Victory dulls the pain for heroic captain O’Shea

TALK about bittersweet.

Amy O’Shea walks into the interview room under the Hogan Stand and stands up while fielding questions. She stands because the brace on her leg is wrapped so tight that she can’t bend her knee to sit down and so she leans on her newly acquired crutches.

What would be a heartbreaking scene under any circumstances is added extra pathos by the knowledge that the Cork captain has suffered cruciate ligament injuries before – one on each leg — and spent a total of 21 months on the sideline because of them.