Eight tense clashes between Donegal and Tyrone

After Donegal beat Cork in Ballyshannon in February, Neil McGee walked up the steps of the Aodh Ruadh clubhouse to speak to journalists. Concluding his duties, he wanted to know one result – how did Tyrone, a league lower, fare against Galway. “Good to know how the neighbours are getting on,” he smiled.

It is a rivalry that never stops. Karl Lacey made that clear two months after Donegal’s 2012 All-Ireland success when he reacted to the 2013 Ulster draw: “The Tyrone lads are already talking about how ‘Donegal aren’t as good as we are’. They have already had this chat about us.”

And yet Rory Gallagher and Mickey Harte tell us ahead of Sunday’s Ulster SFC final meeting there is nothing to see here.