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 […]
In-form O’Donnell ready to back himself for the Donegal cause
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July 4, 2025
DONEGAL forward Shane O’Donnell was happy to get over the line against Monaghan – but insists the work begins straight away as they prepare for a last-four clash with Meath. Donegal recovered from a seven-point half-time deficit to overcome the challenge of Monaghan last Saturday evening at Croke Park to advance to the All-Ireland semi-final […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Donegal are sitting pretty
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July 3, 2025
I’LL be the first to hold my hands up and admit that I’ve had a mixed summer in terms of predictions with three of my four picks last weekend all falling flat on their face. This season has been a nightmare in terms of trying to work out who may win certain games but I […]
McGuinness ready to embrace Monaghan challenge
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June 26, 2025
By Ryan Ferry DONEGAL will have to contend with their third game in 13 days when they face Monaghan on Saturday but Jim McGuinness says the team will embrace the challenge. This is only the third year that the preliminary quarter-finals have been in operation so there isn’t a huge amount of data to go […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Time for Donegal to do talking on the pitch
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June 25, 2025
THE big weekends just keep on coming. This weekend we step in to the business end of the season and we have some absolute crackers to look forward to. First of all, let’s cast our minds back to last weekend and roughly trawl through the games. Let’s start with Donegal who know in all honesty […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s open season
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May 22, 2025
BEFORE Donegal and Tyrone have even kicked a ball in the All-Ireland series, it has been blown wide open. Last weekend’s result in Castlebar now means that anything is possible in this group and we could see one of the big guns exit the competition a lot earlier than they would have wanted. Let’s just […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: A final for the ages
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May 15, 2025
AS I sit down to write this week’s piece, I’m struggling in that I actually don’t know where to begin. I think I can speak for most when I say that was probably one of the best Ulster finals we have ever witnessed. If I’m being 100 per cent honest towards the end of the […]
Dáire Ó Baoill – a study in resilience
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May 8, 2025
By Niall Gartland AND another one! Dáire Ó Baoill first came to the attention of the wider GAA community when he smashed home a first-half hat-trick against Crossmaglen in the semi-finals of the Ulster Senior Club Championship in November 2018. One win later – against Scotstown – and Gaoth Dobhair were provincial kingpins for the […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s too close to call
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May 8, 2025
WE have had some fantastic games already this year, but there is no doubt that the game of the season to date takes place this weekend. Donegal and Armagh will clash this Saturday evening in Clones as they yet again contest this year’s Ulster final. When looking at who could possibly win this weekend’s game […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Another manic weekend awaits
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March 13, 2025
WE’RE back in action this weekend with round six of the National Football leagues with plenty still to be decided. To date, we have a very interesting start to the league with all the rule changes and tweaks. By and large, we have all been fairly happy. This week things should ramp up a notch […]