'We had a bit of a chat at the wedding, try and get a few boys back.'
James McCarthy's winter wedding to his long-time partner Clodagh O'Mahony was packed with Dublin footballers, present and past, and was in full swing. Inevitably talk turned to getting all the boys back for one last dance.
"But not just them. Cian Murphy came on today, exceptional. Sean McMahon driving forward. So it was a real team performance that got us over the line. So it came to pass as Jack McCaffrey, Paul Mannion and - most remarkably of all - Stephen Cluxton returned to the fold. Pat Gilroy, the 2011 All-Ireland winning guru, was also added to the backroom team.
McCarthy dedicated the victory, Dublin's 31st All-Ireland in total, to manager Dessie Farrell as he paid tribute to how the former darling of the Hill took the brunt for what had transpired over the previous two years. "They needed to be ready themselves and I think obviously having seen how the thing had gone in the last two years and us being beaten by the tightest of margins and understanding that that strength in depth may not have been what it once was.
McCarthy also railed against the financial doping claims that had been levelled at the Dubs during Jim Gavin's ultra-successful tenure, when they were virtually untouchable and talk turned to splitting the county in two to level the playing field.
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