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Cian Lynch, one of 23 nominees for the prestigious Sports RTE award of the year, has been awarded to Cian Lynch.
At the end of Limerick All-Ireland's famine against SHC for 45 years at Croke Park, Patrickswell's man has already won the GAA-GPA's Hurler of the Year Award, a year-long personality title All-Star and Hurling at the Gaelic Writers' Association Awards. .
Lynch is the only native of Limerick among the 23 nominees.
The final selection will be announced Sunday on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday, December 9th. Sport and Darragh Maloney and Joanne Cantwell will present the RTÉ Sport Awards 2018 live on RTÉ One on Saturday, December 15th at 9:20 pm.
In addition to the Athlete of the Year award, the show will also see the young athlete of the year, the team of the year and the manager of the year, and Limerick will likely be on the list.
The complete list of nominees is:
Cian Lynch (Hurling), Sinead Aherne (Women's Football), Thomas Barr (Athletics), TJ Doheny (Boxing), Katie-Geroge Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (Paracycling), Brian Fenton (Gaelic Football), Kellie Harrington (Boxing). , Phil Healy (Athletics), Patrick Hoban (Soccer), Ellen Keane (Para Swimming), Arthur Lanigan-O (Kee) (Pentathlon), Dan Martin (Cycling), Padraig McCarthy (Riding), Rhys McCleanaghan (Gymnastics), Ayeisha McFerran (Hockey), Sanita Puspure (Rowing), Jonathan Rea (Motorcyclist), Davy Russell (Jockey), Shane Ryan (Swimming), Johnny Sexton (Rugby), Chloe Sigerson (Camogi), Jason Smyth (Para-Athletics), Katie Taylor (boxing).
The jury is made up of Sean Blackwell (publisher of the RTÉ Sport Awards program), Kieran Cunningham (sports editor-in-chief of the Irish Daily Star), Declan McBennett (RTÉ Sport, head of Sport Group), Ryan McCann (executive producer of RTÉ Sport Awards) and Shane McGrath. (Chief Sports Editor, Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday), Donagh McGrath (RTÉ Sport, Deputy Head of Radio Sports & News), Mary O & Connor (Executive Director of the Irish Sport Federation), Clíona O & Leary (RTÉ Sport, Deputy Chief, Sport TV), Sarah O. Shea (Secretary General of the Olympic Council of Ireland and Director of SOS Sports Consulting), Mikey Stafford (Editor-in-Chief, RTÉ Sport Output on digital platforms), Denis Walsh (sports writer, The Sunday Times) and Andy Watters (sports journalist, Irish News).
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