Lauren Magee aims to continue family fortunes with Kilmacud Crokes

As Kilmacud Crokes prepare for their All-Ireland final on Saturday, Lauren Magee has seen and been apart 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