Not even the lure of the Women’s Super League could drag Louise Quinn away from Championship side Birmingham, where she feels closer to home than at any stage of her time playing abroad.
Ironically, having to be in Dublin to report for international duty saw her miss the most Irish of weekends in the UK’s second city.
Posts from her friends kept her up to date with events at a music festival that featured Sharon Shannon, Finbar Furey and others.
