Liffey Celtics looking to make all that pain pay

Ailbhe O’Connor’s shoulders shake as she chuckles at the memory, but then laughter is supposed to be the best medicine and the wounds suffered when Liffey Celtics first emerged onto the national club scene have long since healed.

The club’s first stab at Division One came in 2009 and began with a mauling in Killarney on opening day. Two years later and they had learned quickly enough to make the leap of faith into the Super League. That’s when the learning curve took on a gradient of Himalayan proportions.