Cork are TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football champions for the 10th time in 11 seasons.
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The Inniscara native spoke to Oisin Langan in Croke Park after Cork defeated Dublin for the second year in a row in the All Ireland Final.
OF ALL the elements that made unacceptable Dublin’s complete collapse in the last 20 minutes against Cork in last year’s All-Ireland final, the worst was the reality that their meltdown was completely in keeping with a pattern of behaviour stretching back to 2013.
If the Rebels are victorious on Sunday, the two players will have won a record-breaking 16 medals each, 10 in football and six in Camogie.
Cork captain Ciara O’Sullivan admitted that O’Flynn’s words had a significant impact.
Trailing by two-points, Dublin threw the kitchen sink at their opponents in the closing minutes, but a superb defensive effort kept Cork at the summit of ladies football for another 12 months.
Cork suffered a blow in the 15th minute when Geraldine O’Flynn, matchwinner past year, went off to be replaced by Róisín Phelan.
These sides are evenly matched and that was apparent after the opening 30 mins when they went into the half time break level at 0-5 each.
Mulcahy scored three and Doireann O’Sullivan added another as the Rebelettes moved into a 0-9 to 0-5 lead.
Points from Carla Rowe and Lyndsey Davey brought Dublin back into the game but the girls in blue struggled to cope with Valerie Mulcahy – who again extended their lead.
Cork were in merciless form at the back, hellbent on ensuring Dublin wouldn’t find a way through.
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Dublin: C Trant; O Carey, M Ní Scanaill, F Hudson; S Furlong, S Finnegan, S Goldrick; M Lamb, N Healy; C Barrett, A Connolly, H Noonan; L Davey, N McEvoy, C Rowe.
