In the end it was an emphatic victory for a side who had endured a few heartbreaking moments in finals since they lost won the O'Duffy Cup.
A record attendance of over 30,000 was there to see Cork make light work of Waterford on the August bank holiday weekend. A 29th All-Ireland crown for the Rebels, a first since 2018 for a team on a mission.
The narrow defeats to Galway and Kilkenny in the two previous deciders hurt. Satisfaction then when the aforementioned were cast aside en route to the Déise demolition.
Cork captain Amy O'Connor hit 3-07 that floored their Munster rivals: the hat-trick of green flags coming in the space of just over two minutes after the restart. No surprise then that the Knocknaheeny native was the recipient of the PwC GPA Women's Player of the Month award after her starring turn on Jones' Road.
Speaking to the media, O'Connor outlined the determination that was there in this campaign to put things right on All-Ireland final day.
"It went very well for us because we had put in such work throughout the year," she said.
"While, at times, people criticised us and at times things weren't going so well on the pitch, the level of effort and work we put in, it really showed and was displayed on the day of the All-Ireland Final.
"That is exactly what you want. Sometimes you work all year and the performance just doesn't come. We were probably promising that performance for a long time and maybe building towards that performance, I would say. We just focused on ourselves on the day, same when we played Galway, when we played Kilkenny. We knew if we focused on ourselves the performance would come.
On accounting for Galway and Kilkenny on the way, she added: "It was lovely to do it in the way that we did it, beating the top two teams in the country for the last two, three or four years, even decade I would say.
"Then putting in a performance in the All-Ireland final, because that is when you want to perform. There is huge resilience in our group, it is a very special group, that has taken a long time to build. An unbelievable group with unbelievable characters, it is just very, very special."
O'Connor had the honour of bringing back the O'Duffy Cup to her club St Vincent's. A proud moment.
"We're a small club, we struggle at times to field teams at different age groups, some years we don't have certain teams at certain age groups, which is a huge shame. To bring a senior All-Ireland home as captain was lovely.
"On the way to the club we stopped at my own home house, all of my neighbours had decked out the terrace in red and white. It was lashing rain, they had stayed there for two hours, waiting for us to come home. And then the reception. I will never forget it. Surreal I would say, we had an unbelievable night in Vincent's."
The latter stages of the camogie championship were played out as the Women's World Cup was in full swing. O'Connor did show promise on the soccer fields and could have pursued a semi-professional career. She represented Ireland at Under-19 level.
Camogie, however, was always her first love.
"I wanted to focus solely on camogie and it's a decision I made a long time ago, one that I'm very, very happy with," she explained. Denise O'Sullivan is her neighbour, with O'Connor adding the O'Sullivan's exploits on the world stage "is just great for our area, especially because our area doesn't have a great reputation".
It's been a good few weeks then for Knocknaheeny with two local stars youngsters can look up to.
"It is really nice for young people in our area, not just young girls, but young boys, to see what is possible if you put your mind to it," O'Connor remarked as she basks in the glory of what is a fifth All-Ireland success.
