Mannion: 'There is no point in being too down in the dumps. You have to pick yourself up and go'

Pàdraic Mannion has demonstrated Galway were going to be able to move from the disappointment of losing the Leinster final.

PICK YOURSELF UP AND GO: Padraic Mannion said Galway had a change in attitude from looking backwards to looking forward. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

For the fifth time in a row, Galway were able to recover from a Leinster final defeat to win the following All-Ireland quarter-final.

“Five Leinster final defeats?” asked Pádraic Mannion, who has been around for all of them. “Thanks for reminding of that! That’s just the nature of the championship. Every team in the championship has lost at least one game. We’re not the only ones to lose a game. It’s just the way the championship is. If it was five or six years ago under the old format, it probably would have hit a bit harder but you just have to take what you can from it.”