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Lee Keegan wins Footballer of the Year award, and Twitter is divided about the decision

Published 20:05 4 Nov 2016 GMT

Updated 20:19 4 Nov 2016 GMT

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Lee Keegan wins Footballer of the Year award, and Twitter is divided about the decision

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Lee Keegan has won the Footballer of the Year award for 2016, and the decision divided opinion among those on Twitter.

The Mayo man collected his award at the All-Star ceremony in Dublin on Friday evening. Earlier this week, the 2016 All-Star football team was named. All-Ireland football champions Dublin dominated the team with six players from Jim Gavin's side included. Four players from beaten finalists Mayo were also included. Here's the team in full:
  1. David Clarke
  2. Brendan Harrison
  3. Jonny Cooper
  4. Philly McMahon
  5. Lee Keegan
  6. Colm Boyle
  7. Ryan McHugh
  8. Brian Fenton (Dublin)
  9. Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)
  10. Peter Harte (Tyrone)
  11. Diarmuid Connolly (Dublin)
  12. Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin)
  13. Dean Rock (Dublin)
  14. Michael Quinlivan (Tipperary)
  15. Paul Geaney (Kerry)
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/794628480575148032 And here's the hurling team of the year:
  1. Eoin Murphy
  2. Cathal Barrett
  3. James Barry
  4. Daithí Burke
  5. Padraic Walsh
  6. Ronan Maher
  7. Padraic Maher
  8. Jamie Barron
  9. David Burke
  10. Walter Walsh
  11. Austin Gleeson
  12. Patrick Maher
  13. Richie Hogan
  14. Seamus Callanan
  15. John McGrath
In the individual awards, Mayo's Diarmuid O'Connor was been named the Young Footballer of the Year, for the second time. Young Football POTY - D O%27Connor The Young Hurler of the Year and the Hurler of the Year awards were both won by Austin Gleeson. Young Hurling POTY - A Gleeson Hurling POTY - A Glesson https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_GAA/status/794619033412898817 And the Footballer of the Year award went to Keegan. Football POTY - L Keegan (1) Here's how social media reacted to the Mayo man winning the award. https://twitter.com/JoeBrolly1993/status/794628146507169792 https://twitter.com/shanetcurran/status/794627369386516481 https://twitter.com/ArranAFCSTL/status/794627728842563586 https://twitter.com/manto2012/status/794627825361911809 https://twitter.com/gaatarbh/status/794627553600344065 https://twitter.com/foley1782/status/794629375119544320 https://twitter.com/MaguireJack/status/794629488835493889 https://twitter.com/vinceyrohan/status/794629019652255745 https://twitter.com/edmcgreal/status/794629146542481408 https://twitter.com/gaa_joker/status/794628655154663424 https://twitter.com/GracieEll20/status/794628865251479552 https://twitter.com/CaoimghinmcLFC/status/794629671967227908 Who are the winners of the much-coveted 2016 Wooly Awards? Find out in our GAA Hour Special