Brian Hayes and Mairéad Teehan lead the way for April accolades
Teehan played a central role in guiding the Faithful County to a Division 2A title and securing their promotion to Division 1B.
In the league decider against Derry, Teehan accounted for 2-04 of the team's tally 4-13 in a dominant win.
O'Shea notched three points in Kerry's hard-fought Division 1 league final victory over Armagh, while in the Kingdom's championship opener she contributed half a dozen points in the victory over Cork.
Hayes has been chosen as the outstanding hurler for April, a key figure in a Cork forward division that has sparkled this year.
The 27-year-old tormented Tipperary as the Rebels eased to a long-awaited Division 1 title, while that blistering form carried into the Munster championship against Clare – where he notched 2-02 in the opening half at Cusack Park – and again proving a thorn in the side of Tipp on Leeside.
Meath's Matthew Costello – who found the back of the net in Sunday's Leinster football final defeat to Louth – was instrumental in helping the Royals navigate their way to a provincial decider as Carlow, Offaly and most memorably, Dublin, were defeated along the way.
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