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Listen: “We’ll do it any way” says Kilcar’s Eoin McHugh on county final win

written by Chris McNulty October 15, 2017
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Eoin McHugh says Kilcar answered quite a few questions as they claimed Dr Maguire following a drab county final win over Naomh Conaill today.

The celebrations will be anything but dour in Kilcar tonight after they clinched the county title for the first time since 1993.

Kilcar’s Eoin McHugh tries to evade the attentions of Naomh Conaill’s Aaron Thompson during Sunday’s final. Photo Evan Logan

McHugh wasn’t even born when Kilcar were last at the summit.

This year, Kilcar blitzed anything in front of them to reach the final, but today they had to show a new side.

“It wasn’t pretty, but we don’t care,” McHugh said

“In other years, this would have been the dirty game that we lost. It doesn’t have to be the free-flowing football we’re known for, but we’ll do it any way.

“We had to be patient. Mark was Man of the Match and he was over and back, over and back the field with the ball!”

Listen to the full interview below …

Listen: “We’ll do it any way” says Kilcar’s Eoin McHugh on county final win was last modified: October 15th, 2017 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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