Young Player of the Year award for Roma McLaughlin

written by Chris McNulty May 18, 2016

ROMA MCLAUGHLIN HAS been named as the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Young Player of the Year.

The 18-year-old Greencastle woman excelled in the Peamount United midfield this season and McLaughlin was also named on the Team of the Season.

McLaughlin, who moved to Peamount from her native Greencastle United last summer, beat Evelyn Daly of Cork City and Keeva Keenan of Shelbourne for the Young Player of the Year accolade.

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McLaughlin was named as the Continental Tyres Women’s National League Player of the Month award for January/February.

Last month, she scored a goal for the Republic of Ireland Ireland in the Uefa Women’s Under 19 Championship Elite Round in a 3-0 win over Azerbaijan.

This afternoon, she was presented with her award at a function in the Marker Hortel in Dublin.

The #WNL Young Player of the Year is @peamountutd's Roma McLaughlin! pic.twitter.com/iLuZXXxCgn

— ContinentalTyres WNL (@FAI_WNL) May 18, 2016

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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

Young Player of the Year award for Roma McLaughlin

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