On Sunday Colm McFadden called time on a Donegal career that had yielded an All-Ireland football crown in 2012.
Hours later it would be team-mate Eamon McGee's turn as he brought down a curtain which also both men win Ulster titles.
But for anyone who has read JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, they would have enjoyed the way the 32-year-old Ghaoth Dobhair clubman announced it, with a passage involving lead character and hero Frodo Baggins:
— Eamon Mc Gee (@EamonMcGee) August 7, 2016
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