By Michael McMullan IT’S only March but it’s impossible not to mention Donegal and championship in the same sentence. They welcome Tyrone to O’Donnell Park this weekend with both teams coming from different angles. The Red Hands crave two league points in a bid to beat the drop with the home team safe from the […]
Michael McMullan looks at the counties who’ve been in Division One of the NFL over the last decade Kerry (10) NOT since 2002, with a mixture of Divisions 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B, have the Kingdom been out of the top fight. They’ve won the competition on 23 occasions to cement their status as the top […]
WEEK five of the league has just passed and ‘moving day’, to use some golfing parlance, has come and passed. Each division is starting to take a sort of shape in terms of how the top two or three teams are panning out, a middle cohort of teams and then the bottom two or three teams […]
Luke Barrett coached Milford u-12s while still a teenager himself. He was Donegal minor manager by the age of 26. Just 32, he’s part of the county senior setup. From a sporting family, he’s living the dream. Michael McMullan went to meet him… LUKE Barrett and sport have always been intertwined. He has known nothing […]
By Michael McMullan GAOTH Dobhair manager Rónán Mac Niallais feels the new rule enhancements have been “positive overall” for the game but calls for consistency in their application at club level. Speaking ahead of the Donegal side’s Ulster Senior League semi-final with Antrim intermediate Champions All Saints, Mac Niallais said benefits of entering the competition […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL hurlers were the story of last weekend with their victory over Kerry but Declan Coulter insists there is still work to do. With two teams facing the drop, Donegal host Derry in the final game of the season and travel to promotion contenders Kildare on Sunday. Their win over the Kingdom […]
By Michael McMullan HOW much do Donegal want a league final spot? That’s the question this week as they welcome Derry to Ballyshannon on Sunday. Jim McGuinness spoke after the Armagh win of their six-point tally and not risking anyone. His selection for Galway last weekend said more. Eoghan Bán Gallagher, Ciarán Thompson and Ryan […]
AS I stood in Salthill last Sunday, I witnessed two things. The first one was the worst breeze I have ever witnessed a match taking place in. Secondly, it was the best display of kicking technique I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The conditions at Pearse Stadium were absolutely atrocious, and so the array […]
SUNDAY in Letterkenny was a landmark day in Donegal hurling as Mickey McCann’s side overcame Kerry. It was the first time Donegal playing Munster hurling opposition in 100 years and the result gives them a chance of maintaining their Division Two status. Just over 24 hours later the county launched new plans to integrate hurling […]
IN a new documentary, broadcaster Gráinne McElwain examines the realities of life for a GAA football referee in the modern game. For many referees, physical and verbal abuse from teams, the stands and on social media is commonplace and some GAA county boards are struggling to find enough referees to officiate fixtures across a growing number […]
