FOUR Masters are gearing towards their first Senior Championship semi-final in 13 years when they meet fellow South Donegal side Naomh Conaill at O’Donnell Park this Sunday.

The Donegal Town men sealed their passage through to the last four of the Senior Championship courtesy of a ten-point victory over last year’s runners-up Dungloe on Sunday.

The quarter-final contest was finely balanced up until the final quarter when Four Masters moved through the gears, hitting ten points without reply to get over the line against Dessie Gallagher’s men.

Speaking after the match, Four Masters assistant manager Barry Monaghan stated that the ten-point winning margin may have flattered his side but insisted that they are delighted to have progressed to the next stage.

“In fairness ten points doesn’t really reflect the game because it was really tight and it was score for score right up until the final ten minutes.”

“Then we got a bit of a run and a bit of momentum and got a couple of scores at the right times to push out so I think ten points really does flatter us a bit.”

“I don’t think it was a ten-point game but we’re delighted to get to the next round, we’ll see where the draw takes us now tonight and we’ll try and get ourselves organised for next week.”

Barry Dunnion’s outfit are now preparing for a last four encounter with Martin Regan’s Naomh Conaill side this weekend.

This is set to be the Tir Conaill Park residents first appearance in the semi-finals of the Senior Championship since 2012, when current coaches Barry Dunnion, Barry Monaghan and Michael Doherty would all have been key figures on the field.

The Four Masters assistant manager expressed that it’s great for the players that came after them to get this experience of a last four encounter.

At the time of speaking, the semi-final draw had not yet occurred; however, Monaghan was aware of the calibre of the teams left in the competition but insists that they will give it a good go this weekend.

“Us as a club at Four Masters had a whole generation of players that came after us that have never experienced a semi-final so it’s great for them.”

“We’re in the semi-final now and it’s great to be there but we’re going to go in and do all we can, we’ll see who we get first and we’ll plan accordingly”, said Monaghan.

He continued, “we set out at the start of the year to try and get as far as we can in the Championship. As it turns out we’re in the semi-final now, I know we’re going to be up against it.

“We’re probably one of the lesser lights now than the three big guns that are left in it but we’ll go and we’ll see who we get and we’ll give it a good go next week.”