Saffrons standing on the shoulders of giants

Anna Connolly hails the groundwork that has brought Antrim back to this stage, despite being without at least five players that would be regulars through injury, or in the case of Chloe Drain, after becoming a mother.

FORTY ONE YEARS: It has been 41 years since Antrim reached the knock-out stages of the All Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. Pic:INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

It is almost 41 years to the day since Antrim last reached the knockout stages of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship but the current trailblazers and teams of yore are inextricably linked.

Anna Connolly is a member of the squad that takes on Tipperary in Saturday’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park (3.30pm).