Indefatigable Donegal can finally complete their journey of discovery

Few can think of as romantic a final but only because Donegal and Mayo decided their rosy days were few.

Aristocrats of the game they were but more so kings without crowns, ignorant of what they had to do to reclaim the throne.

Such wistfulness has been cast aside now. Thanks to Jim McGuinness and James Horan, both teams play with an attitude that screams of merchant pragmatism.