By Shaun Casey LAST year’s Division One league finalists Donegal travel west this weekend to take on Galway in the opening round of the National League. Maxi Curran’s side went all the way to the decider in 2022 but lost out to back-to-back All-Ireland champions Meath by two points. Donegal prevailed when they met Galway […]
Review of the year – Donegal
1 Murphy calls it day AFTER 177 games at senior inter-county level, Donegal’s greatest ever footballer called it a day. Donegal had won five Ulster titles and got their hands on Sam Maguire once before his career kicked off and he doubled it. That just sums up what he brought to the county. The fact […]
Niamh McLaughlin – Ladies football’s brightest star
Donegal captain Niamh McLaughlin was named as Senior Footballer of the Year over the weekend and is still trying to come to terms with the shock. Michael McMullan writes… IT’S Monday afternoon and Niamh McLaughlin’s true emotions have yet to make up their mind. Shock and surreal are still two of the words she uses […]
Ulster players shortlisted for Ladies Football All-Stars
ARMAGH and Donegal are represented on the on the list of 45 nominees for the 2022 TG4 Ladies Football All Star awards, a list dominated by champions Meath and Kerry. Donegal, who contested the Lidl National League Division 1 Final before reaching the last four of the All-Ireland series, have six players nominated, while there […]
PREVIEWS: Huge knock-out clashes in Donegal
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 […]
Maxi Curran hits at the “end of an era” in Donegal
By Daire Walsh DONEGAL Ladies’ manager Maxi Curran said it was “probably the end of an era” after his side bowed out at the hands of All-Ireland champions Meath in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final Niamh McLaughlin’s penalty had Donegal 1-3 to 0-3 head at the break, but a Meath stormed back into the game after the […]
Croke Park heartbreak for Donegal as Emma Duggan drags Meath into another decider
All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football semi-final Meath 0-12 Donegal 1-7 By Daire Walsh IT was heartbreak for Donegal at Croke Park on Saturday as Emma Duggan ‘s late heroics, for the second weekend running, shot defending champions Meath into another final with a thrilling victory at Croke Park. Advertisement Following her last-gasp point to earn the Royals […]
Champions must be at the “top of their game” against Donegal
By Michael McMullan EMMA Duggan kicked Meath’s winning score to set up Saturday’s Croke Park showdown with Donegal, but she insists the Royals must be “on top of their game.” She notched two points in Meath’s 2-8 to 1-9 win over Donegal in the Division One League decider back in April. “I remember celebrating afterwards, […]
Maxi Curran makes three changes ahead of Donegal’s clash with All-Ireland champions Meath
All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football semi-finals – Saturday at Croke Park (both live on TG4) Kerry v Mayo 2pm Donegal v Meath, 4pm By Jackie Cahill DONEGAL boss Maxi Curran has made three changes in personnel as the county goes in search of a very first TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final appearance. Following last Saturday’s stunning […]
Inter-county stars support Lidl’s ‘County Pride’ campaign
DONEGAL star Emer Gallagher was among the leading inter-county stars have gathered to support Lidl Ireland’s ‘County Pride’ campaign which is running throughout the country. A chosen player from featured counties can be seen on local billboards and Lidl stores right across the country, as the countdown continues to the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Finals […]