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A newfound ability to react positively to events in a game stood to Galway’s credit when Cork scored that crucial goal late on in Sunday’s All Ireland Senior Camogie Final, captain Sarah Dervan revealed in the aftermath of the county’s fourth senior title this evening.

This one will sting, more so than the other recent defeats in the concrete caldron on Jones Road on the biggest day of all. 

GALWAY UNITED 0 TREATY UNITED 0

On that day in 1996 when Galway won that long-awaited first senior camogie title and the team celebrated to the praise of hordes of young fans who made the long journey up in the days before we had motorways, who would have guessed that the excitement of that occasion would impact so greatly on the mind of one young girl who had travelled to the capital with a busload of her friends.

All roads to ending 70 years of hurt lead to Croke Park tomorrow evening.

There is just one glittering medal left for Stephen Coen to add to the collection.

Former Tyrone player Colm Cavanagh thinks that this year his county are finally playing with the handbrake off and with a lack of fear of making mistakes - and that could be key to them seeing off Mayo on Saturday.

Croke Park on All-Ireland final day. There is not many places a Gaelic Football fan would prefer to be. Whether it is in August, September or even December of any given year, the GAA fan will always want to be in attendance.

It all started for Seamus O'Shea in the green and red in a senior jersey on a wintry Sunday afternoon in Ballinrobe in January 2008 - the eldest of the O'Shea brothers got his first game time for Mayo as a senior as sub against NUIG in the FBD League that day.

Just sit back and take in everything that happens in the first 90 seconds once the ball is thrown in on Saturday night; that's the advice of former Mayo captain Andy Moran.