Patrick McBrearty has admitted that landing a Donegal SFC title would mean as much to him as winning an All-Ireland.
McBrearty helped Donegal win the All-Ireland title in 2012, which bridged a 20-year gap.
Now he’s tasked with the job of firing Kilcar to their first Donegal SFC title in 23 years.
Kilcar have been knocking on the door for the last number of years, but have lost a number of semi-finals.
However, under the tutelage of Martin McHugh, then men from Towney are back in a county final, and McBrearty says it would mean just as much to him to win a county title as an All-Ireland.
McBrearty said, “It would be up there with the All-Ireland in 2012 definitely,” he says. “Kilcar has 900 people or whatever living in it and football is the only thing there, so there’s a great buzz around. It would definitely be up there but as I said there’s nothing won as of yet but hopefully.
“I think 23 years is too long for Kilcar to not even be in a final, never mind win one. For a lot of our players it’s about winning the first one and then see what happens after that.
“But Glenswilly have been there and done that, I think it’s their fifth or sixth final now since 2007 so they are not going to be easy. They have a lot of experience players like Michael Murphy, Neil Gallagher and Gary McFadden so it’s a big test for us.”
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