By Michael McMullan DONEGAL LGFA will advertise their vacant senior manager post following the news of Maxi Curran stepping down after six seasons in charge. His decision comes in the wake of their All-Ireland exit at the hands of Dublin on Sunday in Ballybofey. The County Board Executive are set to advertise the vacant post […]
Interim Implementation Team in place in Donegal
July 11, 2023
AN Interim Implementation Team has been proposed and ratified to oversee the next step of the process after the review into Donegal GAA. The Croke Park Review Group thanked Donegal GAA management committee for their “initial” response to the recommendations outlined, with submissions from a number of clubs set to be forwarded to the review […]
Donegal’s late rally clinches last eight spot
July 1, 2023
TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Donegal 1-10 Meath 0-12 By Daire Walsh SUSANNE White and Karen Guthrie kicked late points at Pairc Tailteann as Donegal got the better of defending champions Meath to claim top spot in Group 2 of the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. White ended the game with an impressive haul of […]
Doherty making the most of his chance
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June 23, 2023
BY RYAN FERRY Odhran Doherty was sidelined for the challenging first few months of the season but his return to the team has helped Donegal to get their campaign back on track. Doherty has had somewhat of an unusual footballing career. He didn’t play minor or Under 20 football for the county and had to […]
Donegal make one change for the visit of Tyrone
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June 23, 2023
By Michael McMullan DOENGAL have made one change for the Saturday’s visit of Tyrone to Ballybofey (7pm) in the All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final. Jason McGee, who has been troubled with injury, has been listed to start with Odhran Doherty – an ever present in the All-Ireland series – dropping to the bench. Captain Patrick McBrearty […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: We have lift off!
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June 22, 2023
AS expected, last weekend‘s games sprung this year‘s championship into life and now it sets us up for a couple of cracking contests this week. When working out the permutations of who could possibly meet each other and who might top the groups, I don’t think that any of us would have predicted last weekend’s […]
All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final pairings
June 19, 2023
By Michael McMullan THE draw for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals was made on Monday morning. The tie of the round is the all-Connacht clash of last year’s beaten finalists Galway and league champions Mayo. There will be another instalment of Donegal and Tyrone with Monaghan facing Kildare at a venue TBC with Newbridge unavailable. […]
Donegal name team for Monaghan showdown
June 16, 2023
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have named their team for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC clash with Ulster rivals Monaghan (2pm O’Neills Healy Park). There is a first start for captain Patrick McBrearty since being replaced at half -time at the same venue when Donegal faced Tyrone in the league earlier in the season. The Kilcar man had […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: It’s time for the summer to catch fire
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June 15, 2023
EVENTUALLY, after, let’s face it, a few weeks of dead rubber games the championship should catch fire this weekend. I think it’s fair to say that the structure definitely needs tweaking, but having said that, the powers that be should be allowed the time to make these alterations moving forward. Personally, I think the championship […]
MATCH PREVIEW: All to play for between Ulster rivals
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June 15, 2023
All-Ireland SFC Round Three Donegal v Monaghan Saturday, O’Neills Healy Park, 6pm (Live on GAAGO) By Michael McMullan WITH Clare gone from the race for Sam, there is safety attached to this group with everyone else in the hunt and yet there is plenty to play for. It would take a few different scenarios, but […]