By Michael McMullan DAVID Clifford’s two-point score on the mouth of half-time in last summer’s All-Ireland final hit Donegal like 100 sledgehammers. Seconds later, as he jogged towards the Hogan Stand tunnel, every kilowatt of Kingdom energy in the stadium followed him. Gavin White’s early run to make Dylan Geaney’s point after 11 seconds told […]
By Michael McMullan CIARÁN Thompson admits Kerry were the better team on All-Ireland final day, something Donegal have to make peace with and attempt to right the wrongs in 2026. Losing the season’s biggest game was a double disappointment for the Naomh Conaill man who was forced off before half-time with a cruciate ligament injury. […]
CAOLAN Ward has brought the curtain down on his time with the Donegal senior football team and will not be involved in 2026. The Letterkenny man played minor and u-21 county football and made his senior debut in 2013 in the McKenna Cup against Fermanagh. He had to bide his time for an opportunity in […]
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 […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal attacking ace Brendan Devenney feels Michael Murphy will be back on board when the county steps into the 2026 season. Devenney, now involved as a pundit, said it was a “very deep question” but much will depend on whether Murphy believes he can get back to the levels of last […]
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 […]
THE club championship kicked off here in Donegal last weekend and although we got to see the new rules during club leagues, this was our first taste of how football might look at club level. I’m sure we can all remember attending club games all over the country last season and what was on display […]
A NUMBER of Donegal club managers have hit out at the decision not to postpone the first round of the senior championship with a number of inter-county players noticeably absent in the first week of action. Gaoth Dobhair in 2018 was the last time neither St Eunan’s or Naomh Conaill lifted the Dr Maguire Cup, […]
BEFORE I get stuck into the club championship scene which gets underway in Donegal this weekend, I just want to revert back to last week’s column. I have been in this game long enough to understand how it works. Once you put pen to paper, anyone can pull quotes from here there and everywhere and […]
THIS weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals are sure to be exciting matches, with four evenly matched teams fighting it out for a spot in the final. We have been treated to some absolute classics so far this season and hopefully that trend continues on Saturday and Sunday. First up on Saturday evening is the […]
