KEVIN CASSIDY: Armagh and McGeeney need this Ulster title


WAY back when the draw was made, I would say that most of us expected Armagh to be in the final, but not a lot of people would have banked on Donegal navigating their way through to this year’s decider. Looking at both teams, Armagh did what they had to in order to reach the […]


JOE BROLLY: The children of Donegal


SON: Dad, why did you name my sister Jolene? Dad: Because your mother loved the song Jolene. Son: Thanks Dad. Dad: No problem, Jimmy’s Winning Matches. Advertisement On Sunday in Celtic Park, Gavin Devlin was spied on top of the stand on the gantry, carefully watching Donegal as they wore down Tyrone. “A week too […]


Donegal’s great white hope


Susanne White is one of the top players in Ireland yet struggled to make Donegal teams at underage. After parking a love for soccer, she is a beacon of the county’s future. She spoke with Michael McMullan AN HOUR shooting the breeze with Susanne White is time well spent. A love of sport hangs from […]


MATCH PREVIEW: A big ask for Tyrone


ULSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL Donegal v Tyrone Sunday, Celtic Park, 2pm By Niall Gartland THE punishing runs from deep, the disciplined defending, the economy in front of goal and the cutaway shots of Jim McGuinness on the sideline – last Saturday’s unexpected mauling of Derry was like booting up the time machine and setting the dial for to the […]


Team news ahead of Deongal and Tyrone showdown


DONEGAL and Tyrone have names their team for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final clash at Celtic Park. Joe Oguz is names to start ahead of Liam Gray who drops out of the panel and it replaced by Conn Kilpatrick. Shaun Patton, replaced against Derry, is listed to start with the only change seeing Patrick McBrearty named […]


Shortened season is a challenge – Gallen


BY DÁIRE BONNAR DONEGAL star Oisin Gallen believes the shortened season makes it physically challenging to stay at 100 per cent week-on-week. With the split season now, the Ulster Championship typically starts a month earlier and is usually wrapped up before it would have even started previously. It puts an extra strain on players with games […]


Rampant Donegal sink champions to net semi-final spot


Ulster SFC quarter-final Donegal 4-11 Derry 0-17 By Michael McMullan DONEGAL bagged four goals to dump champions Derry out of the race to win a third successive Ulster title on Saturday night at Celtic Park. Advertisement On a night when the home side were wasteful and unable to engineer a clear goal chance, Donegal’s four […]