Donegal have been working flat-out on beating David Clifford this year
Kerry’s David Clifford in action against Donegal’s Brendan McCole during last year’s All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Jack O’Connor said last week: “Yerra, we were only aiming to avoid relegation, so we are all a bit surprised to be in a league final. I suppose we got the bit of luck here and there along the way and yerra, we are in Croke Park again and no harm.”
He went on to say: “Sure I mean if you look at where the likes of David Clifford was born and reared, ’tis hard to believe we have come so far. David was after being born in a manger in Fossa and sure the family hadn’t even the money to buy him a pair of boots when he was small. It was only by the luck of God that Pat Spillane heard about it and sent him some of his old boots.