Eddie McParlan and his wife Maureen at the Awards
At the Annual Awards for 2011, Eddie McParlan, a stalwart of Gaelic Football in the 1950s and 1960s was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Eddie, one of three Eddie’s on the Cabra Harps (or officially the Clonduff Harps) won the Junior Championship in 1956 following the setting up of the Harps team based in Cabra by beating Warrenpoint. The Harps and The Shamrocks (Hilltown based team) met in the Senior Championship final in 1957 with the Shamrocks emerging winners. The two teams re-amalgamated the following year.
Eddie McParlan (l) with Eddie Gribben
Apart from the Hall of Fame, other awards on the night were:
Camogie
Intermediate Player of the Year: Andrea McCloskey
Senior Player of the Year: Orla Maginn
Ladies Football
Senior Player of the Year: Jolene Brannigan
Hurling
Senior Hurler of the Year: Paul McCusker
Football
Minor Footballer of the Year: Shea Murnin
U21 Footballer of the Year: Shane McGreevy
3rds Footballer of the Year: Darragh Sherry
2nds Footballer of the Year: Gary Haughian
A poem written on The Harps Junior Championship win over Warrenpoint
Senior Footballer of the Year: Paul McConville
Hugh McShane : Club Person of the year
Marie Walls
