If in Irish ‘Aisling’ is a word used to describe a dream, then surely it is poetic justice that a certain Clare woman has been given the opportunity to realise the dream of representing her country. Before the move to Australia Aisling Reidy was certainly well known across the county in Gaelic football circles. Both Mayo’s Dayna Finn and Laois’s Erone Fitzpatrick are also on the Carlton side and Aisling played with Fitzpatrick in the UL O’Connor Cup sides. The Irish squad is a strong one and features plenty of players with multi-season experience of the AFLW. On the selection staff there’s Cora Staunton who herself blazed a trail for Irish players coming out to play in the league.