Aislinn Desmond's delight after free-taking day of drama

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Kerry player Aislinn Desmond, acting as water carrier, during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Dublin and Kerry at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. 

Aislinn Desmond, after a dozen years in the green and gold, thought she had seen everything there was to see in football until 12 days ago.

From the high of an All-Ireland final in 2012 to relegation in 2018 and getting beaten by Waterford in a Division 2 final in 2019, she’s been right in the thick of it for Kerry.