Niall Murphy: ‘We’d always have a belief in Sligo that we’ll get our day in the sun’

Leinster see Edinburgh scare as "shot across the bows" ahead of quarter-final tie

Niall Murphy has been part of Sligo panel that has beaten the best of Connacht.

A dying breed. A footballer powered by provincial ambition. League and late summer silverware are secondary among his desires.

Niall Murphy is 32. He's been a member of the Sligo dressing-room since 2012. He knows his priorities are out of kilter with the majority. He doesn’t care. He knows what he wants from his remaining years in black.