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Published 11:10 3 Dec 2022 GMT
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In her mind, there are two games in particular that stick out as key career highlights.
“One of the ones that I remember would be when we won the three in-a-row against Galway [in 2019]. The attendance was over 56,000. It was practically like a full stadium. Now, the game was atrocious and the weather was horrendous!
“But it was the same weekend that the men were playing and they got the five in-a-row that weekend. Then we got to have our homecoming together. I got player of the match in that game as well. For that weekend, it was just a very special occasion for Dublin football, with the men getting five in-a-row and we got the three in-a-row.
“Even most recently, I probably wouldn’t have realised it at the time that it would have been my last time playing in Croke Park, but the Leinster final [this year] was the first time we got to play in Croker for a Leinster final (against Meath).
“Just on that occasion, I stayed on the pitch for a good while, signing autographs. Just kids in the club and my niece with me. At the end of the game, being able to get to walk past Hill 16 and everyone was cheering down, it was just a very special occasion.”
Being on the outside looking in won’t be unfamiliar territory for Davey next year as she previously took a year out of the Dublin panel in 2012. Travelling to the USA on a J1, she spent that summer lining out for Cavan Ladies in New York.
Provided work commitments and injuries don't interfere, she intends to aid Skerries Harps in their quest for supremacy in the Dublin Intermediate Championship next year. As far as the county team is concerned, Davey believes Bohan’s own decision to carry on in the managerial hot seat for a seventh successive season means they are well-equipped to challenge for top honours in her absence.
“The talent that is within the team is amazing. There is so much talent within the group. You would have been fearful if too many girls stepped away at one time and if Mick left as well. I think the team could have been in a huge transition,” Davey added.
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