McGee: Attitude right to take care of ‘unfinished business’

Eamon McGee just couldn’t take it anymore.

McGee: Attitude right to take care of ‘unfinished business’

The whole idea behind togging out for Gweedore Celtic that day was to take his mind off the fact that Dublin and Mayo were that same afternoon going at it at Croke Park to decide which of them would strip Donegal’s title as All-Ireland champions.

Soccer had given him succour many a winter before. A talented striker who claimed many a goal for the local club, his patience was being stretched on this occasion by one opponent who kept chiding him about his absence from the Big House on Jones’ Road. McGee doesn’t divulge all the details, but the bones of the story are clear. The mouth ended up on the turf and McGee walked on a straight red card.

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