All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Clare v Donegal Sunday, Ennis, 2pm By Michael McMullan DONEGAL’S season won’t be defined by Saturday, but their trip to Cusack Park presents danger and opportunity in equal measure. A win would come disguised as a springboard of sorts in a county desperately searching for any shoot of light. Advertisement It’s […]
KEVIN CASSIDY – Donegal football is at a critical juncture
April 27, 2023
LAST weekend turned out to be a disappointing outing for Donegal in this year‘s championship opener. Going to the game, although everything has been stacked against us over the last number of weeks, I still thought that maybe we had enough in the tank to pull a result of the fire. A result in Newry, […]
Down pull clear to set up semi-final clash with Armagh
April 23, 2023
Ulster SFC quarter-final Down 2-13 Donegal 1-11 By Michael McMullan AN impressive start to the second half saw Down push into a match-winning position to shake off a wasteful Donegal an book their spot in Sunday’s semi-final with Armagh Advertisement It’s the first time Donegal have lost an opening championship game since their 2010 defeat […]
“Richie Ryan tends to injure a few men every session”
April 23, 2023
Donegal goalkeeper Luke White takes on Gaelic Life’s Q&A Name: Luke White. Age: 28. Teams played for: St Martin’s (Wexford), Carndonagh (Donegal) and Donegal. Advertisement Earliest GAA memory? Being put in goal by my brother to practice out in the garden. Which team-mate has been the most inspirational and why? Danny Cullen or Rory O’Connor, […]
Preview: A different championship landscape
April 22, 2023
Ulster SFC quarter-final Down v Donegal Sunday, Páirc Esler, 2pm By Michael McMullan WHAT a difference two years can make. Donegal were facile winners, 2-25 to 1-12, over Down in Páirc Esler in the 2021 championship opener. A lot has changed. Declan Bonner was Donegal’s manager. Paddy Tally was in charge of the Mourne County […]
Donegal name squad for Down championship clash
April 21, 2023
DONEGAL have named their team for Sunday’s trip to Páirc Esler (2pm) to face Down in the opening round of the Ulster SFC. Oisin Gallen has been named despite being earlier ruled out with injury and there is no place in the panel for Eoghan McGettigan, recently called up after fine club form with Naomh […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Donegal are a wounded animal
April 20, 2023
THE Ulster championship continued to deliver last weekend with a pulsating encounter between old rivals Monaghan and Tyrone. The game was an absolute cracker that had everything you want from the game of football. This was a massive one for Vinny Corey and his players. When you consider their league campaign and the amount of […]
O’Rourke – Donegal have huge potential
April 20, 2023
BY DÁIRE BONNAR DONEGAL manager Aidan O’Rourke believes that there isn’t a team in Ulster that he would be afraid of meeting in the championship. O’Rourke will take charge of his first championship game this Sunday as Donegal travel to Páirc Esler in Newry to take on Down in the Ulster quarter-finals. And since taking over […]
‘Niamh McLaughlin has had the worst of injuries and shown so much resilience’
April 8, 2023
SUSANNE White goes inside the changing room to reveal the characters that she has played with… Name: Susanne White. Age: 21. Teams played for: Advertisement County: Donegal. Club: Killybegs, Donegal and Bredagh, Down. University: Queen’s University, Belfast. Earliest GAA memory? Going to one of my first-ever Gaelic trainings with my two neighbours when I was […]
Bonner set for AFLW return after signing for the Crows
April 4, 2023
DONEGAL star Yvonne Bonner is the latest Irish player to a sign a deal as she returns to the AFLW. Having played 11 times for Sydney club GWS Giants, the 35-year-old has signed for the Adelaide Crows with pick No 26 in Tuesday’s Supplementary Draft. It comes after Niamh McLaughlin and Armagh’s Aimee Mackin signed […]