Ulster SFC – Down 3-21 Donegal 1-21 By Michael McMullan A RAMPANT Down caused the championship’s latest shock by unseating Ulster champions Donegal on Sunday on O’Donnell Park. Conor Laverty’s side were full of ambition, energy and pace, leaving Donegal left to pick through the pieces of defeat ahead of the All-Ireland series. Advertisement Second-half […]
Training camp leaves Donegal in good stead
April 25, 2026
BY RYAN FERRY DONEGAL senior football manager Jim McGuinness says their recent training camp in Portugal has left the team in good stead ahead of the Ulster Championship. McGuinness’s charges have enjoyed a super season so far after winning both the Dr McKenna Cup and the National Football League. Now it’s time for the next […]
A different perspective for Magill
April 25, 2026
By Shaun Casey THIS year’s Ulster Championship preparation is much different for Danny Magill. In two of the past three seasons, the Burren clubman, along with his Down teammates, has been eyeing up triumphs over Donegal. In 2023, he kicked a point on his championship debut as Conor Laverty’s men overturned the Tir Chonaill county […]
Scars of 2018 are still relevant says Rowland
April 24, 2026
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH go to Brewster Park on Saturday afternoon as unbackable favourites to overcome their hosts and coast into the semi-finals of the Ulster Championship. But voyages to Enniskillen have rarely been as straightforward. Ask any Armagh fan. Sure, Kieran McGeeney’s men thrashed Fermanagh at that same venue two years ago, before going […]
Down squad named ahead of Sunday’s clash with champions Donegal
April 24, 2026
By Michael McMullan DOWN have named their squad for Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final with Donegal in O’Donnell Park. Conor Laverty’s side added the league title to their promotion back to Division Three and look ahead to the championship. There are three changes from their victory over Wexford in the league decider. Advertisement Paddy McCarthy comes […]
Donegal name team for Ulster visit of Down
April 24, 2026
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named his Donegal squad for Sunday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final with Down. The game will take place at Letterkenny’s O’Donnell Park with Donegal putting their Ulster title on the line. Shaun Patton has made a return to the panel after injury but, as expected, Gavin Mulreany retains the number one […]
Champions Donegal fancied for winning start as Down visit Letterkenny
April 24, 2026
Ulster SFC Quarter-final Donegal v Down Sunday, O’Donnell Park, 3pm By Michael McMullan THE last time Donegal lost an Ulster Championship game it was Down who knocked them out. In a difficult season, Paddy Clarke had been pushed out as manager with Aidan O’Rourke and Paddy Bradley left to pick up the pieces. Advertisement Daniel […]
Rafferty returns as Armagh mix things up
April 23, 2026
ETHAN Rafferty has been handed his first start of the season as Armagh go to Brewster Park on Saturday evening, with an eye on booking their place in the Ulster Championship semi-finals. Rafferty featured in the McKenna Cup back in January, and made substitute appearances against Galway and Mayo in the league, both out the […]
WATCH: Monaghan see off Armagh to book Ulster final spot with Tyrone
April 23, 2026
GOALS from Max McGinnity and Killian Kearns shot Monaghan to a first Ulster u-20 final since 2021. The sides were level at 0-4 each before McGinnity’s goal put Monaghan 1-6 to 0-6 ahead at the half-time. Paul O’Connor’s side went five up with Kearns coming off the bench to bag to goals. They will face […]
Ruairi Corrigan: Behind enemy lines
April 22, 2026
By Shaun Casey A FERMANAGH man, married to a Tyrone woman, living in Armagh. It may sound like the start of a bad joke but that’s the life Ruairi Corrigan is experiencing at the minute, and you won’t hear him complain. Clonmore is the spot the Corrigans now call home and mixing it with the […]