Jamie Lennon embracing the journey as Saints go back on road

St Patrick's Athletic have clocked up the miles in their journey to the Sports Direct FAI Cup semi-finals this year.

A first-round win at Longford Town was followed by a trip to Derry City, where they won on penalties, and then a tricky trek to Finn Harps in the quarters. A 2-1 victory there sent the Saints into the last four, and now they're on the road again after the draw pitted Jon Daly's side against Cork City at Turner's Cross (Live on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player).

The Leesiders may be struggling in the league, but it's still a difficult assignment.

"It's really tough," midfielder Jamie Lennon told RTÉ Sport's Adrian Eames.

"Ideally, you'd like to get a home draw but we've been pretty unlucky this year in the cup. We've done so much travelling, up to Finn Harps, down to Longford, up to Derry and now down to Cork.

"We've just got to take it in our stride. We were down there last week, had a really tough game. We didn't play particularly well but we came away with a 1-0 win, which was a massive win for us in the league.

"We've got to go down there and try to improve on our performance again and hopefully get over the line."

Pat's title challenge has fizzled out in recent weeks but they still sit in third, inside the European spots, with only four games to go. It's two years since they beat Bohs in the final at the Aviva Stadium. Another cup win would be the sweetest way to rubberstamp a place in Europe and bring more glory back to Inchicore.

"It'd be unbelievable for the club," added Lennon. "There are a lot of fond memories from the time we were here a couple of years ago. We'd a disappointing year in the cup last year, going out in the first round to Waterford, but we've gone on a good run this time around.

"It's going to be a