Interesting that she’s still not ready to call it off at IC either. Carnacon beat Kilbride in Connacht at the weekend and she’ll be around until their championship is over too.
It speaks to how highly she’s rated that at 34 she’s drafted in a sport she’s never played.
I first saw her play in the 1994 Féile final in Castlebar and even then you knew she was a special talent. Over the years she has never failed to give her best for club and county. Club has probably kept her going as the years since Mayo won an All -Ireland have been difficult in many ways at inter-county level.
Not one for the limelight either but like many others who shy away from the public she could be seen to her best with young girls and boys. I happened to see her recently after a training session for the All Ireland. When the girls had finished eating there was food left over. Cora plated it up and went round with it to some teenage lads who had arrived in from training. You should have seen their reaction. Pure Class.
In other sports many women have gone on at elite level into their late thirties. I hope she does too.
