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Listen: Mickey McCann on the ‘personal’ Burt-Setanta rivalry

written by Chris McNulty August 31, 2018
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Burt and Setanta have met in 20 Donegal SHC finals over the years – and the margins are wafer thin between them.

Burt have won eleven of the final meetings with Setanta victorious in the other nine clashes.

Burt veteran Mickey McCann – who happens also to be the Donegal senior hurling manager – knows all about the intensity of the rivalry.

Many of the participants in this Saturday’s latest instalment of this epic clash shared glory earlier in the summer when they won the Nicky Rackard Cup at Croke Park. 

But that is very much parked this weekend.

“I’m a pure Burt man and the county is long gone on Saturday,” McCann says. 

“It’s very personal and the rivalry is very close. 

“There is a serious rivalry there. The county will all be put aside and it’ll be hell-for-leather.”

Listen to the full interview below …

https://soundcloud.com/donegalsportstalk/mickey-mccann-looks-at-2018-donegal-senior-hurling-final

Listen: Mickey McCann on the ‘personal’ Burt-Setanta rivalry was last modified: August 30th, 2018 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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