When Dublin won their sixth All-Ireland in a row in 2020, I had mixed emotions. It wasn’t that I was no longer part of it, having retired in 2019. I was delighted for the players I had soldiered with. To see them picking up another Ireland medal brought only happiness to me because I knew how hard it was. But that wasn’t the reason for my mixed emotions. A part of me felt that maybe Dublin were making it look too easy. I knew it wasn’t easy, and I knew it may have been harder for those players pushing for…

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