'If the phone rings, there’s an emergency I have to go': Evelyn McGinley on balancing her two vocations

Evelyn McGinley of Donegal in action against Andrea Trill of Galway during the Lidl Ladies Football National League clash earlier this month. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Evelyn McGinley is dedicated to Donegal football - but she knows that if her phone rings during training, she may have to dash off because a cow is calving or a ewe is lambing and her skills as a vet are urgently required.

It’s not easy mixing the life of a country vet and an inter-county football career but the 26-year-old revels in all of the challenges and wouldn’t have it any other way.