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. […]
DONEGAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSEMI-FINALS KILCAR V ST EUNAN’S Saturday, MacCumhaill Park, 7.30pm KILCAR are favourites with the bookies, but reigning champions St Eunan’s are second in the list and this could be a massive championship battle. It was called off as a mark of respect for the Devenney family last weekend and this could be a […]
By Frank Craig NEIL McGee has decided to bring the curtain down on his glittering Donegal career. Just weeks shy of his 37th birthday, the Gaoth Dobhair powerhouse bows out with a record 195 appearances under his belt. But it will be his undeniable contribution to a golden period in Donegal’s history, where five Ulster […]
THIS weekend the semi-finals of the Donegal senior football championship take place as the last four teams in the county do battle in the race for the Dr Maguire Cup. Long before the competition started, all the talk was about the big four and indeed it has been that way for the last 10 years […]
NOW that Liam MacCarthy and Sam Maguire have taken up residency for this coming year, our full attention now switches to the various club scenes all over the country. I have to admit that over the last number of years, the club game has taken on a whole new lease of life. With more TV […]
By Frank Craig EOGHAN ‘Ban’ Gallagher insists that Donegal will go into the 2023 season with ambitions as lofty as ever – regardless of who is at the helm come then. Tír Chonaill are on the hunt for a new boss following Declan Bonner’s departure a fortnight ago. Killybegs dynamo Gallaghe said that time is […]
By Shaun Casey IT doesn’t get much sweeter than winning the league title in the dying seconds. That’s how Downings won Division Two last weekend. With the last kick of the game and facing an army of Malin men on the goalline, Johnny McGroddy blasted the ball into the top corner. “It’s one of those […]
By Ryan Ferry THE Donegal senior footballers will have a new bainisteoir next year after Declan Bonner stepped down from the role yesterday (Wednesday) evening. Bonner addressed club delegates at a County Committee meeting and confirmed that he will not be continuing in the position. The Na Rossa clubman informed the players and the backroom […]
The former Donegal captain Anthony Molloy is not worried about the state of the county team despite their defeat in the Ulster semi-final.
Donegal’s season in review.
