Tommy Martin: Michael Murphy didn't get his fairytale ending, but Messi did
TRUE GREAT: Michael Murphy hung up his boots for Donegal after many years toilng to win a second All-Ireland. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Not saying it was a JFK moment or anything but I will always remember where I was when I heard that Michael Murphy was retiring. More importantly, I will always remember what I felt: that is, a pang of sadness somewhere around the belly area followed by a sharp rush of guilt for being so silly.
There was, after all, a lot worse things going on in the world that November evening. War raged on in Ukraine, global recession loomed and the weather was shite. For God's sake, Donegal had known real tragedy just a month before on that terrible day in the village of Creeslough.
