IT wasn’t to be for Donegal on Sunday in Croke Park as the better team won on the day. We were beaten by a more efficient Galway side. I penned here last week that I felt that two things would determine the outcome of this game. Number one was Donegal’s lack of a kicking game and […]
By Shaun Casey WHEN Jim McGuinness made his long-awaited return to the Donegal hotseat ahead of the 2024 season, Tir Chonaill fans began to dream. Could he repeat the heroics of 2011 and take a team that was lost in the abyss and create an All-Ireland contender out of them? Outsiders may have had their […]
After Galway had beaten Sligo in this year’s Connacht semi-final with a last-minute goal, Padraic Joyce was asked why his team had been so listless. He said, “It’s very hard to motivate these players to play on a Saturday evening.” The good news for Padraic is that Galway don’t have to play Donegal in Croke Park […]
BY RYAN FERRY MARK and Alison Ferry are die-hard Donegal supporters who have loved every minute of following the county footballers throughout Ireland this year. The couple come from Newtowncunningham and are season ticket holders. Donegal matches dominate their weekend schedule and their thoughts in the lead-up to the game. Advertisement The return of Jim […]
SO we are down to the final four of the All-Ireland Championship and not too many would have predicted that Louth would have stayed in the championship longer than Dublin (albeit one day) although it’s disappointing for Leinster to have no representation in the last four. Ulster have two sides involved, Munster one and Connacht […]
CIARAN Foran, Dave’s brother from the great Dublin team of the ‘90s, taxied me to Croke Park on Saturday. “Where is your wife from?” he said. “Mayo,” I replied. “I was the first man that ever wore white shoes in Mayo,” he said. “I wore white loafers with a tassle on them at a dance […]
AND then there were four. Last weekend’s games went pretty much as we thought they would apart from the one massive upset which we will get into later. A lot of people have been critical of the Armagh performance, but to me, they did exactly what they had to do in order to get over […]
BY RYAN FERRY IT’S a measure of Peadar Mogan’s maturity that he was able to stay grounded after Donegal’s quarter-final win over Louth on Sunday. Mogan delivered one of his best ever displays in the green and gold jersey. The St Naul’s man was simply awesome as he repeatedly charged up the field. Advertisement It […]
Al-Ireland SFC quarter-final Donegal v Louth Sunday, Croke Park, 1.15pm By Michael McMullan SUNDAY is new ground in HQ are Donegal and Louth cross swords in the championship for the first time. It has been a whirlwind for Donegal. Last year brought doom and gloom of the county having their underage academy issues laid bare. […]
By Michael McMullan WHEN Caolan McColgan pulls the number 17 jersey over his head on Sunday, it will have extra significance. Despite growing up in Inishowen where soccer is popular for many, it has always been Gaelic Football. When you are young and impressionable, the sight of Michael Murphy hoisting Sam Maguire towards the heavens […]
