Ciara Mageean in her own words: ‘You need to smell the roses because this doesn’t last forever’
“Sport was my escape, my identity, my dream and my driver. I learnt passion through sport, learnt how to control my emotions, how to harness my ambition. Sport gave me a way to express myself and to grow. To learn about who I was, and what I could be. To show me that the only limits I have in life are those I set for myself. Sport is my pulse, it’s not everything in my life but without it, I’d cease to exist as I know it.”On the precious role of sport in her life. “That was where my first love for sport began. It taught me so much about the athlete I was going to become but probably more importantly the person I was going to become, the person who I am.”On how Gaelic games ignited her sporting passions.“If you asked any of the girls I played camogie with…