Sarah Dervan: 'We said that no matter what Cork throw at us, we're going to react' 

“We dug really deep and every single one of those girls fought with their hearts, I'm just so delighted to be on the right side of it.” 

Galway’s Sarah Dervan and Carrie Dolan share a moment after the game Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy

Sarah Dervan became the first Galwegian to lift the O’Duffy Cup twice after the Tribeswomen’s dramatic All-Ireland senior camogie final triumph over Cork but that sort of history was never a motivating force for the colossal full-back.

In a county never short of individual talent, manager Cathal Murray has emphasised unity, a collective selflessness and workrate as the means to get over the line after a catalogue of near-misses and they did so for the second time in three years following one of the most captivating and high-octane All-Ireland finals camogie has ever produced.