People of the Year Awards 2023

Well done to our 40 nominees and 19 International Athletes who were honoured at the 2023 Ballinasloe People of the Year Award on the 16^th of November in the Shearwater hotel.

Over 500 people attended the event to honour and acknowledge our wonderful volunteers and sporting achievements. Thank you to the Main Event Sponsors Ballinasloe Credit Union, along with the support of the Shearwater Hotel and KPW Print Management.

POTY Nominees 2023

Arts, Culture and Heritage Award

Ballinasloe Crafty Girls – Yarn Bombers

Ballinasloe Musical Society

Ballinasloe Town Hall Theatre Committee

Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds Committee

Barry Lally

Padraig Lyons

Michael Riddell

Sports Volunteer Award

Ballinasloe & District Tennis Club Committee

Padraic Concannon (St Cuans FC)

Ellen Egan (Ballinasloe FC)

Steve Goode (Ballinasloe RFC)

Beverly Hannon (Ballinasloe Lions Hockey Club)

Micheal O’Grady (Community Games)

Sports Team Award

Ballinasloe Golf Club Mixed Foursomes 2023

Ballinasloe GAA Junior Hurling Team 2023

Ballinasloe Rugby Club U14 Girls Team 2022/2023

Ballinasloe Town FC U13 Team 2022/2023

Foireann Scoile na mBuachaillí 2023 Scoil Uí Cheithearnaigh

Sports Individual Award (Local and National Level)

Aoife Berrigan (Soccer, Camogie, Football, Athletics & Rugby)

Niall Conneely (Golf)

Katie Dillon (Special Olympics)

Clodagh Hogan (Athletics)

Evan McKeon (Swimming)

Volunteer Award

Mary Barrett (Lourdes Pilgrimage)

Graham Bartlett (IWAI River Suck Branch)

Nancy Cregg (Twinning, Tidy Towns, Fair & Festival, St Patrick’s Parade)

Ken Kelly (Ballinasloe Life)

Leo Kiernan (Moore Scouts)

Frances Leahy (BTHT & Musical Society)

Marian and Ned Naughton (East Galway Cancer Support)

Aiden Sheridan (Swims the Shannon)

Denise Treacy (Creagh Ballinasloe AED group)

Kathleen Treacy (Eyrecourt AED & GAA)

Volunteer Group Award

Ballinasloe Indian Cultural Community

Ballinasloe Social Services Volunteers

Ballinasloe Tidy Towns Committee

Ballinasloe Traveller Women’s Group

Lawrencetown Community Development Group

Moore Community Council

St. Grellan’s, St Theresa’s & St Anne’s Residents Association Committee

WINNERS 2023 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Hall of Fame (Lifetime Achievement)        Carmel Greally

Arts, Cultural and Heritage                           Ballinasloe Musical Society

Sports and Recreation Volunteer                 Padraic Concannon (St Cuans FC)

Sports and Recreation Team                        Ballinasloe GAA Junior Hurling Team 2023

Sports and Recreation Individual                Katie Dillon (Special Olympics)

Volunteer Award                                              Aiden Sheridan

Volunteer Group                                               Moore Community Council

International Athletes

1. Sive Brassil Modern Pentathlon
2. Tom Cafferky Golf
3. Meabh Deely Rugby
4. John Devine Rugby
5. Matthew Devine Rugby
6. Gary Egan Futsal Soccer
7. Godfrey Gibbons Equestrian
8. Aidan Grenham Golf
9. Shane Jennings Rugby
10. Joshua Judge Karate
11. Mike Lynch Futsal Soccer
12. Oisin McCormack Rugby
13. Mike Mullery Tug of War
14. Issac Oliver Golf
15. Beibhinn Parsons Rugby
16. Heather Payne Soccer
17. Eimear Porter Karate
18. Aoibhann Reilly Rugby
19. Colm Reilly Rugby

Nights like these aren’t possible without a large team behind it making it all happen, so BACD would like to acknowledge the following people:

The POTY organising committee of Niall Clarke, Jacinta Divilly, Lyn Donnelly, Martina Flanagan & Carmel Greally.

The Ballinasloe Town Band, Fergal D’Arcy, Rachel Goode, Alan Kelly Audio Visual, John Finnerty Photography, Shearwater Hotel Staff & Management

Hall of Fame – Billy O’Carroll

Hall of Fame – Liam Kelly

Hall of Fame – Tom Quinn

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