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Northern Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenaghan has been named Young Sportsperson of the Year for the second time in a row at the RTE Sports Awards.

McClenaghan created history this year as he became the first Irish gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships, claiming bronze in the pommel horse.

The 20-year-old also booked a place at the 2020 Olympic Games by qualifying for the final earlier in the week.

Shane Lowry, who won The Open at Royal Portrush, won Sportsperson of the Year.

Lowry became the fifth Irish player to lift the Claret Jug and also secured his first tournament in three and a half years with victory in the Abu Dhabi Championship at the start of 2019.

In 2018, Newtownards gymnast McClenaghan won the Commonwealth Games title and the European crown.

This year, in addition to his world medal in Stuttgart in October, he took gold on the pommel horse at the World Challenge Cup in Slovenia.

Dublin's GAA team, who created history by winning five All-Ireland football titles in succession, were named Team of the Year.

Jim Gavin, who stepped down as manager after guiding the Dubs to seven Sam Maguire successes in seven years, was Manager of the Year.

Olympic 5000m silver-medallist and former World 5000m champion Sonia O'Sullivan received the Hall of Fame Award.