Cian O’Sullivan: No matching Dublin for resilience

Cian O’Sullivan remembers how it used to be with Dublin when he started.

It was back in 2009 and, although the county already had Leinster in a headlock, they were still at a stage of their development where there were bigger and badder teams out there who thought little of roughing them up, and shaking them down for pocket money.

They managed only two wins and a draw through the spring. It was just about enough to keep them out of the clutches of Division Two but the year ended with a 17-point mauling at the hands of Kerry in an All-Ireland quarter-final.