Eilish O'Dowd: 'First time playing with Dublin and starting in midfield, there was a bit of pressure.'
HER JOURNEY TO the squad could be best described as ‘the road less travelled’, but Eilish O’Dowd has been embracing her new adventure as a Dublin senior ladies footballer.
“I’ve really been enjoying it. It has definitely been a big change for me, but overall I’ve really had a good experience so far. The girls are all very welcoming. They’ve made me feel really welcome into the group. I can feel myself getting stronger and I’m learning a lot,” O’Dowd enthused. Harry Murphy / Sportsfile. O'Dowd representing Marino in the 2019 Gourmet Food Parlour Donaghy Cup final against Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. Harry Murphy / Sportsfile. / Sportsfile.
Her first cousin Dearbhaile Beirne lines out for women’s soccer outfit Peamount United – and was capped at senior level by the Republic of Ireland in 2018 – while Muireann Devaney was part of the Athlone Town team that reached last year’s FAI Cup decider against Shelbourne. “Hannah Tyrrell, she’s such a leader. It was nice that I would have known Hannah and Leah Caffrey there as well. Two outstanding footballers. All Stars for Dublin that I would have played with in Na Fianna. It was nice to know them before coming into the Dublin panel.Nations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this spring“The likes of Hannah has such experience as well, she’s such a leader. I always look up to her.
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