{"id":10318,"date":"2022-04-05T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10318"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:37:24","slug":"we-were-all-hurt-by-that-and-pained-ballyboden-defeat-in-2015-the-driving-force-for-st-vincents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10318","title":{"rendered":"‘We were all hurt by that and pained’ – Ballyboden defeat in 2015 the driving force for St Vincent’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST VINCENT\u2019S WALKED off the field at Parnell Park in a familiar position on Saturday night. Champions. They\u2019ve now been crowned top dogs in Dublin 28 times. Nobody else comes close.<\/p>\n

The Marino club were warm favourites to beat Ballyboden St Enda\u2019s in last year\u2019s decider, but failed to catch fire and lost by four.\u00a0That defeat, which dashed their three-in-a-row hopes, coupled with watching Ballyboden go on to lift the All-Ireland, spurred St Vincent\u2019s on this year.<\/p>\n

\n Diarmuid Connolly reacts to losing the 2015 Dublin SFC final to Ballyboden St Enda’s.<\/p>\n

Source: Cathal Noonan\/INPHO<\/p>\n

The five-point win over Castleknock provided manager Tommy Conroy with a deep sense of satisfaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all hurt by that and pained by that,\u201d he said after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking nothing away from Ballyboden, they were excellent and they went on and won an All-Ireland. But it does spur you on. There\u2019s a huge amount of work gone into this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve asked questions of each other, they\u2019ve been very honest with each other and, please God now, they\u2019ll give a little bit more now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincent\u2019s wing-forward Gavin Burke posted important two points in an opening half where they struggled to shake Castleknock off and didn\u2019t have things all their own way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably the sweetest of the titles that we won,\u201d Burke said. \u201cWe probably took it for granted for a few years there winning everything between the Leinsters and the All-Ireland so you do appreciate it that bit more now when you get it back.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCastleknock have come of age this year and they are a young team so they will be around for a long time. You have Ballymun, Crokes, Boden. Any one of them can win it so it is great to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the third time in four years Conroy has led his side to the county title. He was also part of Mickey Whelan\u2019s backroom team for their All-Ireland success in 2008.<\/p>\n

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The former All-Star won an All-Ireland on the playing field with Dublin in 1983 and was part of the Vincent\u2019s side who lost the All-Ireland club final to CastleIsland Desmonds in 1985.<\/p>\n

Conroy was full of praise for the players and members of his management team.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be part of this\u2026the group, the management team that\u2019s there, the people that are there with me, they\u2019re unreal. And they\u2019re very selfless people. They\u2019re an amazing bunch of people. Incredible.<\/p>\n

\u201cTom\u00e1s [Quinn] just puts so much into this. He\u2019s a very dedicated guy, he puts an awful lot into it. I know, Diarmuid [Connolly], it probably wasn\u2019t his greatest game, but then at the crucial times it was him that was delivering the ball into Tom\u00e1s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he put in two or three great passes into him in the second half and Tom\u00e1s finished them off.\u201d<\/p>\n

On each of the two previous occasions they\u2019ve won the title in Dublin under Conroy, Vincent\u2019s have gone on to lift the Leinster crown.<\/p>\n

\n Gavin Burke races past Ben Galvin during Saturday’s final.<\/p>\n

Source: Tommy Dickson\/INPHO<\/p>\n

Once again they\u2019ll face a short-turnaround for the provincial campaign. Carlow champions Paletine are the opponents in Sunday\u2019s quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Burke expects a stern test. He continued: \u201cIt is very difficult and it\u2019s been worse than previous years but we\u2019ll have a pool session (on Sunday) and be back training Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very hurt last year so we certainly won\u2019t be getting ahead of ourselves this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing down to Carlow in the middle of November after a tough game this week isn\u2019t going to be easy at all. Enjoy this first and then it\u2019s full steam ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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