The Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year Award 2011

• November

  Chloe Magee | Badminton

  

  Donegal badminton player Chloe Magee edged ever closer to Olympic qualification by reaching the final of the Norwegian Open in November, despite being seeded just four for the event. And, to complete her weekend, she won the tournament’s mixed doubles title with her brother Sam.

• October

  Aileen Morrison | Triathlon

  

  Morrison, a member of the Senior High Performance Squad, has emerged internationally as Ireland's most exciting London 2012 Olympics prospect in Triathlon and has also been awarded an Olympic Solidarity award for London 2012.

• September

  Ursula Jacob | Wexford GAA
  Amy O'Shea | Cork GAA

  

  Wexford's Jacob and Cork's O'Shea captained their counties to All-Ireland success. BETWEEN THEM, the camogie and football All-Ireland finals in September offered nigh on a dozen options for our sportswoman of the month award, with that many outstanding performances from players on both the winning and losing sides.

• August

  Deirdre Ryan | Athletics

  

  In the space of a few weeks during the summer Ryan improved her Irish high jump record at a meeting in Germany, helped her club Dundrum South Dublin to their first National League title since 1987, before breaking her record again (and securing her place in the London Olympics) to reach the final at the World Championships in Daegu, where she finished sixth.

• July

  

  Sycerika McMahon | Swimming
  Madeline Perry | Squash

  McMahon won two golds and a silver medal at the European Junior Swimming Championships and Perry added the Singapore Masters to her list of professional squash titles.

• June

  Katie Taylor | Boxing

  

  Our two-time sportswoman of the year won her fourth successive European Union championship title in Poland, her 11th major international title since 2005.

• May

  Jenny Egan | Canoeing

  

  The Salmon Leap canoeist took silver at the World Cup Two in the Czech Republic, a year after becoming the first Irish canoeist to medal at this level.

• April

  

  Nina Carberry | Horse racing

  Nina follows Grand tradition of famous Carberry clan as the forth member for her family to win the Irish Grand National.

• March

  

  Lisa Maguire | Golf

  Lisa followed up her twin Leona's January success by winning the Spanish Amateur Championship, a victory that lifted her in to the top 10 of the world rankings.

• February

  

  Fiona Coghlan | Rugby

  Coghlan captained Ireland to Six Nations' wins over Italy and Scotland and just a two-point defeat to France in February. The team, without several experienced players, finished third in the championship.

• January

  

  Leona Maguire | Golf

  The 16-year-old won the Portuguese Amateur Open Championship, which featured over 80 of Europe's leading amateurs, by a remarkable 15 strokes.

• December (2010)

  

  Fionnuala Britton | Athletics

  The Wicklow runner just missed out on a medal at the European Cross Country Championships, finishing fourth but given the same time as the runner in third.