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Published 11:00 29 Sept 2022 BST
Updated 11:09 29 Sept 2022 BST
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McGee and his brother Eamon, by their own admission, were a part of this culture, but little did they know, a radical change was coming their way.[/caption]
Jim McGuinness took over in 2011, and he raised the standards to a level of professionalism that has now become synonymous with Donegal, and few people bought into it more than the McGee brothers.
At full back, Neil became the colossal that his potential always promised, and was a rock in that back line when they won the All-Ireland in 2012, only the second ever in their history.
McGee spent the next decade bullying the best forwards in the game, winning Ulster title after Ulster title, and using his famous sharp tongue and quick wit to melt the ears of his markers.
However, just a few weeks shy of his 37th birthday, the Gaoth Dobhair club legend has decided to hang up the boots.
“The body just doesn’t have anything left to give,” he told Donegal News. “I thought long and hard about last year, going back I mean. And with Declan (Bonner) staying on, I decided to give it one more shot.
"But with the back playing up like it did after that injury the season before, I just didn’t feature like I would have wanted. So it was a much easier decision this time around. “What ever is left in the tank now I intend to give it all to Gaoth Dobhair. I missed so much there over the years because of what we were trying to achieve with Donegal.
“But representing my county, it’s been such a massive part of my life but I can look back and say it was all worth it. I have no regrets.
"Yeah, there are games and big days that got away from us. And they stick in the throat. But if I could rewind the clock and do it all over again I would.”McGee retires as Donegal's most capped player ever, with 195 appearances racked up, three All-Stars in his pocket, five Ulster titles, and that very famous All-Ireland win back in 2012.
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