Niamh Fitzpatrick: People were saying ‘how could you as a girl work with a male team?'

From fighting to be ‘accepted’ as a sports psychologist in 1996, to being namechecked as Wexford collected the Liam MacCarthy, it has been a long journey for Niamh Fitzpatrick, writes John Fogarty

From fighting to be ‘accepted’ as a sports psychologist in 1996, to being namechecked as Wexford collected the Liam MacCarthy, it has been a long journey for Niamh Fitzpatrick

It's been a week of reminiscing for Niamh Fitzpatrick.

Twenty-five years ago last Wednesday, Martin Storey, with the Liam MacCarthy Cup gleaming beside him and microphone in hand, looked towards her on the Hogan Stand steps and thanked “our special friend Niamh Fitzpatrick”.