GAA REVEAL AWARD WINNERS.By PAT NOLAN THE GAA yesterday announced the winners of the 2008 McNamee awards. The media awards are named after the late Padraig McNamee, a former GAA president. Among the winners was former Mirror reporter Jackie Cahill, who picked up the National Media Award for an insightful piece written on Clare hurler Niall Gilligan. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Croke Park this evening after the Limerick-Tipperary All-Ireland SHC SHC Sears Holdings Corporation (Hoffman Estates, ILt) SHC Self-Help Clearinghouse (Valley Cottage, NY) SHC Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL, USA) SHC Solar Heating and Cooling semi-final. 2008 MCNAMEE AWARD WINNERS: Best GAA History Publication - Loughinisland GAC GAC Great American Country GAC Global Assembly Cache (Microsoft .NET) GAC Global Assembly Cache GAC Granular Activated Carbon GAC Gustavus Adolphus College (St. , Down; Best Website - Belgium GFC GFC Geelong Football Club (Australia) GFC GMD (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense) Fire Control GFC Georgia Forestry Commission GFC Generic Flow Control GFC Grace Fellowship Church GFC Gaelic Football Club , Brussels, http://www.belgiumgaa.com; Best Photograph - Oliver McVeigh, Sportsfile; Best County Programme - Wexford SHC Final; Best Local Radio Programme WLR FM (Waterford Local Radio), '2008 Hurling in Review'; Provincial Media Award - Western People, feature on All-Ireland MFC Final 2008; National Media Award - Jackie Cahill; Irish Language Award - Raidi na Gaeltachta Sport an Domhnaigh; Best Modern Technology Innovation (for use of modern technology in relation to the promotion of GAA activity) - St Peter's GAA Club, Down; Hall of Fame Award - Ray McManus, Sportsfile. CAPTION(S): AWARD Niall Gilligan was the subject of a winning piece |
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