Goal hero O’Reilly delighted to deliver for Galway veterans

Ailish O’Reilly stepped on to the Croke Park turf on Sunday free from the baggage weighing heavily on the shoulders of her Galway team-mates.

The 19-year old stood out, not only as the youngest member of this All-Ireland winning outfit, but as the sole individual never to have tasted September defeat in the maroon and white.

While Galway performed their familiar bridesmaids role in the 2010 and ’11 deciders, O’Reilly was filling the sitting room cabinet with a bag of underage All-Ireland titles.