Karen Guthrie always expected Cavan to provide Donegal with a serious test at Breffni Park in the TG4 Ulster Championship semi-final on Saturday.
So it proved with the locals in Breffni running into a 1-5 to 0-1 lead by the 13th minute before Donegal settled and managed to get going up front to win 6-16 to 2-17 and set up a final appearance against either Tyrone or Armagh.
She spoke to Alan Foley afterwards
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