Bump in the road could be launching point for Cork

For the All-Ireland championship, Cork have been drawn in a group with Laois and Galway. It's a chance for these young players to make this team their own. 

Hannah O'Donoghue of Kerry in action against Dara Kiniry of Cork. Picture: ©INPHO/Natasha Barton

"It's just a bump in the road," says Dara Kiniry. That's the optimism of youth but also someone who knows her Cork football history. 

Next year, for the first time since 2003, the Cork ladies footballers will play in the second tier of the National League. They were relegated after winning just one of seven games and finishing second from bottom of Division 1. Their only win was against the also relegated Galway in the opening round, played in a January storm in Bishopstown.