Taking Donegal to the next level

FIRST things first. Jimmy McGuinness is chatting idly about his playing days in Donegal when he casually remarks in a thick north-western accent that he’s “a half Kerryman”.

You feel duty bound to pull him up in mid flow and direct him back a bit. “Half Kerry, how do you work that one out?” “Sure I was down with Tralee IT when they won all the Sigersons in the 90s,” he reasons.

He’s got a point, though “honorary Kerry man” may be a better title for the team’s 1999 captain.