Meath midfielder wins 'Player of the Month' award

MEATH midfielder Máire O’Shaughnessy has been honoured with The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for June.

O’Shaughnessy, 28, played a starring role for the Royal County as they captured the Lidl National League Div 2 title at Croke Park on Saturday 26th June, to gain promotion to the top flight for the 2022 campaign.

The Donaghmore/Ashbourne star scored a point during the course of a brilliant midfield display, to cap a memorable league campaign for Eamonn Murray’s outfit.

It was also a superbly-consistent league season for O’Shaughnessy, who led by example in the Meath engine room.

O’Shaughnessy is one of the key figures in Meath’s set-up – and captained her county to the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship title in 2020.

She was named on the 2021 Lidl Team of the League for Div 2 and played the full game last Saturday as Meath lost out narrowly to Cork by two points in their TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship opener.

Meath still have the chance to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition – and O’Shaughnessy will have a vital role to play against Tipperary in TG4’s live TV fixture on Friday, 23rd July.