Aoibheann Leahy: 'The girls all came to the house for Mam’s wake. I will never forget that’

It was a weekend where she should have been playing for Meath in a Leinster intermediate final but instead, Aoibheann Leahy was saying goodbye to her adoring mother.

Aoibheann Leahy with her late mother Dorothy leaving home on her way to the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate final in 2018.

For Aoibheann Leahy, game day used to be the most difficult, but she has learned to focus on the opposition in front of her and compartmentalise the pain and anguish that lingers.

Two years ago, it was a weekend where she should have been playing for Meath in a Leinster intermediate final but instead, she was saying goodbye to her adoring mother.