Why do we flock to the four great Sundays of September?

It’s to witness power, strength, in body and mind, writes Tadhg Coakley.

And so we come to our fourth September Sunday, when the mighty women of Dublin and the mighty women of Mayo do battle to win the Ladies All-Ireland Football final. And the no less mighty women of Derry and Fermanagh and Tipperary and Tyrone do battle as well. By the way, I don’t use that word ‘mighty’ lightly, I mean it literally. These women are, as the dictionary tells us: ‘powerful, strong, in body and mind’. They bloody well are. And as the song goes: ‘this ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around.’ This is the real deal.

Try it sometime.