Conor McDonald was sitting in his pram at at the age of 13 months when the Liam MacCarthy Cup was paraded through his hometown of Gorey back in 1996.

The 20-year-old recently looked at video footage of that All-Ireland homecoming and the achievements of the Martin Storey captained team is a source of inspiration to him in his own career.

"Of course we aspire to winning the All-Ireland, reaching those same heights as 1996," he remarked to The Irish Times ahead of Saturday's Leinster SHC quarter-final clash with Dublin.

"Two players from that Wexford team, Ger Cushe and Billy Byrne, are with my club as well (Naomh Éanna), and obviously they're still very influential at the moment in my club. Ger is in as a selector with the Wexford seniors as well.

"Those lads have a lot of respect in the county, a lot of passion for the game, and they probably did stuff against the odds. It's something you'd want to be involved in.

"And if you'd asked us at the start of 2015, 'where do you see yourself?', well we'd beaten Waterford in 2014 but where did Waterford end up last year? In an All-Ireland semi-final.

"Everyone's so close now at this stage, anyone can beat anyone on a given day."

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