Thompson returns as Donegal name squad for Dublin showdown

June 19, 2026

By Michael McMullan DONEGAL manager Jim McGuiness has named his team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Croke Park (1.15pm). Shaun Patton, who started last weekend, has been listed on the bench with Gavin Mulreany in the number on jersey. Donegal are otherwise unchanged but there is a return for Ciarán Thompson on the bench. […]

McBrearty a ‘major loss’: Thompson

December 17, 2025

By Michael McMullan CIARÁN Thompson said Patrick McBrearty will be a “major loss” to Donegal after his decision to retire from inter-county action. The Donegal skipper made the decision to call time on his county career on medical advice with this year’s All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry the last of 157 senior appearances for the […]

Cool heads in Clones cauldron

May 17, 2024

By Michael McMullan YOU don’t need to be talking to Ciarán Thompson long before you realise where the ice-cool nature of slotting home the first penalty of Sunday’s Ulster shoot out comes from. It’s the way he talks. It’s hard to imagine him getting flustered and when he needs to swing his measured left peg […]

GERARD O’KANE: Derry let panic set in

April 25, 2024

WHAT a difference four weeks makes. My last column was published the Sunday before the National League finals where Derry had blazed a trail through Dublin and were roundly commended from all quarters for going at Dessie Farrell’s side. In the game beforehand, Donegal and Armagh had played out what was an exciting game in its […]