Memory of ‘dark days’ drives Eamon McGee

The night they returned to Donegal Town having reclaimed the Anglo-Celt Cup last July, Eamon McGee was content on the peripheries.

He sported a sizeable forehead gash following an accidental collision with Monaghan’s Christopher McGuinness, who goaled that afternoon in the Ulster final in Clones. But it was Jim McGuinness’s side who claimed a 0-15 to 1-9 victory.

It was the first time Donegal clinched the minor-senior Ulster double. With both panels paraded side-by-side through well-wishers up Tirconaill Street and introduced from the stage, the revellers eventually headed off into the night to the various watering houses that run the perimeter of the Diamond.