Kieran McKeever on the toxic and nasty rivalry between Donegal and Derry

For 16 years now, Kieran McKeever has carried a mantle that he doesn’t want any more.

The Dungiven man remains the last Derry captain to have lifted the Anglo Celt Cup. He hoisted it in the Gerry Arthurs Stand moments after the man still in the limelight this week, Joe Brolly, rounded the keeper and drilled home a 70th minute goal to win the game.

It had to be at the expense of Donegal. Whatever both teams achieved in that glorious period in the early 1990s, nothing was done without a meeting of the old enemies. Despite the presence of Down on the scene, it was the Derry-Donegal rivalry that defined that period for both sides.