I was chatting to Glenswilly man Gary McDaid last weekend who was coaching Sleacht Néill in the Derry Championship. As he walked down the Owenbeg tunnel, I told him Glenswilly were five up on Naomh Conaill with five minutes to play. His eyes lit up. Like many others, I tipped the champions for a return […]
By Michael McMullan IT has been a magical championship season in Carndonagh and the footballers are up next this weekend. The hurlers and camogs have county silverware tucked away. There is a chance of making it a treble when they take on Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin in Sunday’s Intermediate football final. It’s an all-Inishowen decider […]
DONEGAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS St Eunan’s v Gaoth Dobhair Saturday, MacCumhaill Park, 7.30pm HOW do you even start to call this one? The answer – you can’t. Both teams will have eyed a shot at the title and are coming to the boil nicely. This is going to come down to how put their hand […]
By Ryan Ferry ST EUNAN’S midfielder Eoin Dowling welcomes the cut-throat nature of knock-out football and is eagerly awaiting Saturday nights semi-final clash with Gaoth Dobhair at MacCumhaill Park. The Letterkenny side cruised through the group phase, with three wins and a draw, and then got the better of Dungloe last week. After losing to […]
By Michael McMullan There would have been few prouder people at The Scarvey in Buncrana this weekend than Gerard Callaghan, who sadly passed away in recent weeks. With four Inishowen clubs going head-to-head in the semi-finals of the Intermediate Football Championship, he’d have been bursting with pride. He was a native of Burt, a giant […]
Four Inishowen clubs remain in the race for Donegal intermediate glory. Michael McMullan spoke to Malin Chairman Pat McLaughlin and Donegal Communications Officer Sinéad Breen ahead of the semi-final weekend GAELS from across Donegal will descend on Buncrana this weekend with the Intermediate Championship semi-finals down for decision. Burt were last winners in 2016 and […]
By Michael McMullan ST Michael’s and Glenswilly are the last two teams in quarter-final action this weekend in the Donegal Senior Football Championship. They lock horns on Sunday evening in O’Donnell Park, and St Michael’s player Daniel McLaughlin knows what is coming down the tracks. “It’s a derby game with a bit of history going down […]
Gaoth Dobhair were champions of Donegal 20 years ago with Neil McGee picking up his second county medal. He delved into his memories and spoke with Michael McMullan For 42 years, all the football talk in Gaoth Dobhair reverted to the glory days of old. Tradition hung on every word. There was a four-in-a-row in the […]
By Chris McNulty CLÍONA Gibbons has just qualified as a pharmacist – and got just what the doctor ordered last weekend. Full-back Gibbons captained Carndonagh to win the Donegal Senior Camogie Championship title. Carn defeated Burt 3-8 to 1-10 after extra-time in a gripping tie at The Scarvey in Buncrana. The Inishowen side will now […]
By Michael McMullan SETANTA manager Mark Marley feels there will be a puck of a ball between themselves and St Eunan’s on Saturday. The O’Donnell Park clash will be the seventh time the clubs have met in the Donegal Senior Hurling final in the last decade. St Eunan’s were winners in 2021, which was also their […]
