Aoife McGrath: Every young boy or girl dreams of playing in Croke Park

Tipperary face Antrim at Croke Park on Saturday hoping that their habit of falling agonisingly short in the big games is behind them

UP FOR GRABS: Aoife McGrath in action for Tipperary in the 2021 All-Ireland quarter-final. Pic: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Gender was never an issue for Aoife McGrath or her sister Eimear growing up in a family where hurleys, sliotars and footballs were as much a staple of their lives as shoes and socks.

During a conversation regularly punctuated by laughter, the description of the matches played when siblings and relatives got together elicits plenty of hearty chuckling.