Gaoth Dobhair manager Mervyn O'Donnell was full of praise for Dara Ó Baoill after the midfielder netted a first half hat-trick in yesterday's Ulster club SFC semi-final victory over Crossmaglen.

"You take these games one by one and you take a look at the teams, you take a look at your own personnel and you try to get your match ups right," O'Donnell told the assembled media.

"That's basically what it came down to. A couple of the younger lads stepped up to the mark there, especially Dara Ó Baoill. I think he got a hat-trick in the first half."

"There was a massive space between the midfield area and the full-forward line and they were inviting us into it and maybe making us look better than what we were. I suppose we did our video analysis and everything else, but we didn't expect to see as much space between the forwards and the midfield."

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