Michael Fitzsimons savours All-Ireland glory after 'knockback' years with Cuala

If you pushed them all, they'd probably have been happy enough with last October's maiden Dublin title triumph, given all they'd soldiered through.

KNOCKBACK YEARS ARE OVER: Cuala's Michael Fitzsimons, Ryan Scollard and Peter Duffy celebrate. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Michael Fitzsimons calls them the 'knockback' years with Cuala, when they couldn't even get out of the second tier in Dublin.

Like 2010 and 2011 when the now 36-year-old experienced back-to-back county intermediate final defeats.