By Michael McMullan CAOLAN McGonagle says his milestone of reaching 100 senior appearances is more important to his parents, his club and something he’ll reflect on the in the future. The Buncrana man was the heart of Donegal’s win over Dublin on Saturday in Croke Park to get their league campaign off to a positive […]
Donegal bainisteoir Jim McGuinness says he doesn’t listen to ‘outside influences’ and his management team will decide what is best for the county team in 2026. McGuinness led his team to a 1-20 to 0-20 win over Dublin on Saturday in the NFL. It was Donegal’s first time at Croke Park since they lost the […]
Donegal 1-20 Dublin 0-20 A FIRST-HALF goal from Shea Malone and an impressive performance from Michael Langan helped Donegal to victory on Saturday evening in Croke Park. Langan hit half a dozen points as Donegal held off a Dublin comeback in the second-half on a day Caolan McGonagle made his 100th senior appearance for the […]
BY MATTHEW WILSON THE Donegal senior ladies side are gearing up to the start of their National League campaign at home to Westmeath this Sunday and Susanne White believes it’s vital that they get off to a good start. James Daly’s side have regathered in recent times to prepare for the upcoming 2026 campaign where […]
From a handful of u-10s and progress, Seán Mac Cumhaill’s became Ulster minor champions in just over a decade. Jamesie Donnelly, Martin McGonigle and Conor Malone recall the underage journey that has delivered in spades. Michael McMullan writes… IT’s no ordinary Sunday night in Ballybofey. The Seán MacCumhaill’s underage hurling conveyor belt takes another piece […]
BY the time this column is published, county managers up and down the country will be like the referee from the original Gladiators show, John Anderson, roaring: “Gladiators, are you ready?!” This is exactly what will be echoed across the changing rooms during the final inter-county sessions on Thursday and Friday of this weekend. After a […]
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named the Donegal team for Saturday’s NFL opener against Dublin in Croke Park (5pm) Nine of the team have been retained from the starting lineup from the quarter final. Donegal still await the return of Shaun Patton, Michael Murphy and Oisín Gallen, while Ciarán Thompson is a long-term absentee […]
Monaghan v Tyrone (Wednesday, Inniskeen, 7.30pm) TYRONE are at the top of the McKenna Cup roll of honour with 17 titles and Monaghan are just behind them with 15. For one of these counties, their participation in this year’s competition will come to an end on Wednesday evening. Gabriel Bannigan’s men have home advantage at […]
By Ryan Ferry CIARÁN Moore says the Dr McKenna Cup was ‘a great benefit’ to him when finding his feet at senior inter-county level and it will present an opportunity to a cohort of promising young stars once again this January, starting with a meeting against Derry in O’Donnell Park on Sunday afternoon. Moore made […]
By Ryan Ferry AFTER three years out of the inter-county scene, Eoin McHugh thoroughly enjoyed the 2025 campaign with Donegal and the promise of big summer days are helping him through the challenging pre-season work. McHugh was coaxed back into the group by Jim McGuinness last year and while he didn’t get the minutes he […]
