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Diarmaid Byrnes pinching himself after Hurler of the Year award

Limerick star Diarmaid Byrnes says being named Hurler of the Year will take some time to sink in after he was honoured by his peers at the PwC GAA/GPA All-Star awards.

The wing-back also scooped his third All-Star in Dublin tonight, following a season in which he scored 0-36 and played a key role in the Treaty's march to a fourth All-Ireland SHC title in five seasons.

"It's hard to digest, really," he said. "Even to be nominated, it took me a while to process that to be honest. Hand on heart, it's something I've never been striving for. When I was nominated I thought, yeah, it would actually be lovely to win. I'm here now and it's like, 'woah', you nearly have to take a step back.

"In the coming weeks and months when I'm meeting people I'm sure I'll be meeting people that are delighted for me and I can sense that already in Patrickswell. I'm really honoured. It's a fantastic occasion for me as an individual, for my partner, and my family. Because they're the ones closest to me and see my sacrifice. They know when I'm training and the hours I'm gone every week."

Byrnes is the first defender to be named Hurler of the Year since Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh in 2009 and joins some other heralded backs such as JJ Delaney, Sean Óg Ó hAilpín, Brian Corcoran, and Brian Whelahan.

"They're all people I would have admired growing up," he said. "I wouldn't be mad into looking back on stuff, but Tommy Walsh is someone I would have looked at clips of. So, it really is special to be in that category now. It's nice for the backs I suppose that we have one again.

"Barry Nash was nominated too and he had a phenomenal year with Limerick. If he was sitting here today talking to you I'd be equally as happy for him. And he'd be deserving of it also

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