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All-Star Hurler of the Year is a

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award presented to the player voted as best in the country by all the players from around Ireland. It began in 1995 and honours the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence.

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players have won the award 10 out of 29 times, ahead of

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with five wins and Clare four times. The award's youngest winner was Tony Kelly, who won at the age of 19 in 2013.

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and Cian Lynch are the only players to have won the award more than once. The oldest winner is also Henry Shefflin, who was 33 when he won in 2012. Limerick are the only county to have had all three nominees come from the one county in a given year (twice). In 2011 the Gaelic Athletic Association and the Gaelic Players' Association announced that their respective annual player awards schemes were to merge under the sponsorship of

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. The first merged awards were presented in 2011.

Hurler of the Year

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Breakdown of winners

Winners by county

References

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