Former Mayo star Ciaran McDonald played his first game of football in over a year yesterday.

The 39-year-old scored a point after coming on as a substitute for the last 10 minutes of Crossmolina's 2-10 to 1-8 senior league victory over Charlestown in Crossmolina. McDonald's return to action is a major boost for the Deel Rovers who have fallen on lean times after dominating the Mayo SFC in the early years of the last decade and winning the All-Ireland club title in 2001.

McDonald is regarded as one of the best footballers not to have won an All-Ireland medal at senior inter-county level. Tweet

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