Weight of history no longer Dónal Morgan’s burden

The all-action half-back has eight county titles to call on. His 40th birthday is just a couple of seasons away, but he looks fit enough to play on for a while yet.

ALL ACTION: Dónal Morgan of Scotstown and Paul Devlin of Kilcoo. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Andrew Paton

ABOUT 15 years ago, current Scotstown defender Dónal Morgan bumped into club legend Bernie Murray.

A star of the great Monaghan side of the 1980s, the highly affable Murray loved nothing more than to talk shop and Morgan was always happy to oblige, but on that occasion his demeanour was different, despondent almost.