Having helped Cork to All-Ireland camogie glory at the weekend, dual star Mary O'Connor is hoping the ladies football team can achieve a similar feat on Sunday week when they take on Monaghan in the All-Ireland final. O'Connor picked up an injury in last year's camogie final loss to Wexford which forced her to miss Cork's ladies football triumph over Mayo. But she has since returned to full fitness and has her sights set on completing the second part of what would be a remarkable double. "I wasn't going to play after I came back from the injury but then I said I'd give it a go again. It's just unfortunate that Laura McMahon is out injured. I have filled in and hopefully the 28th will go the same way as Sunday," she said. O'Connor was delighted with Cork's camogie triumph and praised the new management team of Jim McCarthy, Denis Cronin, Con Malone and Pat Murray for "freshening things up". "We have often spoken over the last couple of years about the strength of camogie in Cork and the strength of the Cork panel and that was brought to fruition on Sunday. We lost five players - three of them All-Stars - from last year's team and the new management that came in, freshened things up and got us enjoying camogie and thinking a lot about the game. "All credit must go to Jim McCarthy, Denis Cronin, Con Malone and Pat Murray because it wasn't easy inheriting a group of players on the road a long time, who had won a lot and were very disheartened after last year. "It's very difficult to win an All-Ireland. The Camogie Association is well over 100 years old and Cork have won only 23 senior titles. For a county like Cork, people would say that's not enough. We are a very proud hurling county and a very proud camogie county and when we get to Croke Park we want to win those finals. They are hard-earned because and a lot of things go on behind the scenes." Tweet

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