By Michael McMullan FOUR Masters will aim to go one better than last season when they take on Dungloe in the Division One final on Saturday in Glenties. The Donegal Town side were beaten in last year’s decider by Termon, who pushed Naomh Conaill all the way in the quarter-final of the Senior Championship. The […]
WE head into the last round of group games here in Donegal this weekend. After these games, we will have a top four who go straight into the quarter- finals, the next eight teams will be drawn against each other for a preliminary quarter-final with the bottom four playing off in a relegation battle. The […]
THE GAA’s annual Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta will take place in the Rath Chairn Gaeltacht in Meath this year between the 30th of May and the 2nd of June and will be hosted by local club CLG Chlann na nGael. All seven Gaeltacht counties will be represented as well as clubs from Dublin and Antrim. […]
BY GERRY McLAUGHLIN THERE is a very good reason why Donegal boss Jim McGuinness thinks so highly of the highly promising Ciarán Moore, who starred in St Eunan’s Senior Championship final victory over Dungloe last weekend. In full flight he has the cruising power of a Mercedes, always has time on the ball and plays […]
By Ryan Ferry BARRY Meehan has given stellar service to St Eunan’s down through the years and this Sunday, he hopes to manage them to Senior Championship glory for the first time as they face Dungloe. Twenty five years ago, Meehan scored a goal for St Eunan’s as they defeated Naomh Columba in the Junior […]
Who will emerge from the chasing pack and emerge as this year’s winner of the Ladies’ Footballer of the Year award sponsored by Encirc? Some brilliant footballers have received the award in recent years. Moneyglass’s Orlaith Prenter landed last year’s trophy while Donaghmoyne’s Cathriona McConnell took the plaudits for 2021. Others named in recent times […]
By Niall Gartland WHEN Lavey ladies fielded at adult level for the first time last year, they could scarcely have envisaged such a meteoric rise to the top. Their young team claimed the Ulster Junior Championship title in dramatic fashion last Sunday with a 2-11 to 1-13 comeback victory over a gallant Dungloe side, a […]
By Niall Gartland DOWN the years Lavey has been famed for many things, including the success of their camogie team with six senior championship titles to their name. And that tradition of camogie explains why there was a little bit of apprehension in some quarters when they introduced ladies football to the club a mere […]
By Niall Gartland THREE of Tony Boyle’s daughters will line out for Dungloe in Sunday’s Ulster Junior Championship final against Lavey, and he’s the first to admit that their presence is the reason he got involved in the first place. The Donegal icon had been deeply involved in the men’s side of the club, the […]
By Michael McMullan LEAGUE champions Kilcar have retained Conor Cunningham as manager going into the 2023 season. Kilcar – who had Armagh All-Ireland winner Barry O’Hagan on board as trainer last season – are searching for their first county title since 2017. The Towney side were edged out at the semi-final stage this season at the […]
