Aoife Ní Chaiside on playing Ulster Final two days after burying father

Thomas Cassidy paid a pivotal role in the incredible Slaughtneil story.

As someone involved in high performance sport his entire adult life, having played in All-Ireland Finals with Derry and Slaughtneil, and spent three years as a professional Aussie rules player in the AFL with Sydney Swans, Chrissy McKaigue has had no shortage of tremendous mentors and role models, writes Daragh Ó Conchúir.

McKaigue: Champions Slaughtneil owe a lot to late Thomas Cassidyhttps://t.co/dwQDuNcKV4 pic.twitter.com/LgpxN4tWbU

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) October 25, 2016