She is hopeful a long career as an inter-county footballer is ahead of her, but rising star Caitriona O’Hagan says winning a Armagh senior championship title with Carrickcruppen on Saturday evening would represent an ultimate achievement.
In her fourth year as a senior player with the Bessbrook-based side – located less than a mile away from Shane O’Neill’s, the home club of Aimee and Blaithin Mackin – O’Hagan has contested top-tier deciders within the Orchard County during each of those seasons.
Runners-up to Armagh Harps in 2020 and 2021, O’Hagan was also part of a Carrickcruppen line-up that lost out on a replay to Clann Eireann by four points in October of last year.
It is Clann who once again stand in the way of Carrickcruppen in Saturday’s decider at the Athletic Grounds (17:00 BST).
And while Caitriona won a National Football League Division 2 title with Armagh back in April, helping her club team to win a first senior championship crown since 2018 is something she would cherish for years to come.
“I think it means a wee bit more winning with them (Carrickcruppen),” says O’Hagan.
“They’re nearly like your family and all your family are a part of your club.”
