Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 - 01:00
It was the Tribesmen's first provincial success since 1987 and that side went on to lose narrowly to Tyrone in the semi-final.
Many pundits feel that it was there, with McDermott and Liam Sammon, that the foundations of the 1998 breakthrough side were laid.
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