WATCH: Limerick captain Mee ecstatic after ‘up and down year’

Limerick Ladies Gaelic Football captain Cathy Mee said her side knew they were capable of winning after her side’s 5-6 to 0-8 victory over Louth in Sunday’s Junior All-Ireland Final at Croke Park.

Louth were strong favourites going into the game but Limerick blitzed them with three first half goals. Mairead Kavanagh netted twice and Rebecca Delee also hit the target to help Limerick to a 10 point lead.

Delee and Cliona Ni Cheallaigh hit further goals after the break to seal victory. A visibly proud Mee spoke of the belief Limerick had despite their underdog status after the 13 point win.

“Nobody gave us a chance going into today which suited us fine. We knew ourselves with the last month or two that things were going really well.

“Once we actually started believing in ourselves, we knew we were more than capable of winning. I don’t think anybody else did but we did. So I’m glad we actually did it.”

John Ryan took over as Limerick manager at the beginning of the season and Mee admitted that it took the panel of players time to trust the new ideas that the management team put in place.

One of those new tactics employed was a more defensive gameplan and despite a few teething problems early in the season, it worked to a tee on All-Ireland Final day.

“New management coming in, they gave us a strict gameplan and i suppose it took us a while to buy into it. Once we actually did start doing it properly we knew it was working.

“The main thing we focused on earlier in the year was to stop leaking goals. It showed today that everyone has really bought into it and it’s won it for us really.”

Click below to watch the full post game interview with Limerick captain Cathy Mee.