In 2012, Dublin were All-Ireland champions and I had won an All-Star. In 2012, Dublin were in an All-Ireland semi-final and looking to win back to back All-Irelands for the first time since the years of Heffo’s army.  Bernard Brogan had the ball on the left and I was in the middle and when he put the ball in my direction, I pounced, turned my marker and had the space to drive in a goal to give us the lead. “Mayo let off the hook,” Darragh Maloney said on RTE”s commentary because my shot, instead of hitting the net, cannoned…

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