Red Hand boost with Donnelly set for return


By Paddy Hunter TYRONE captain Matthew Donnelly is expected to return to competitive football before the start of this year’s club championship, Trillick manager Nigel Seaney has confirmed. Donnelly, a talisman for his club side last year as they secured the O’Neill Cup, sustained a nasty injury in the Ulster Club Championship last November when […]


Donnelly takes confidence from past glories


LIKE most of the current Tyrone squad, Mattie Donnelly has experienced the thrill of Tyrone wins on All-Ireland final day. A decade ago, he was on the minor team which drew with Mayo in the curtain-raiser to the win over Kerry, winning after a replay. He also attended the 2003 and 2005 finals, and cites […]


Donnelly: The Tyrone team is a brotherhood


TYRONE captain Mattie Donnelly says he is part of a ‘brotherhood’ of players who are now only one step away from All-Ireland glory. The Trillick man will become only the fifth man to lead Tyrone into an All-Ireland final when the Red Hands take on Dublin next Sunday fortnight at Croke Park. Their semi-final win […]