Micheál Donoghue has nothing but pride in his Galway side despite their shock loss to Dublin and exit from the hurling championship in June.
Donoghue's side came up just short in a 3-19 to 0-24 thriller in Parnell Park as a late Chris Crummey goal sealed Dublin's progression to the preliminary quarter-finals, while Wexford will play Kilkenny in the Leinster SHC Final.
“That’s sport," Donoghue reflected to the Irish Mirror.
"We’re obviously bitterly, bitterly disappointed. But I’ve said it umpteen times, I’m so proud of these lads.
“They worked really hard and you have to give huge credit to Dublin. Goals win games and they got them at the right times.
“The penalty they got after half-time came but we responded to it well and held them for a while after that. But then they got another one and as I say, goals win matches.
“We knew the permutations coming into it. Obviously we’re devastated with the outcome, the fact that we lost and that the other game was a draw but that was outside our control.
"It’s a tough one to take but that’s what we have to do.”
