Ulster champs go into overdrive

In the 48 hours after Donegal beat Cork in the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final, county secretary Aodh Mairtín Ó Fearraigh’s phone stopped working. It had melted under pressure from incoming calls, texts and emails.

He had just bought it, and the contract had a long time to run. He was in trouble. A call to the provider was made more in hope than expectation.

“I got a very helpful person who just happened to be from Mayo on the other end,” he said. “I told him the situation and explained who I was and he knew what I was on about, so he sorted me out with a new phone and I have that since.”