This time, it’s Odhrán MacNiallais and Gaoth Dobhair, but it could be so many other clubs up and down the country. It was only two summers ago the doubts were crippling Gaoth Dobhair players after a 12-point collapse in the county semi-final against Glenties. Gaoth Dobhair had an enormously promising group coming through a revolutionary youth system that deserves an investigation in its’ own right. Nothing seems to phase them but about 10 minutes before the game is about to start you see the stare in their eyes and they are zoned in and what they are going to do.”MacNiallais has been a revelation. When they hand over their team sheet, it is exclusively in Irish and has appeared so in the Ulster club matchday programmes.

Source: Evening echo December 01, 2018 05:15 UTC