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THE Teams of the 2025 Lidl National Football Leagues – selected by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association’s All-Star committee – have been revealed.

Champions Kerry, 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.

Runners-up Armagh, who relinquished the title they won against Kerry in 2024, have four players selected, while Waterford’s impressive campaign has been rewarded with the inclusion of two players.

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.

The four Armagh players honoured are defenders Maeve Ferguson and Lauren McConville, and attacking pair Blaithín Mackin and Niamh Reel, who was the Orchard County’s top scorer in the competition.

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.

In this year’s Division 2 selection, newly-crowned champions Galway are the big winners, with nine players included.

There are four players on the team from runners-up, Cork, and one each from Donegal and Westmeath.

Galway’s nine representatives are goalkeeper Dearbhla Gower, defenders Kate Geraghty (the 2025 team captain), Hannah Noone and Nicola Ward, midfielder Louise Ward (twin sister of Nicola) and forwards Olivia Divilly, Shauna Hynes, Kate Slevin and Róisín Leonard.

Cork’s four players on the team are defenders Melissa Duggan, Shauna Kelly and Rosie Corkery, along with forward ace Katie Quirke, a 2024 TG4 All-Star recipient.

Donegal captain Róisín Rodgers and Westmeath’s attacking star Anna Jones also make the cut.

On the Division 3 Team of the League, champions Cavan and runners-up Wexford share the spoils with six players each included, while there are three players from Louth in the line-up.

And in Division 4, champions Antrim are best represented with seven players, followed by four from runners-up, Fermanagh.

Beaten semi-finalists Sligo and Leitrim are also acknowledged for their efforts.

Sligo have three players on the Division 4 Team of the League, with one from Leitrim, the 2024 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate champions.

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

Division 1:

1 Mary Ellen Bolger Kerry
2 Maeve Ferguson Armagh
3 Leah Caffrey Dublin
4 Eilís Lynch Kerry
5 Aishling O’Connell Kerry
6 Kayleigh Cronin Kerry
7 Lauren McConville Armagh
8 Emma Murray Waterford
9 Anna Galvin Kerry
10 Kellyann Hogan Waterford
11 Blaithín Mackin Armagh
12 Niamh Carmody Kerry
13 Danielle O’Leary Kerry
14 Síofra O’Shea Kerry
15 Niamh Reel Armagh

Division 2:

1 Dearbhla Gower Galway
2 Melissa Duggan Cork
3 Shauna Kelly Cork
4 Kate Geraghty Galway
5 Hannah Noone Galway
6 Nicola Ward Galway
7 Rosie Corkery Cork
8 Louise Ward Galway
9 Róisín Rodgers Donegal
10 Olivia Divilly Galway
11 Shauna Hynes Galway
12 Anna Jones Westmeath
13 Kate Slevin Galway
14 Róisín Leonard Galway
15 Katie Quirke Cork

 

Division 3:

1 Evelyn Baugh Cavan
2 Eilis Hand Louth
3 Maria Byrne Wexford
4 Aoife Tormey Wexford
5 Ciara Banville Wexford
6 Aisling Halligan Wexford
7 Sinéad Greene Cavan
8 Áine Breen Louth
9 Clara Donnelly Wexford
10 Chloe Foxe Wexford
11 Lauren McVeety Cavan
12 Catherine Dolan Cavan
13 Kate Flood Louth
14 Aishling Sheridan Cavan
15 Aisling Gilsenan Cavan

 

Division 4:

1 Aine Devlin Antrim
2 Niamh McIntosh Antrim
3 Claire Dunne Sligo
4 Shannan McQuade Fermanagh
5 Ciara Walsh Sligo
6 Ciara Brown Antrim
7 Cadhla-Cara Bogue Fermanagh
8 Ana Mulholland Antrim
9 Sinead Regan Sligo
10 Theresa Mellon Antrim
11 Lara Dahunsi Antrim
12 Ailbhe Clancy Leitrim
13 Bronagh Devlin Antrim
14 Eimear Smyth Fermanagh
15 Bláithín Bogue Fermanagh

 

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