Susan’s nine-year old daughter Lizzy has played camogie for five years, and has been at the All-Ireland Final for the past three. Her red and white Cork colour face paint was done on the four-hour bus ride up to Dublin. Like a pendulumCork supporter Joanne Lynch arrived at Croke Park with her family in tow, aspiring see her county team win their second consecutive All-Ireland title. The match score played out like a pendulum, swinging from one team’s lead to another. A group of eight Cork supporters, camogie players with Cobh Camogie, said in the match aftermath that the sport is, “as physical and as intense as any male sport”.

Source: The Irish Times September 09, 2018 20:15 UTC