Cian O'Sullivan is confident that Kilmacud Crokes can bounce back from their shock Leinster club SFC final loss to Mullinalaghta.

Billed as a 'David v Goliath' clash, Crokes had no answer to the underdogs' late surge which handed them a famous victory.

Speaking at the launch of the 37th GOAL Mile in Herbert Park, Dublin 4 yesterday, six-time All-Ireland winner O'Sullivan expressed the hope that Crokes could learn from the defeat in that same as Dublin learned from shattering championship losses to Meath and Donegal in 2010 and '14.

“Looking back on some of the days being involved with Dublin when we were beaten, like by Meath in Leinster in 2010 and by Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland, you learn so much from them and they were key moments in the journey this Dublin team has been on for the last couple of years,” he told the Irish Daily Star.

"From my perspective, I was looking afterwards at that game on Sunday and thinking hopefully it will be a key point for us over the next couple of years, likes those games were for Dublin.”

The enormity of Mullinalaghta's achievement wasn't lost on O'Sullivan.

"We wouldn’t take a thing from Mullinalaghta, it’s an incredible thing they’ve done; winning three Longfords in-a-row and now winning Leinster as well. All credit to them. It is a fantastic story and it’s something that as the days have passed, I’ve been able to appreciate a bit more," he added.

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