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Published 17:26 15 Sept 2016 BST
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Preparing for an All-Ireland final must be a bloody pain in the hole. Aside from getting ready for the biggest game of your life, you have all the formalities and obligations to fulfill. You have media days, suit-fittings, ticket arrangements, good luck messages and travel to sort.
Somewhere in between all that mayhem, you have to train and recover and conduct analysis sessions and get ready to meet the president of Ireland.
Pat Gilroy wouldn't see his men unprepared though. They used their training sessions in DCU to... train for meeting Mary McAleese. And who better to play the role of the elegant Antrim native but a burly St. Vincent's man?
Listen to Barry Cahill describe the hilarious story below on SportsJOE's GAA Hour podcast (skip to 11:54).
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