Michael Darragh Macauley believes last year’s All-Ireland semi-final loss has “put a fire” in Dublin and is backing the Blues to return to the Championship summit this summer.
Now 35, the all-action midfielder called it quits at intercounty level in January of last year, thus joining the All-Star exodus over the past three years that has forced the all-conquering Dubs to transform and rebuild.
Macauley is fresh off a six-month hiatus that gave him the opportunity to see the world, partly satisfying a wanderlust he had to contain during his Dublin years.
