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Published 23:42 30 Sept 2016 BST
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"My role models would’ve been all male," she said. "Maurice Fitzgerald being the biggest of them."But thanks to females like Cora Staunton, thanks to superhumans like Cora Staunton, sportswomen of today don't face the same issues. She continues to break boundaries, she continues to defy logic even and, in doing so, she liberates others to believe that it's possible. On Friday night, on the eve of Mayo's senior men's All-Ireland final replay with Dublin, Staunton made the island sit up and take notice once more. She made everyone reassess the realms of reality and dream world. https://twitter.com/JenJen_Murf/status/781967598997078017 Carnacon won the county championship once more with a comprehensive win over Moy Davitt's in the Mayo senior final. The score finished 11-20 to 0-7. Cora Staunton? Well she accounted for the beaten finalists herself with 23 points to spare. https://twitter.com/Mayo_LGFA/status/781960160323440640 Five goals and 15 points were smashed home by the Mayo legend and, naturally - however unnatural her feats might seem - she took all the plaudits. Freak of nature. https://twitter.com/doylerz88/status/781970369087410178 Get her on The Sunday Game. https://twitter.com/sportsdes/status/781985243976826880 Way to make us feel insignificant, Cora. https://twitter.com/FairGameCast/status/781972966259224576 Job done. https://twitter.com/extratime_sport/status/781974559989825536 Decent. https://twitter.com/bull_byrne/status/781973758852620288 She'll go places, that one. Will it be Mayo (or the Dubs) 4 Sam? Wooly, Paul Galvin and Conán Doherty preview Saturday’s All-Ireland final replay.
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