with O'Mahony, five other UCC players were named to the Rising Stars Football Team of the Year.
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