Valerie Mulcahy: I fulfilled all my Croke Park dreams with Cork, except one...

THIS Sunday? My favourite day of the year. The Ladies Football All-Ireland final. For the third year in a row, Cork will play Dublin for the All-Ireland title.

It’s more than that though. There’s history here. Have you been keeping up?

Here’s the backstory: Over the past 11 years, Cork have played in 10 All-Ireland finals, winning all of them. The year Cork didn’t make the final, Dublin won the All-Ireland. Until 2005, Cork had never reached an All-Ireland final, since then they have won five in a row, twice. Their double five in a row titles are divided by the Dublin victory.