Louth boss Gavin Devlin hailed his side’s composure after they overcame Sean Callaghan's early red card to see off Monaghan and qualify for their first All-Ireland SFC semi-final since 1957.

The Wee County will face Mayo for a place in the Sam Maguire Cup decider in a fortnight’s time as they continued their remarkable rise with a 0-27 to 2-18 victory at Croke Park.

"I think everything's possible. Particularly when you come from where these boys have come from," a delighted Devlin told BBC Sport NI.

"The last six years when Mickey (Harte) came in and led a march with these boys, from the place they began to what you're seeing out there today. They had to jump obstacles one after the other.

"It's par for the course with these boys. They've got nothing handed to them and they have to work so hard for everything they get."

He added: "You don't know how long it's going to take to go up the mountain. You don't know whether we've gotten to our peak this season or not and is there just a bit more?

"We were ranked outsiders. We're now in the last four, we can't take it for granted we'll be last four again. Everyone will want us in the semi-final and that's okay.

"We can live with that. It's just reality. We'll just worry about ourselves."

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