McCafferty looking to make history with Donegal

Another concussion would be the end, Roisín McCafferty would hang up her boots and call it a day on her playing career, there and then.

She has experienced the terrifying side effects that go with the invisible injury and cannot afford to put herself through that ever again.

After her first, the Donegal youngster was robbed of her confidence, it left her in emotional turmoil, she doubted herself and even believed she had dreamt up her symptoms.

But wearing her physio hat today, McCafferty can tell you exactly the injury she suffered the first time ever, when she got kicked in the head in a challenge match.

"It was vestibular driven, the inner-ear, balance problems and stuff like that was my main symptoms," said McCafferty.

Tomorrow she will be one of the most experienced members of the Donegal panel looking to make history and shock TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions Meath at Croke Park.

It would be a first ever Lidl National Football League Division 1 title for Donegal, and after coming out of retirement McCafferty would be thrilled to get her hands on the trophy.

Her concussion issues are in the past, a chronic knee and hip issue troubled her last year, but at least those were injuries had a real tangible timeline for recovery.

"You break your leg, you have a cast on it, you can see it, you do the rehab," said McCafferty.

"But I couldn't do anything when I was coming back from my concussion, it was really lonely, to be honest.

"I was convincing myself that I was making all of this up. Is it just in my head? What’s going on, is there something mentally going on with me?

"That was probably the hardest struggle."

It was a pre-league game against Cavan and McCafferty wasn’t even knocked out cold. She got up and tried to continue only