{"id":10083,"date":"2022-04-03T17:21:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2022-04-03T17:21:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T17:21:49","slug":"huge-boost-for-all-ireland-champions-galway-as-2019-player-of-the-year-returns-for-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10083","title":{"rendered":"Huge boost for All-Ireland champions Galway as 2019 Player of the Year returns for new season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE REIGNING ALL-Ireland camogie champions Galway have received a huge boost ahead of the 2022 season as long-serving midfielder Niamh Kilkenny is returning for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Kilkenny, who first joined the Galway panel in 2006, enjoyed a stellar campaign for the Tribeswomen last year as they collected their second All-Ireland title in three years.<\/p>\n<div   >\n<div >Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1365092406213-1'>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The42\u00a0<\/em>understands that she is back in the Galway fold ahead of the National League which gets underway this weekend. Cathal Murray\u2019s charges have been drawn in Group 2 and will host Offaly in their league opener in Gort this Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='' title=''><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Galway reached the Division 1 final last year where they were narrowly defeated by Brian Dowling\u2019s Kilkenny.<\/p>\n<p>The St Pearses\u2019 star midfielder is a six-time All-Star award winner and was named the\u00a0 Camogie Association\/WGPA Senior Players\u2019 Player of the Year after Galway\u2019s All-Ireland triumph in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kilkenny has also been shortlisted for the top award again in 2021, and is likely to pick up another All-Star after being included in the nominations last October.<\/p>\n<div   >\n<div >\n        SEE SPORT<br \/>DIFFERENTLY<\/p>\n<p>\n            Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 Membership.\n        <\/p>\n<p>            Become a Member<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The camogie All-Star awards banquet was postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions and is set to take place in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE REIGNING ALL-Ireland camogie champions Galway have received a huge boost ahead of the 2022 season as long-serving midfielder Niamh Kilkenny is returning for another year. Kilkenny, who first joined the Galway panel in 2006, enjoyed a stellar campaign for the Tribeswomen last year as they collected their second All-Ireland title in three years. Advertisement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}