Devlin: We channelled 2024 pain

WHEN a team is as accustomed to winning as Kilcoo, the pain from defeats linger long into the winter.

- BY PADDY TIERNEY

Last December's Ulster Club SFC final was the preverbal game of inches and the Magpies had their hopes of regaining the Seamus McFerran Cup dashed by a last-gasp wonder score from Errigal Ciaran’s Peter Og McCartan.

As fate would have it, Kilcoo's return to the Ulster stage saw them pitted against the 2025 Tyrone champions, only this time they'd face newly-crowned champions Loughmacrory.