BY the time news broke last week of Paddy Carr’s departure, my article was on its way to publication, so therefore I didn’t get the proper opportunity to dig deep into things. News has filtered through since that three senior players met with Paddy Carr to inform him that the squad no longer had faith […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL’S visit to Clones for Sunday’s showdown (1.45pm) with Ulster rivals may come too soon for some of their experienced heads in the panel. Eoghan Bán Gallagher, appointed as joint vice-captain by new manager Paddy Carr, has yet to feature this season but is back in training. Ciaran Thompson was replaced injured […]
By Michael McMullan THE return of Peadar Mogan will be a huge boost to Donegal under new manager Paddy Carr. Donegal travel to O’Neill’s Healy Park (Sunday 2pm) this weekend hoping to back up their opening day win over NFL and All-Ireland champions Kerry. Speaking to the Donegal GAA Podcast after the game, Carr confirmed […]
By Shaun Casey LIFE after Michael Murphy got off to a brilliant start for Donegal last Sunday, with Paddy McBrearty’s late score landing a huge one-point win over All-Ireland champions Kerry. Former Donegal forward Brendan Devenney believes that the main goal for the Tir Chonaill men is to retain their place in the top tier […]
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 […]
By Michael McMullan WHEN Brian Diver grabbed the insurance point to sink Carndonagh it sparked a week of celebrations as Letterkenny Gaels won a first county title. Donegal’s newest club travel to Crossmaglen this weekend hoping bonus territory can morph into another championship win. The Gaels, found in 1996, lost last year’s final at the […]
DONEGAL GAA finally appointed a successor to Declan Bonner during the week when they announced that Paddy Carr and Aidan O’Rourke would take the reins for the next two years. Before I get onto the two boys, let me begin by saying that I think that this process has been a shambles from the beginning […]
NEW Donegal manager Paddy Carr insists that a team’s style of play can’t be imposed on a set of players and it’s a concept needing full buy in from a squad. Carr succeeds Declan Bonner with Armagh All-Ireland winner Aidan O’Rourke coming in as head coach. Donegal haven’t won an Ulster title since 2019, losing […]
I ATTENDED the Gaoth Dobhair semi-final two weeks ago and a lot of the conversation circled around who would become the next Donegal management team and why the process was taking so long. Last week I was sitting in a coffee shop waiting for someone. With a little time on my hands, my mind wondered […]
LAST weekend saw the first of the two semi-finals played here in Donegal with Glenties taking their place in what is their fifth consecutive final appearance. Going into the game Glenties were hot favourites based on how the year had gone to date, while Gaoth Dobhair are somewhat in a restructuring phase at the minute. […]
