By Niall Gartland FOR more than four decades, the now-defunct St Joseph’s club stood proudly as the only Donegal team ever to have got their hands on the Ulster Senior Club Championship title. An amalgamation of Ballyshannon and nearby Bundoran, they surged to provincial glory in 1975 overcoming Castleblayney in the final after a replay. […]
10 YEARS AGO THE Clare hurlers and management released a statement slamming the “numerous inaccuracies” in the media regarding the departures of Davy O’Halloran and Nicky O’Connell from the Banner County squad. The statement, issued by Clare’s joint-captain Cian Dillon and distributed via county board PRO Sean O’Halloran, insisted that the group remains very much […]
By Niall Gartland WELL, they do say you make your own luck. Former Donegal corner-back John Joe Doherty wouldn’t have started the 1992 All-Ireland final only for an injury to a teammate, the unfortunate Martin Shovlin. A tearful Shovlin ruled himself out on the morning of the match, having sustained a neck injury training on […]
By Alan Rodgers IT was the summer of 1994. Tyrone hadn’t won an Ulster Championship match for five years while Donegal were emerging from a golden era of success which had seen them win their first ever All-Ireland title. Breffni Park was the venue for a clash that saw one era begin while another ended. […]
Former Donegal star Joyce McMullin spent an eventful Christmas as a selector with Four Masters minors. Michael McMullan caught up with him to recall his playing career. IT took a while for Gaelic football to fully cross the sporting path of Joyce McMullin. When it did, a farming life in the outdoors was the perfect […]
Kevin Cassidy reveals some stories from Brian McEniff’s time in charge – and how they really should have dumped out Armagh.
Barry Monaghan was a warrior for Donegal from 2000 to 2010, here he talks about the highs and lows of his career.
GAELIC Life columnist Kevin Cassidy has revealed the real reason why he sat out Donegal’s last Qualifier clash with Longford, back in 2003.
OUR passion for the game is the most powerful tool that the GAA, as an organisation, has in its armour but where does this passion come from?
