Louth's Áine Breen named as LGFA player of the month
The 28-year-old St Patrick's player has been in superb form for the Wee County in their march to a second successive TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship final.
Louth will take on Antrim at Croke Park on Sunday, 3 August aiming to go one better than last year, when they lost out to Fermanagh.
As Louth cruised through the group stages of the All-Ireland series, with four games in June, Breen was very much to the fore at midfield.
She scored a goal against Sligo and two points in each of the games against Derry and Limerick as Louth set up a semi-final with Longford, which they won on Sunday.
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