Cormac Hartnett: ‘I was very much the Cork boy and thought Donegal — why not?’

Hartnett, now 52, was a late substitute Dungloe’s first-ever league victory — an occasion which was even more special on a personal level considering he played alongside his sons James and Thomas

Cormac Hartnett, centre, with his sons James (left) and Thomas Hartnett. All three will be part of the Dungloe side which will take on Aodh Ruadh from Ballyshannon in the final of the Donegal Junior Hurling Championship.

For a man, who, by his own admission “hadn’t really left Cork” before doing just that to find his way in life, Cormac Hartnett has sown seeds of the game for the gods in the rugged surrounds of west Donegal.

On Saturday, in only their second year in existence in the senior bracket, Dungloe will take on Aodh Ruadh from Ballyshannon in the final of the Donegal JHC.