Karen Guthrie played 167 senior games for Donegal over a distinguished 18-year career. She is now helping guide the next generation. She spoke with Michael McMullan. YOU sense the love of football in Karen Guthrie’s voice. It’s there. The fact she is on the way to a session with Donegal’s seniors just reinforces it. As part […]
By Michael McMullan MICHAEL Murphy is expected to be in the selection mix when Division One pacesetters Donegal welcome Galway on Sunday. The All-Ireland winning skipper has played 41 minutes across their home games with Kerry and Mayo, but wasn’t in Armagh last weekend. “We just didn’t travel him,” manager Jim McGuinness said after Sunday’s […]
By Michael McMullan ONE of the biggest plus points of Donegal’s 2026 model is the availability of Jason McGee. Their towering midfielder was player of the match in Sunday’s win over Armagh and is relishing being back as a regular after hip surgery. McGee has started every game this season bar the McKenna Cup final […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S top versus bottom at O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny on Saturday afternoon as Division Three league leaders Donegal host Armagh, with Karl McKeegan’s side hoping to earn their first points of the season. They Orchard County have suffered three defeats on the trot to Louth, Wicklow and Roscommon, while Donegal have collected back-to-back […]
EOGHAN ‘Ban’ Gallagher says Donegal have to meet the Armagh challenge head on this Sunday. The sides have a good rivalry and their games are always well-contested. Armagh have lost their last two games but they will be pumped up for this weekend’s encounter. The Orchard County need points and with the game looking close […]
By Michael McMullan and Shaun Casey JIM McGuinness feels Armagh’s defeat in Roscommon will add an “extra dimension” to his side’s trip to the Box-IT Athletic Grounds on Sunday. Donegal have the maximum six points after a third victory saw them top Division One. With the Dr McKenna Cup also tucked away, the Ulster champions […]
By Michael McMullan SOMETHING must give on Sunday in O’Donnell Park as Donegal and Mayo clash at the top of Division One. If the fact both sides have a 100 per cent record wasn’t enough to stoke the fires, the early chatter of the game being a sellout before it actually was only added to […]
By Michael McMullan SUSANNE White has hailed the depth of Donegal’s squad as the chief reason for their early season progress. They take their 100 per cent record to Aghyaran on Sunday to face a Tyrone team who have won both their Division Two encounters. After beating Westmeath in their first game, they had to […]
By Michael McMullan TYRONE host Donegal on Sunday in Aghyaran with both teams aiming for a third successive win in Division Two. Last year’s All-Ireland Intermediate title brought delight at meeting their target but it has been parked. “Now it’s full steam ahead for this year,” said captain Aoibhinn McHugh. “We’re excited and trying to […]
IT all started with the Derry Board appointing Mickey Harte, which was like putting Vladimir Putin in charge of America. When Mickey took over we had just won two consecutive Ulster Championships and were beaten at the death by Kerry in the previous year’s All-Ireland semi-final. After Donegal humiliated us in the first round in […]
