Cup of cheer

TO THE list of great clear-the-air team meetings, add Corduff, Co Monaghan.

That’s where Dublin’s footballers looked in the mirror after a 2009 mauling by Kerry in the All-Ireland quarter-final and asked themselves how much longer could they take the pain.

“There’s only so much pain humans can take and we’ve been through enough,” said Dublin’s Pat Gilroy last night after leading the capital into a bright new future as All-Ireland champions.