Christy O'Connor: Nobody has greater appreciation for Mayo and Donegal rivalry than Padraig Brogan
When Donegal and Mayo meet, there's always that want to beat that crowd over the road. The counties have only ever clash six times in the championship.
Midway through the second half of the Mayo-Donegal 1992 All-Ireland semi-final, just after Donegal’s Declan Bonner had missed a free, Croke Park began to stir into a craze, the sudden jolt of electricity running through the ground all connected to the sight of the Mayo number 24, Padraig Brogan, running onto the pitch.
As soon as Brogan handed his substitute slip to referee Tommy Sugrue, the Donegal welcome party lined up to greet him, ramming into Brogan like bumper cars at a fairground as he made his way into the full-forward line to take up his position.
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