Champs Celtic honour their great achievers

Jane O’Donoghue, recipient of the club person of the year award, with her husband John Don O’Donoghue

Stephen Hayes, recipient of an outstanding service award, with Laura Donnellan

Killarney Celtic seniorplayer of the year Liam Spillane with Madeleine Spillane, Saoirse Kelly and David Spillane

Killarney Celtic senior player of the year Liam Spillane receives the Aidan Cronin memorial award from Alan and Sarah Cronin. Also seated are Saoirse Kelly and Madeleine Spillane and, back from left, are Tim Jones (chairman), Stephen Hayes, David Spillane, Paula Heery, Aidan Cronin, Diarmuid Daly, Mikey Moynihan and Paul Sherry

Mark and Lilio Kolesnikov

Killarney Celtic youths player of the year Cathal Kelly, captain Dara O’Shea and teammates with team managers Rory and Paul O’Sullivan

Mikey Moynihan receives the Killarney Celtic B team player of the year award from team manager Diarmuid Daly with chairman Tim Jones (left) and vice chairman Paul Sherry (right)

John O’Brien receives an outstanding service award from Paul Sherry and Tim Jones

Killarney Celtic under 17 girls’ player of the year Aideen O’Brien receives her award from team coach Alan O’Sullivan. Front, from left, Ava O’Malley, Ellie Mai Nugent, Lucy O’Sullivan and Eve Culhane. Seated, from left, Katie Foster, Alan O’Sullivan (coach) Kate Forde, Aideen O’Brien, Lucy O’Connor, Tanya McCormick (coach) and Maeve Courtney with, back from left, Grainne Kennedy, Emma O’Brien, Abbie Finnan, David MacIndoe (coach), Katie Doe, Amber MacIndoe, Clodagh Moriarty and Lauren Neff

Killarney Celtic youths player of the year Cathal Kelly receives the Jimmy Falvey memorial perpetual cup from Maria and Brendan Falvey with, back from left, Paul Sherry, Tim Jones (chairman), Rory O’Sullivan (manager) and Paul O’Sullivan (assistant manager)

Kerry soccer kingpins Killarney Celtic FC have marked another stunning season at the annual club awards night with the five-in-a-row league and cup double champions having so much to celebrate.

Despite losing key players to League of Ireland side Kerry FC for a period of time, Celtic have been setting the standard in the game in the county and the trophy cabinet at Celtic Park is packed with honours they have won year after year with their first team, in particular, proving unbeatable.

At the awards night in the Killarney Avenue Hotel Liam Spillane was named senior player of the year and Mikey Moynihan was declared senior B player of the season.

The youth player of the year award was scooped by Cathal Kelly while Aideen O’Brien was chosen as under 17 girls’ player of the year.

Outstanding service awards were presented to Stephen Hayes, John O’Brien and John McDonagh.

The biggest ovation of the night was reserved for Jane O’Donoghue who was presented with the club person of the year award.

Jane is hugely active at all levels in the club and she spearheads a number of major projects including the hugely important and ground-breaking Football for All initiative.

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