Dublin back is one of the lifers who was there when Cuala were in the intermediate grade
Michael Fitzsimons is standing in the tunnel beneath the Hogan Stand, a Cuala gear-bag draped across his right shoulder. He wears it lightly, for a player whose collection of medals could carry its own exhibit.But the 36-year-old has now added a 10th senior medal following Cuala’s club success over Errigal Ciarán. Fitzsimons was also part of Dublin’s All-Ireland junior football championship winning team in 2008 – so Sunday was his 11th All-Ireland adult medal.
“I think Luke said it, you don’t dream of winning Leinsters, it’s kind of somewhere in between, but then to win an All-Ireland with the club, it’s just phenomenal.”Despite the defender’s decorated days in blue, it is clear that Sunday’s club success naturally resonates on a more personal and community level. He has looked at other Dublin clubs in the past walk up the steps of the Hogan Stand on All-Ireland final day, but for many years that didn’t seem a realistic goal for Cuala.
“So, yeah, it was always something we’d dreamed of but a lot of times we didn’t think it would happen. We knew we had decent players but it was pulling it together and getting a panel.” “He goes, ‘feck this’, gets his boots on and starts playing. He’s been huge really in getting us here in terms of just dragging the culture and the expectation,” says Power.
“We were just chatting and you remember where we’ve come from, as in there were just a few lads at certain points keeping the whole thing afloat, mentors behind the team and then some senior players,” adds Fitzsimons. “A lot of the time with Dublin you can get pulled away, I remember at the start of my career I was always trying to stay involved with the club and to help out as much as I could, but once you get older and you get into work it’s more difficult.
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