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19th September 2018
01:19pm BST

One of his main points from his very first training session was to ensure every player was confident kicking off both feet. This has come to fruition over the last two years and it was highlighted on Sunday, with Dublin's kick-passing a cut above Cork's, and their finishing lethal too.
"It's credit to the work that Mick has done," began Finnegan. "We're all comfortable kickers of both feet now, something we definitely weren't when he first came on board. From the very first day he came in it was something that he worked on...Two years on, it's something we're still doing, the forwards work really hard at the end of every training session, they're out doing extra kicks."
With Carla Rowe kicking a goal in last year's final off her right foot, and two this year off the left, it goes to show that this practice is paying off.
And the victory was a particularly sweet one for Finnegan, who was forced off early in the 2017 triumph.
"That kind of felt like my All-Ireland final because the only ones that I'd played in I'd only ever had defeats, in 2014 and 2015 against Cork, and last year I only stayed on the pitch for 18 minutes or something like that. So to play the whole game was great," she said.The celebrations were even sweeter, at the banquet that night, and in Dublin the next day.
"It was brilliant. If you win, it's such a special night. There was a good few of my family there, there were 14 or 15 of us there. It's a good way to say thank you to them after the year. They've been there since the very start, they've been there through the bad times and the good times, and when you get to celebrate the good times with them, it's so goof. "We've all assembled in The Boar's Head. We're having a few pints with Hugh in here, it's great craic. One of the girls just arrived with the guitar so I'm sure there will be a bit of a sing-song soon," she added.https://twitter.com/boarsheaddublin/status/1041774823888826368 https://twitter.com/robinsonke/status/1041714987343986688 The Boars Head pub off Henry Street seems to be the spot for Dublin GAA, with the footballers also celebrating their Sam Maguire triumph there a couple of weeks earlier. Seeing as it's owned by a Cavan man, it's difficult to know where the link came from but it's a tradition now and it's there to stay. https://twitter.com/clydecarroll/status/1036585856088383489 It's the place to be when Dublin win. You can listen to the Finnegan interview and much more from Monday's GAA Hour Show today. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/sinead-finnegan-interview-brilliant-blue-sisters-tyrone-club-violence
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