DONEGAL have the opportunity to make this season one of the greatest Gaelic football comebacks of recent times.
Following the recent discourse on a county administration level in the county, people could have forgiven Jim McGuinness for needing a season to bed in and get the team to a level he could work with.
Cahair O’Kane: Under Jim McGuinness, sharp-shooting Donegal have their best chance to go one step further
This couldn’t be further from what happened as Donegal gripped the shell and put their foot on the gas and never really eased up throughout the season.
Donegal take on Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final at Croke Park on Sunday, July 14.
Throw-in is at 4pm.
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Jim McGuinness' men will hope to make the All-Ireland final in his first season back
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The winner will face Armagh after they lost to Kerry the day before.
Kerry 1-16 - 1-18 Armagh
Armagh are through to the All-Ireland final for the fifth time in their history after edging out Kerry by two points in a wildly engrossing semi-final in Croke Park.
It was the third year in a row that an Armagh knockout game in HQ had gone to extra-time, except this one ended not in penalty heartbreak but with scenes of delirium at the final whistle.
For Kieran McGeeney, who took over the county side at a relatively low ebb and has been 'failing better' for much of his long reign, it was the most cathartic of victories as he guided Armagh to their first decider since he was a player back in 2003.
It was a game that appeared to be out of their reach for much of normal time, until Barry McCambridge's opportunistically taken goal, the wing-back palming home after Shane Ryan spilled a skied Rian O'Neill point attempt.
Croker pain no more as Armagh edge out Kerry in cracker
Armagh are through to the All-Ireland final for the fifth time in their history after edging out Kerry by two points in a wildly engrossing semi-final in Croke Park.
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