O’Neill: Lilywhites have cleared a mental hurdle

KILDARE’S Padraig O’Neill admits the team jumped a mental hurdle in Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final win over Meath.

The Lilywhites have stumbled in recent years at the last-eight stage but the weekend win has put all those ghosts to rest, according to O’Neill.

“It’s a great feeling,” he beamed. “The target was to get to the semi-final after the last couple of years in the quarter-final but we’re just delighted to get there.