Michael Murphy’s comeback didn’t bring Donegal an All-Ireland but it did bring him closure
Never go back, they say. They’re wrong.
No, Michael Murphy didn’t win his second All-Ireland. He didn’t drag Donegal to their third, didn’t find himself on that emerald-jewelled road lined with his people singing Sam back to the hills. Instead, he did something far more important. He spared himself a lifetime of wondering whether he had it in him.


