As Kilmacud Crokes prepare for their All-Ireland final on Saturday, Lauren Magee has seen and been a part of it all.
Having won multiple All-Irelands with Dublin, the one prize that has escaped her grasp is this accomplishment with her club.
The rise from intermediate to competing in a All-Ireland semi-final has been one to remember for the Dublin defender, who reflected on her team's rise ahead of the final in Croke Park.
"To win the last three years in a row, to get to a semi-final of the All-Ireland in the last two years, that has been a credit to everyone involved. So, we're striving to keep building and to be just playing the best football that we can.
"Thankfully, we've great players and a great management around us. Over the last ten years playing, even though we've had some lows, it's great to have the girls around us.
Standing in Kilmacud and Magee's way of their first All-Ireland is Galway's Kilkerrin-Clonberne, who have won the last three All-Ireland titles.
One of their biggest challenges in that time came from Kilmacud Crokes, who they needed extra-time to defeat in last year's All-Ireland semi-final.
Magee believes the experience of last season's defeat will be used as a learning moment by the Dublin side.
"We were coming in as underdogs. We believed we could do it, but there is always that little bit of doubt. When you haven’t played a team properly, you don’t know what you can do.
"You need experience. If you haven’t been in that cauldron before it is a big shock to the system. The younger players now have experienced that."
While the Galway side have dominated ladies club football in the past three years, they had their own struggles in trying to Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup.
For Kilmacud Crokes, who are yet to lift the trophy in their history, Magee can see some similarities in the two team's journeys.
"We are similar in that sense, they had really good teams to come up against as well. You need to play really good teams to know where you are at, and to actually be able to overcome that and develop more and more as a team.
"You need to able to play the best teams to improve and take those losses with you and develop from them.
"To lose again in a semi-final is very hard to take, but it definitely brings experience and another level of wanting to go again."
Saturday will bring back memories for Lauren's family, with her father and Uncle part of All-Ireland winning Kilmacud sides.
Johnny Magee captained Kilmacud Crokes to All-Ireland club glory in 2009, as Lauren grew up watching his success.
With multiple All-Ireland titles for Dublin, this is the one trophy Lauren has not lifted, as she explained why it would be so special.
"Dad won an All-Ireland with Crokes, and I just know that whole time was so special for him and my uncle and my whole family.
"Winning with your county is extremly hard and there is a lot of work that goes into it, I just think that there is not a lot of opportunities to represent your club at this level.
"It is very had to get there in the first place, and I think that is what makes it extra special. Dublin is such a tough competition as it is, that if you don't win it you don't go through to Leinster.
"Getting there with your best friends just feels so different".
