By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland final clash with Kerry. Captain Patrick McBrearty is again set to start on the bench, with Caolan McGonagle, tipped in many circles to start a first game since the defeat to Tyrone, also missing out. Jack O’Connor has also named the same starting […]
Kerry name their squad for Sunday’s showdown with Donegal
July 24, 2025
By Michael McMullan KERRY have named their team for Sunday’s All-Ireland final clash with Ulster champions Donegal. Jack O’Connor has named the same starting 15 from their semi-final win over Tyrone with Diarmuid O’Connor listed on the squad. The Kingdom, like they have done all through the championship, have listed 13 subs which will be […]
Humble Gallen remains a go-to man in attack
July 24, 2025
BY RYAN FERRY SINCE he first started kicking a ball, Oisin Gallen had been a go-to man in attack and he will fill that role once again in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon. It’s a pressure that rests easy on the shoulders of the flame-haired Ballybofey man. This is his seventh season playing with Donegal, […]
McGonagle fit and ready after frustrating summer
July 24, 2025
BY RYAN FERRY IT’S been a frustrating summer for Caolan McGonagle but the big Buncrana man is fit and willing ahead of the All-Ireland Final. For so much of Jim McGuinness’s second coming, McGonagle has been the rock at centre half-back. He’s a natural midfielder, but even at times during the league when Donegal were […]
The bigger picture: Skipper leads Donegal’s benchmark
July 24, 2025
Patrick McBrearty played in Donegal’s 2012 All-Ireland winning team as a teenager. He will lead the county onto the Croke Park sod on Sunday as captain. Michael McMullan writes…. IT’S all about Donegal for Patrick McBrearty. Yeah, he’d love to be a guaranteed starter, but it’s not as easy or as simple as that. McBrearty […]
McGuinness looks to “absolutely huge” task of curbing Kerry’s attack
July 23, 2025
By Michael McMullan THERE is plenty of football chat in the car as Jim McGuinness and his son Mark Anthony shoot the breeze on the way to Donegal’s press evening. The buildup to Sunday’s decider is fulling column inches and airwaves all week. How Donegal stop David Clifford is number on talking point to most. […]
And then there were two: The story of semi-final weekend
July 15, 2025
It was a mixed weekend for Ulster. Tyrone were chinned by Clifford brilliance. Donegal bore their ruthless side. Michael McMullan takes a look. FOUR became two over the weekend as the race for Sam heads towards the final fork in the road. Donegal and Kerry are left standing but two into one doesn’t go. Tyrone put […]
Roarty lauds the Donegal fans
July 15, 2025
By Michael McMullan FINNBARR Roarty paid tribute to the Donegal fans after Sunday’s comprehensive victory over Meath booked a spot against Kerry in the All-Ireland final later this month. The Naomh Conaill defender, in his first season in the team, was named as man of the match in front of a full house in Croke […]
McHugh bridges 11-year gap to return to the season’s biggest Sunday
July 15, 2025
By Michael McMullan ELEVEN years is a long time but Ryan McHugh is glad to be back preparing for the biggest Sunday of the year. It has been an exciting few weeks with Ryan and his wife Bridget becoming parents to their son Senan, who was born before their quarter-final win over Monaghan. Ryan was […]
Murphy hails the input of Finnbarr Roarty as Donegal book another final spot
July 14, 2025
By Michael McMullan FORMER All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy was full of praise for Finnbarr Roarty after his performance in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final win over Meath. Murphy was keen to point out the overall Donegal collective effort as they knock on the door of All-Ireland final day for a fourth time in the county’s history. […]