The story of McGuinness the messiah who delivers on his promise

What really is a messiah anyway? A mortal minus all of the doubt. Utterly convinced from the very first moment of what they can and will achieve.

GLORIOUS RISE: Donegal players celebrate winning the penalty shootout after the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship final match against Armagh and Donegal at St Tiernach’s Par. Picture: Ramsey Cardy

Every glorious rise to the top involves a competitor residing below. In a sea of painful images that represented Armagh’s latest heartbreak, one pierced like a dagger.

Paddy McBrearty in the heart of the stand about to accept the Anglo-Celt, while Kieran McGeeney was metres away slumped against the wall in the tunnel below.