History is for later, says boss

HISTORY, heartache, histrionics... none of it meant anything to Jim McGuinness yesterday.

As the massive Donegal support ignored the PA announcer’s plea and swamped the field, he was coolness personified. Delighted, of course, but it was more satisfaction than anything else.

Those 19 years since he was a sprite 19-year-old on the county’s last Ulster-winning team floated into the ether in St Tiernach’s Park but the significance of the wait meant little to him or his players.