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Willie McAteer played with his local club, Gaeil Fhánada, and will be crossing swords with Abbey VS at the Athletic Grouds in Armagh next month
Willie McAteer from Fanad saw his St Pat's Maghera side reach next month's Danske Bank MacRory Cup final, where they will take on Abbey Vocational School from Donegal Town.
St Pat's Maghera came through a low-scoring semi-final against St Patrick's Armagh, winning on a scoreline of 0-5 to 1-0, having been 0-3 to 0-0 up at the break, in a contest switched to Derrylaughan from the Athletic Grounds. The final will take place at the Athletic Grounds - the home of Armagh GAA - on Sunday, February 9.
On Saturday, Abbey defeated Southwest Donegal 0-12 to 0-10 at Fr Tierney Park in Ballyshannon to become the first Donegal team to reach the final of the competition since 1961.
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McAteer played with his local club, Gaeil Fhánada, and is assisted by former Derry footballers Chrissy McKaigue and Seán Marty Lockhart.
St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, were the only side from Donegal to ever reach the MacRory Cup final, on three occasions, but fell short each time. In 1956 they were pipped by a point, 2-7 to 2-6, against Macartan's from Monaghan in Omagh; they lost 3-7 to 1-3 in 1961 against Abbey CBS from Newry and again two years later, in Irvinestown, on a 3-7 to 1-3 scoreline against St Patrick's College from Cavan.
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