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Raymond Orr collects the overall award on behalf of his son, Oisin Orr

And the night's big one... The 2023 Donegal Sports Star of the Year is OISIN ORR - his second time lifting this award having previously won it in 2020. Oisin's father Raymond picked up the prize on his behalf 

HALL OF FAME GONG is presented to Tom Conaghan, Donegal Town!

Tom Conaghan collects the Hall of Fame award

THE YOUTH AWARD is picked up by Caolan McFadden of Cranford AC!

THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD goes to The Donegal Dragons! 

THE SPORTING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AWARD is presented to Joe Barr!

BRENDAN MCDAID MEMORIAL SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD goes to The Gartan Open Waters North Channel Swim Team! 

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AWARD is picked up by the Donegal Short Mat Bowls Team!

SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS TEACHER: Michelle McDaid, Crana College, Buncrana; Nicola Harris, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar; Paddy Carr, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana; Sinéad NiBhraoin, St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny; Stephen Carty, Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon.
And the winner is Michelle McDaid, Crana College, Buncrana.

SECONDARY SCHOOL; Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town; Crana College, Buncrana; Loreto Community School, Milford; Loreto Secondary School Letterkenny; Pobalscoil Gaoth Dobhair; Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana; St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny.
And the winner is Loreto Secondary School Letterkenny.

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS TEACHER: Ciaran Gallagher, Scoil Naomh Fiachra, Illistrin, Letterkenny; George Simmons, St. Eunan’s N.S., Raphoe.
And the winner is: Ciaran Gallagher, Scoil Naomh Fiachra.

PRIMARY SCHOOL (LARGE >100): Creevy National School, Ballyshannon; Scoil an Linbh Íosa, Killymard, Donegal Town; Scoil Mhuire, Creeslough; Scoil Naomh Fiachra, Illistrin, Letterkenny; St. Aengus N.S., Bridgend; St. Eunan’s N.S., Raphoe.
And the winner is...St. Aengus N.S., Bridgend.

PRIMARY SCHOOL (SMALL <100): Scoil an Chaisil, Gleann Cholm Cille; Scoil Mhuire, Doire Beaga
And the award goes to Scoil Mhuire, Doire Beaga!

TEAM: Bonagee United Senior Ladies Soccer Team; CLG Naomh Conaill Senior Men's Team; Cockhill Celtic Ulster Senior League Team; Dineka Maguire and Niamh Doogan (Rowing); Donegal Short Mat Bowls Team; Four Masters Rás Tailteann Team 2023; Gartan Open Water Swimmers North Channel Swim Team; Loreto Secondary School Letterkenny Athletics Team; Letterkenny A.C. Women’s Cross Country Team; Lough Swilly Junior Sea Angling Team; Setanta Hurling Club Senior Men’s Team.
And the award goes to Cockhill Celtic! 

CLUB: Cockhill Celtic F.C.; Donegal Dragons; Finn Valley A.C.; Four Masters Cycling Club; Lough Swilly Junior Sea Angling Club; Ulster Karate-Do Federation.
And the winner is Finn Valley A.C

APPRECIATION: Padraig Mac Aodha, Gweedore United F.C.; Peadar McGranaghan, Finn Valley A.C.
Both men share the award! 

SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS GIRL; Alannah Anderson, Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town; Amy Timoney, Rosses Community School; Aoife McGeehin, Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny; Caitriona McKinney, Crana College, Buncrana ; Caoimhe Gallen, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar; Cora Rooney, Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon; Elsa Moore, The Royal & Prior Comprehensive School, Raphoe; Emer McFadden, Crana College, Buncrana; Emma Bonar, Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny; Jodie Loughrey, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana; Katie Dowds, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar; Keri Loughrey, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana; Kimberly Pearson, Royal and Prior Comprehensive School; Maeve Mc Clean, Mulroy College, Milford; Niamh Harkin, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana; Riona Doherty, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar; Saorla Gallagher, Crana College, Buncrana.
And the winner is Keri Loughrey, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana.

SECONDARY SCHOOL SPORTS BOY; Caolan McFadden, Loreto Community School, Milford; Harry McIlwaine, The Royal & Prior Comprehensive School, Raphoe; Kevin Muldoon, Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town; Michael Gillespie, Crana College, Buncrana; Odhran Grimes, Mulroy College, Milford; Odhran McBrearty, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar; Oisin Cooney, Carndonagh Community School; Oisin Gillespie, Rosses Community School; Philip McGee, Coláiste Ailigh, Leitir Ceanainn; Rhys McAuley, The Royal & Prior Comprehensive School, Raphoe; Terence Doherty, Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana.
And the award goes to Odhran McBrearty, St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar.

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS GIRL: Annie O’Neill,  Scoil Cholmcille, Acres, Burtonport; Jasmine Barrett Doherty, Scoil Mhuire, Milford; Lilliane Becht, Scoil Mhuire, Glenties; Megan Gallagher, Scoil an Linbh Íosa, Killymard, Donegal Town.
And the prize is picked up by Jasmine Barrett Doherty, Scoil Mhuire, Milford

PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS BOY; Cian Langan, Scoil Na Croise Naomha, Dunfanaghy; Kaua Riquelme Almeida Macedo, Scoil Mhuire, Glenties; Noah Mc Guire, Scoil an Chaisil, Gleann Cholm Cille; Xavier Bujnowski, Scoil an Linbh Íosa, Killymard, Donegal Town.
And the award goes to Noah Mc Guire, Scoil an Chaisil, Gleann Cholm Cille.

SWIMMING: Cora Rooney, Enniskillen Lakelanders: Maeve McClean, City of Derry (Milford).
And the award goes to Cora Rooney, Enniskillen Lakelanders!

SURFING: Bea Greenberg, Donegal Bay Board Riders
Bea Greenberg, Donegal Bay Board Riders, picks up the award 

SOCCER: Amber Barrett, Standard Liege; Bronagh Gallagher, Bonnagee United; Carl McHugh, ATK Mohun Bagan, India; Ciara Grant, Hearts; Erin McLaughlin, Peamount United; James Bradley, Cockhill Celtic F.C.
And the award goes to Erin McLaughlin, Peamount United!

SEA ANGLING: Conan Slater, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club; James Donaghey, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club; Orlagh McLean, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club; Patrick Donaghey, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club.
And the winner is Orlagh McLean, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club.

RUGBY: Adam Bratton, Letterkenny R.C.; Charlie Robinson, Letterkenny R.C.; James O’Carroll, Letterkenny R.C.; Sadhbh McGrath, Cooke R.C. / Ulster. 
And the vote goes to Burt's Sadhbh McGrath!

ROWING: Dineka Maguire, Kincasslagh Rowing Club; Michael O’Boyle, Loughros Point Rowing Club, Ardara; Niamh Doogan, Kincasslagh Rowing Club.
And the winner is Michael O’Boyle, Loughros Point Rowing Club

PARA-ATHLETE: Alan Patterson, Killygordon; Catherine Grier, Ramelton; Teagan O’Reilly, Donegal Town.
And the prize is picked up by Alan Patterson from Killygordon.

MOTOR SPORT: Dean O’Sullivan, Convoy; Gary McElhinney, Donegal Town; Jordan Kelly, Buncrana; Paddy Robinson, Kilmacrennan; Ryan MacHugh, Frosses & Declan Boyle, Glenties.
And the Motorsport award goes to Ryan MacHugh, Frosses and Declan Boyle, Glenties

MOTOR CYCLING: Caolán Irwin, Kilmacrennan; Rhys Irwin, Kilmacrennan; Richard Kerr, Kilmacrennan. 
In an all Kilmacrennan race  it's Richard Kerr that picks up the award. 

MARTIAL ARTS: Erin McCole, Ulster Karate-Do Federation; Gerard Foley, Letterkenny Shotokan Karate Club; Michael Gillespie, Ulster Karate-Do Federation; Patrick Quinlivan, Letterkenny. 
And the award goes to Erin McCole, Ulster Karate-Do Federation!

HURLING: Danny Cullen, Setanta; Gerry Gilmore, Setanta; Luke White, Carndonagh. 
And it's Setanta and Donegal scoring ace Gerry Gilmore that picks up the award! 

HOCKEY: Lisa Patterson, Raphoe Hockey Club; Matthew Lecky, Raphoe Hockey Club; Wendy Patterson, Raphoe Hockey Club.
And the winner is Wendy Patterson, Raphoe Hockey Club! 

GAELIC FOOTBALL: Amy Boyle Carr, CLG Naomh Conaill; Brendan McCole, St Naul's; Niamh Hegarty, Moville; Niamh McLaughlin, Moville; Oisin Gallen, Sean MacCumhaills.
And the winner is, MacCumhaills and Donegal ace Oisin Gallen! 

We're back underway here in Letterkenny with special guest Jim McGuinness now on stage talking to Declan Kerr.

Special guest Jim McGuinness 

We take a small break now folks for dinner...

SPECIAL ATHLETE: Anna Hennessy, Letterkenny; Daniel O'Reilly, Letterkenny; David Crawford, Donegal Town; Hughie Sweeney, Gweedore; Vicki McGill, North West Special Olympics Club.
Again, in a very tight section, the judges have decided all five nominees should win! Well Done! 

Special Athlete recipients 

EQUESTRIAN: Dylan Browne McMonagle, Letterkenny; Luke McAteer, Rathmullan; Oisin Orr, Rathmullan.
In a brilliant field, it's Rathmullan's Oisin Orr that's first past the post! 

DARTS: Adrian Devine, Buncrana; Ciaran McGeady, Cloughaneely; Gerard McGlynn, Glenfin; Shane Porter, Letterkenny. 
And the name out of the envelope is, Adrian Devine from Buncrana! 

CYCLING: Conor Halvey, Four Masters Cycling Club; Jamie Meehan, Mountcharles; Mitchell McLaughlin, Drumkeen; Ronan McLaughlin, Muff.
And the winner is... Jamie Meehan from Mountcharles!

CUE SPORTS:  Ben McMenamin, Raphoe; Sean Devenney,  North West Snooker Club, Letterkenny; Shaun Sharkey, Dungloe.
And it's Raphoe's Ben McMenamin that gets the vote! 

COACH / MANAGER: Chris McNulty, Bonagee United F.C.; Corney Devlin, Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club; Gavin Cullen, Cockhill Celtic F.C.; Greg Doherty, Four Masters GAA Club; Martin Regan, CLG Naomh Conaill.
And the winner is... Naomh Conaill's Martin Regan! 

BOXING: Danny Duffy, Raphoe A.B.C.; Matthew McCole, Illies Golden Gloves A.B.C.; Taylor Parke, Raphoe A.B.C.
And the award goes to Raphoe ABC's Danny Duffy! 

BADMINTON: Joshua Magee, Raphoe; Kimberly Pearson, Raphoe; Rachael Darragh, Raphoe.
And the second winner in the Badminton section is: Rachael Darragh!

ATHLETICS: Brendan Boyce, Finn Valley A.C.; Kelly Mc Grory, Tír Chonaill A.C.; Mark English, Finn Valley A.C.
And the first winner on the night is Tír Chonaill AC's Kelly McGrory! 

The night's first winner, Tír Chonaill AC's Kelly McGrory

And we're under way in the Mount Errigal, Hotel with Donegal Sports Star PRO Declan Kerr introducing the first ten winners prior to dinner...