LET me begin by saying a very well done to Kerry on their well-deserved win. We cannot have any complaints up here in Donegal as we were well beaten on the day. Kerry showed up from the very first attack and from that moment, for me, the writing was on the wall. Going into the […]
DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness and captain Paddy McBrearty has promised that the squad will come back bigger and strong as they try to make up for Sunday’s emphatic All-Ireland final loss to Kerry. Monday night’s homecoming at the pier in Donegal town was attended by thousands despite the result, but there was no doubting that […]
FORMER county star Damian Diver hopes that the Donegal senior footballers can overcome Sunday’s disappointment and stick together in order to try and go one further in the 2026 campaign. Jim McGuinness’s Donegal were on the receiving end of a ten-point defeat to Kerry in Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park. It was a disappointing […]
By Michael McMullan WHEN Gavin White swept onto the scraps of Sunday’s All-Ireland final throw-in, Jack O’Connor’s message would’ve been fresh in the mind. The finishing touches to the Kingdom’s 39th All-Ireland title was about playing on their terms. Not Donegal’s. Before they got on the bus for Croke Park, O’Connor laid out a message that […]
All-Ireland SFC final Kerry 1-26 Donegal 0-19 By Michael McMullan at Croke Park KERRY ended Donegal’s chances of a third All-Ireland title on Sunday to get their hands on Sam once again. Advertisement Joe O’Connor’s late goal put the icing on the cake for the Munster champions who were never behind. Dylan Geaney opened the […]
BY RYAN FERRY PEADAR Mogan was a football-mad 13-year-old when Donegal landed the All-Ireland title in 2012. He can still recall the day vividly and the celebrations that went on afterwards. It was a special time that had a huge influence on the young St Naul’s clubman and he’s hoping that he can help inspire […]
DONEGAL play their 11th championship game on Sunday as they enter the arena on the season’s biggest day. Here is a look back at Donegal’s road to Croker… ULSTER Game 1 Advertisement Ulster SFC Preliminary Round – April 6 Donegal 1-25 Derry 1-15 Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty (0-1), Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-2); Ryan […]
All-Ireland SFC final Donegal v Kerry Sunday, Croke Park, 3.30pm By Michael McMullan Advertisement IT was convincing in 1992 when Donegal bossed Dublin to lift Sam for the first time. In 2012, a well-versed training ground routine morphed into an early Michael Murphy goal Mayo never recovered from. Two finals, two wins. A 100 per […]
BY RYAN FERRY DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says the challenge in front of his team is huge as they aim to land the Sam Maguire Cup for only the third time in the county’s history. It has been a mammoth campaign to get through to this stage. No team has ever had to play 11 […]
By Diarmaid Doherty Michael O’Connor offers a wry smile when he weighs up the excitement and expectation among Donegal supporters in the lead-up to Sunday’s game. The Kerry native, who has been living in Donegal since moving here in 2002, can understand why so many fans are predicting another All-Ireland win for their team. But […]
