WE head into the last round of group games here in Donegal this weekend. After these games, we will have a top four who go straight into the quarter- finals, the next eight teams will be drawn against each other for a preliminary quarter-final with the bottom four playing off in a relegation battle. The […]
WE head into round three of championship action here in Donegal this weekend and to date there have been a couple of strange results. Before a ball was kicked, many people have fancied the likes of St Eunan’s, Kilcar and Naomh Conaill but some of the so-called weaker teams have been giving all the big […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER a tough start to season and four early defeats, Seán Mac Cumhaills have won three on the bounce ahead of this weekend’s visit of St Michael’s. Manager Gary Wilson, recently appointed as a games development co-ordinator in Monaghan, is glad to have closer to a full hand to pick from. Aside […]
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. […]
AND just like that, once club championship football comes along, the wind and the rain come to join it. We are getting deep into the rounds of the Donegal Senior Championship here with round three of the group games taking place this weekend. Hopefully after the next round or so then we will see some […]
By Michael McMullan GAOTH Dobhair manager Rónán Mac Niallais feels Saturday’s league final date with Naomh Conaill will help the newcomers to the squad. As well as offering a chance for silverware, the game comes at the perfect time ahead of the championship on the second weekend of August. Donegal panellists Daithí Mac Roibeard and […]
By Michael McMullan KILCAR won their seventh Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachtatitle on Monday in Cork. It was fitting on two fronts. Captain Eoin McHugh followed in the footsteps of his father James who lifted the cup in 1990. With the club celebrating its 100 year, it was another entry into the roll of honour of […]
By Michael McMullan GLENSWILLY are keeping their feet on the ground ahead of the upcoming Donegal Senior Championship insists manager Pauric Bonner. Now in his fourth season at the helm, Bonner – who has Cookstown man Ciaran Sharkey in his management team – is content with the rebuilding phase that saw an influx of youth […]
There are a few big appointments in Tir Chonaill with Rory Kavanagh taking over at St Eunan’s the most high profile
