In contrast to their opponents, Donegal are very familiar with the Ulster final. The 2014 winners have appeared in six of the last seven finals but, as Sean Cavanagh's face in the photo below will tell you, Donegal lost to Tyrone in 2016 and were again defeated by the Red Hands in the semi-final last year.

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Fermanagh are the only Ulster county to have never lifted the Anglo-Celt Cup. Their last final appearance was a decade ago and that ended in defeat to Armagh via a replay.

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Cian Murtagh
BBC Sport NI at St Tiernach's Park

No one wants to hear about my journey here to Clones today, right? Suffice to say that this proud town on the Monaghan-Fermanagh border has lived up to its reputation of being difficult to get to on Ulster final day.

The rows of abandoned cars begin almost a mile from the outskirts of town and homeowners with road frontage are out in their droves to offer their driveways, fields and ditches as makeshift car parks.

Judging from the people streaming into town, the ‘shorts and GAA jersey’ is the fashion trend of the summer. I have even seen a New York GAA jersey among the throng passing up Bridge Street. They have all come to see if Fermanagh can finally win an Ulster title, or if Donegal can get their first since 2014.

Yesterday four Ulster sides booked their place in the third round of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Monaghan were clearly not thrilled with their performance against Fermanagh and they appeared to take out some of their frustration on poor old Waterford yesterday at Fraher Field, winning by 27 points.

Tyrone and Armagh also gained fairly comfortable passage while Cavan got past Down in a bad tempered affair at Brewster Park

We've already had a game today on the St Tiernach's turf.

Derry have the honour of being the first county to lift the Danny Murphy Cup as they have defeated Armagh 2-15 to 0-14 in the Under-20 final. Slaughtneil's Brian Cassidy was the hero, coming off the bench and scoring 2-2.

Things are not going well for the Derry senior team but their youngsters are giving plenty of reason for optimism.

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What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?

It's a question that's been bothering people since time began but this afternoon at St Tiernach's Park, we might finally get an answer. Yes it's Ulster final day and the sun has read the script, it's beating down on a buzzing Clones, where the ground is sold out and is a picture of colour.

So to the main event: Fermanagh v Donegal. Rory Gallagher's Erne revolution is now in full swing with a league promotion and a full-on giant killing in the bag. They start today as underdogs but I don't think anyone is willing to rule them out just yet. The rock solid defence that frustrated Conor McManus et al is going to be tough to navigate for Donegal.

That said, Declan Bonner's men haven't found scoring too difficult of late. Despite playing with 14 men for the majority of the game, Donegal's semi-final win over Down was as good an attacking display seen in the Ulster SFC for quite some time. They were 1-8 up before the Mourne men registered their first score, which basically tells you all you need to know about that game.

So welcome along to the Ulster SFC final 2018. Let's hope it's a belter.