It’s been a long and winding road to get here. After beating De La Salle in the county final, Gailltír overcame Cork’s Éire Óg in the Munster decider, before defeating St Rynagh’s of Offaly by 3-8 to 0-12 in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Dunne, who works as a teacher alongside former Waterford boss Derek McGrath at De La Salle college, can’t wait for the big showdown at GAA HQ.

“I’m definitely excited,” said Dunne. “It’s a bit surreal to be here. We’re excited, and I’m a little bit nervous, but when the game comes, we’ll be good to go. It’s been a long year for us. It’s been constant, and now we’re coming into March after starting pre-season last January, so we’re just waiting for a long time. There’s been a big gap, and we just can’t wait now.”

Dunne (28) is on the scene for quite some time and marvels at the idea of finally making it to Croke Park at this stage of her camogie career.

Former Déise men’s senior boss McGrath recently took a training session with Gailltír, despite their beating his own De La Salle in the county decider, and imparted his wisdom on the team.

“It was fantastic to have him take a session, and he’s such an inspirational speaker,” says Dunne, whose side has a nice mix of youth and players who experienced a Munster title win two seasons ago. “We have a good few girls who have been playing for a number of years, but we have a few who have just come on the senior team in the last three years.

“The experience is important, but in fairness to the girls, and especially to the girls who have stepped up to the mark this year, you’d think they had been playing with us all along. There is something special in the younger girls, and then the older girls bring that experience on the day itself.

“The build-up has been great and we’ve had so much support from everybody. Everyone you meet on the street, they just want to talk about it. Everyone is buzzing and they’re behind us 100%.

“The club was 60 years old last year, so it’s something special,” she adds. “We’d love to get over the line — not just for us as a team. We want to do it for the whole community, all the supporters, and everyone who has contributed to us from the first day.”

All-Ireland club successes have been few and far between for Waterford sides. Lismore secured the intermediate club camogie title in 2014 after a 3-8 to 0-7 win over Ballyhale Shamrocks. Last year Ardmore became the first men’s side to take national honours after a 3-11 to 0-18 victory over St Mogue’s Fethard of Wexford in the junior decider.