O’Connor: We’re no one-hit wonders

DUBLIN captain Cliodhna O’Connor believes the Sky Blues didn’t get enough credit for winning last year’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship crown – because they didn’t beat Cork along the way.

But they get the chance to rectify the situation on Saturday when the last two All-Ireland senior champions clash in the quarter-final at St Brendan’s Park, Birr (4pm). Munster champions Cork are fuelled by a burning desire to reclaim the Brendan Martin Cup that they won for five successive seasons from 2005-’09.

“We didn’t meet them last year but 2009 was heartbreaking. I think there are a lot of people that wanted to take a bit away from our victory last year, with the fact that we didn’t play Cork,” she said.