How Meath's All-Ireland winners gave new meaning to 'foundation stones'  

Meath players celebrate after beating Dublin in the All-Ireland final. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Shortly after Eamonn Murray was appointed Meath ladies football manager in the spring of 2017, one of the more prominent members of his backroom team, Paul Garrigan, presented each player with a rock.

The rocks were large enough, corner-back Emma Troy recalls, with Garrigan telling the Meath players that their task was to chip away - metaphorically speaking - at what they had been given.