Dublin save the best until last to win seventh All-Ireland Ladies SFC title against Meath in Croke Park
The cart came out to lift her off the field but Hannah Tyrrell wasn't having any of it.
If she was bowing out, as she confirmed afterwards, she was going to do it on her terms. So she walked off, or limped off to be precise, a member of Dublin's medical team in step with her all the way.
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