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30th September 2017
09:30pm BST

A telling blow arrived for the men of the hills at the start of this season when the 25-year-old decided to take a year out of the game in order to travel to America.
Donegal attempted to sweep all before them with an exuberant, youthful side, but were soon sent packing by both Tyrone and Galway to bring their Championship campaign to a halt.
Mac Niallais was dearly missed by Rory Gallagher, and by his county.
He returned back to the Hills recently, however, and has been a key man in a youtful Gaoth Dobhair side's march to the county semi-finals, where they took on Naomh Conaill on Saturday evening.
Gaoth Dobhair got off to a flyer, with current senior panelist Michael Carroll scoring an absolute wonder-goal early on in Ballybofey.
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Carroll's three-pointer was sweet, but take a look at this, the pick of Mac Niallais' four points on the night.
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The tactical nous to slide out along the wet surface, the lightening spin as he got back to his feet, the composure, the pendulum-like swinging of that ridiculous left leg, the angles, the white flag.
What a bloody score.
Gaoth Dobhair went into the interval with a six point cushion, but were reeled back by Naomh Conaill who eventually triumphed by the bare minimum to win on a scoreline of 1-13 to 1-12 to set up a final clash with Kilcar.
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