McBrearty: ‘I’m looking forward to getting back to Croke Park’

Alan Foley Just under a year ago Patrick McBrearty trundled out of MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey on crutches after his Donegal team-mates had squandered a four-point lead against Tyrone to miss out on a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Just under a year ago Patrick McBrearty trundled out of MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey on crutches after his Donegal team-mates had squandered a four-point lead against Tyrone to miss out on a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

McBrearty made his senior debut for Donegal back in 2011 as a 17-year-old against Antrim in the Ulster SFC preliminary round, just a couple of hours after lining out for the county’s minors against the same opposition.