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Aimee Mackin nominated for LGFA Players Player of the Year award

Armagh forward Aimee Mackin has been shortlisted alongside Olivia Divilly and Siofra O'Shea for the LGFA Senior Players' Player of the Year Award.

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Armagh forward Aimee Mackin has been nominated for the LGFA Senior Players' Player of the Year Award, the BBC and Yahoo Sports report. The shortlist for the award was officially announced on October 6, 2026, according to Galway Bay FM and BreakingNews.ie. [1][2][7][8]

According to Yahoo Sports and BreakingNews.ie, Mackin is joined on the three-player shortlist by Galway player Olivia Divilly and Kerry captain Siofra O'Shea. [2][8]

Mackin comes from Camlough in County Armagh and plays Gaelic football for Shane O'Neill's GAC as well as senior football for Armagh GAA. She previously won the TG4 Senior Player's Player of the Year award in 2020. [10]

In addition to her Gaelic football career, Mackin has played association football for Women's Premiership clubs Newry City and Sion Swifts. She has also represented Northern Ireland at both youth and senior levels. [10]

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In short

  • Aimee Mackin, Olivia Divilly, and Siofra O'Shea are nominated for the LGFA Senior Players' Player of the Year Award.
  • Mackin previously won the Senior Player's Player of the Year award in 2020.
  • Siofra O'Shea serves as the captain for the Kerry ladies' football team.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]LGFA: Armagh star Aimee Mackin shortlisted for Players' Player of the Year awardBBC, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Armagh's Mackin shortlisted for Players' POTY awardYahoo Sports, 1d ago
  3. [3]VOTE NOW | Wichita Falls high school football midseason Player of the YearYahoo Sports, 1d ago
  4. [4]Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears earns preseason Big Ten Player of the Year honorsYahoo Sports, 2d ago
  5. [5]MSU's Jeremy Fears Jr. named Big Ten Preseason Player of the YearYahoo Sports, 2d ago
  6. [6]Vote Battle Creek Enquirer Midseason High School Volleyball Player of the YearYahoo Sports, 1d ago
  7. [7]2026 TG4 Ladies Football Players’ Player Of The Year Nominees AnnouncedGalway Bay FM, 1d ago
  8. [8]Olivia Divilly, Síofra O’Shea and Aimee Mackin on shortlist for player of the yearBreakingNews.ie, 1d ago
  9. [9]Players from Westmeath and Roscommon nominated for LGFA awardWestmeath Independent, 1d ago

Background

  1. [10]Aimee Mackin on Wikipedia
  2. [11]PFA Players' Player of the Year on Wikipedia
  3. [12]Armagh on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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