Offaly duo nominated for hurling team of the year

Rising Offaly stars Adam Screeney and Liam Hoare have been announced as part of the 2026 Electric Ireland GAA Higher Education Rising Stars Hurling Team of the Year.

Screeney, from the Kilcormac/Killoughey club, and Hoare, of Carrig & Riverstown, have been selected among the 15 standout hurlers from this season's Higher Education Fitzgibbon Cup.

Screeney represented the eventual winners, University of Limerick, while Hoare kept goals for University of Galway.

Screeney contributed a point as UL defeated Mary Immaculate College Limerick in the final at Croke Park by 4-31 to 3-21.

Champions UL, reflecting their dominance, have seven players selected. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick are strongly represented with four selections, while University of Galway and Dublin City University Dóchas Éireann each see two of their players included in the final line-up.

Each recipient of an award will be presented with a unique award made from renewable beechwood.

The Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup Player of the Year will be revealed during the awards event on Monday, March 30.