Nominations for the 2026 All-Star Football Awards have been released with Armagh securing six places on the initial list of candidates.

Galway, who defeated Kerry to claim their first All-Ireland title since 2004, also feature heavily with fourteen players included in the forty-five person longlist.

Leah O'Halloran and captain Kate Geraghty are among the Galway selections which also include sisters Niamh, Olivia and Siobhan Divilly plus forwards Leanne Coen and Eva Noone.

Armagh goalkeeper Brianna Mathers joins county colleagues Emily Druse, Lauren McConville, Blaithin Mackin, Aimee Mackin and Kelly Mallon in the group of six from the Tyrone club.

The Tribeswomen total fourteen nominees which includes two each for Waterford, Kildare and Mayo while a Meath representative completes the field.

Runners-up Kerry have twelve players nominated whereas Dublin and Division One champions Cork each contribute three names to the pool.

In addition to the All-Star shortlist, winners of the 2026 Junior, Intermediate and Senior Players' Player of the Year Awards will be announced alongside the induction into the Ladies Gaelic Football Association Hall of Fame.

Goalkeepers Brianna Mathers from Armagh, Leah O'Halloran from Galway and Mary Ellen Bolger from Kerry are set to feature in the final selection process.

Defenders include Melissa Duggan and Shauna Kelly from Cork, Niamh Crowley from Dublin, Kate Geraghty from Galway, Sarah Ni Loingsigh from Galway, Bronagh Quinn from Galway, Deirdre Kearney from Kerry, Eilis Lynch from Kerry, Roisin Rahilly from Kerry, Emily Druse from Armagh, Lauren McConville from Armagh, Hannah Noone from Galway, Nicola Ward from Galway, Emma Costello from Kerry, Aoife Dillane from Kerry and Aishling O'Connell from Kerry.

Midfielders selected for the longlist comprise Blaithin Mackin from Armagh, Niamh Hetherton from Dublin, Niamh Divilly from Galway, Siobhan Divilly from Galway, Mary O'Connell from Kerry and Niamh Gallogly from Meath.

Forwards on the list include Orlagh Nolan from Dublin, Olivia Divilly from Galway, Kate Slevin from Galway, Kate Thompson from Galway, Niamh Carmody from Kerry, Niamh Ni Chonchuir from Kerry, Aoife Staunton from Mayo, Sinead Walsh from Mayo, Kellyann Hogan from Waterford, Aimee Mackin from Armagh, Kelly Mallon from Armagh, Katie Quirke from Cork, Leanne Coen from Galway, Roisin Leonard from Galway, Eva Noone from Galway and Danielle O'Leary from Kerry.

The winners of the prestigious awards are expected to be revealed on Saturday 14 November.

The full roster of forty-five candidates represents a cross section of the current top tier in Ladies Gaelic Football across the province.