DUBLIN CAMOGIE MANAGER David Herity is no stranger to success.
A winner of five All-Ireland senior hurling medals with Kilkenny, he oversaw his charges to an emphatic win in Semple Stadium on Saturday.
Dublin booked their place in the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 1990, as they overcame a much-fancied Wexford side.
2015 saw Dublin reach the quarter-finals of the championship, but they failed to progress from the group stages last year.
Herity took the reins as manger last September following that disappointment, and has now etched some history — successfully leading his side to their first All-Ireland semi-final in 27 years.
Afterwards, his delight was evident. Speaking to RTÉ, Herity ranked Saturday’s feat as up there with his numerous successes with hurling powerhouse Kilkenny.
“We’ve been hitting 30-minute and 40-minute games but we hadn’t produced the 60 minutes,” the former Cats goalkeeper said. “We knew it was in them though and they showed there today. It was an incredible performance.
'I'm delighted...it's a credit to everyone' - Dublin manager David Herity on their win over Wexford pic.twitter.com/PxNDs9Hwvd
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) August 5, 2017
“We knew how good Wexford are. They’re in the semi-finals every single year. It’s 1990 since Dublin were in a semi-final. We knew we were up against it. It’s great. 27 years of history gone anyway!
“We were feeling very confident going in. I know people had us as 6/1 outsiders but we knew deep down ourselves what we could do when we put our minds to it. The work rate, the skill that’s in the team, we’ve been saying it all year.
“There’s a revolution happening in Dublin. The U16s, the minors, the premier juniors were all in All-Ireland semi-finals. It was up to us to stand up to the plate and get the seniors into it and we’ve done our job. I’m delighted.”
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Herity will surely have relished the performance of his goalkeeper Faye McCarthy, who saved a penalty and added two points.
In her first year with the team, the 20-year-old put on a stellar display between the posts and was named Player of the Match.
“We’re absolutely delighted,” she told RTE afterwards. “It was really hard-fought. They were within three points of us for most of the time.”
She spoke earlier this summer of how she’s been learning from Herity, and that’s all come to fruition through the championship.
“We do a goalie session 30 minutes before training,” McCarthy told Daragh O’Conchúir. ”Anything he says is gold. I’ll take it all on board because he knows what he’s talking about.”
Dublin now face their manager’s native county in the last-four, and will go into it as even bigger underdogs.
Anne Downey’s side are reigning All-Ireland champions and have won the last two Division 1 National League titles.
For now though, Herity and the Sky Blues will enjoy their achievement. And then it’s back to business.
“We know we’re going to have to up it again, but it’s great to be there.”
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Nice story about a good young player coming through and Mourinho somehow makes it all about him as usual.
@Joseph Bloggs: Or the one quote selected by the media is the quote by Mourinho that addresses how the media portray him
@Joseph Bloggs: no Joseph he praises the lad FIRST and then makes it about plebs like you …
@Johnny Bravo: Me? You must struggle with the written word Johnny, he clearly makes it about himself.
@Joseph Bloggs: see my comment below.
I heard something about Jose recently. Apparently he was being interviewed after a game and basically he was being a complete pr**k, walked out on the interview and all. Then, when the camera stopped rolling he walked over to the reporter and was happy as Larry, laughing and joking and apologising. It’s all a game, lads. He does it because he thinks if people are talking about Jose, they’re not talking about *insert name here* and how they’re playing shite. It’s an excellent managerial approach. It also creates the siege mentality that winning teams tend to have.
Having said all that…he’s a massive pain in the hole.
@Lurfic: Ha ha, nice one Lurfic :-)
@Lurfic: Think this was actually RTÉ’s Darragh Maloney! Or at least he has a similar yarn.
Still awaiting his Premier League debut? He has two premier league appearancs to his name.
@Brian Murray: yeah they have that wrong , maybe meant he’s waiting his first premier league start ??
@Pizyco: maybe
Remember when Darron Gibson was like this…
Dom solanke that is, now at liverpool and played about 10 minutes for chelsea good job jose