By Michael McMullan THIS time last year, Daniel McLaughlin and Martin McElhinney lined out in the St Michael’s attack as they fell short on semi-final day. ‘Squandermania’ was the word as they fell short of Dungloe and a first final since 2011 by a single point. The duo are now joint player-managers and they’re peeking […]
A NUMBER of Donegal club managers have hit out at the decision not to postpone the first round of the senior championship with a number of inter-county players noticeably absent in the first week of action. Gaoth Dobhair in 2018 was the last time neither St Eunan’s or Naomh Conaill lifted the Dr Maguire Cup, […]
Kerry’s win over Donegal on Sunday brings the curtain down on the inter-county football season. Michael McMullan takes a stab at picking his team of the season… Niall Morgan (Tyrone) EDGES Shane Ryan to the number one jersey. After some inconsistent early performances, he was one of the reasons Tyrone were as close as anyone to […]
By Ryan Ferry DONEGAL will have to contend with their third game in 13 days when they face Monaghan on Saturday but Jim McGuinness says the team will embrace the challenge. This is only the third year that the preliminary quarter-finals have been in operation so there isn’t a huge amount of data to go […]
THERE were five Ulster teams in action over the weekend in the Sam Maguire Cup race. There were plenty named in the latest team of the week. TEam of the Check out this week’s Gaelic Lives pod as we look back on a we look back at all the action while we hear from Malachy […]
By Michael McMullan THERE isn’t room to swing a cat in the Clones tunnel, but you can see the wide smile Donegal coach Luke Barrett wears as he steps his way through the crowds. In a feature interview with Gaelic Life earlier in the year, he spoke about growing up and watching the teams’ buses […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have names their side for Sunday’s league clash against Mayo in Castlebar. Manager Jim McGuinness has 11 changes from the side that lost to Tyrone with only Caolan McColgan, Hugh McFadden, Niall O’Donnell and Finbar Roarty retained. There is a first start of the season for defender Stephen McMenamin while Michael […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have their fingers crossed midfielder Michael Langan can return to action sooner rather than later. The St Michael’s man was forced off with a hamstring injury in the opening minutes of their win over Kerry. Langan played a starring role on their run to the All-Ireland semi-final last season and carried his […]
TO say that we had a few upsets in Donegal last weekend would be a bit of an understatement to say the least. Going into last week’s fixtures, like most others, I predicted that holders Naomh Conaill would make it through with Kilcar and Glenswilly. All three have now fallen, blowing the title race wide […]
All-Ireland SFC semi-final Donegal 0-15 Galway 1-14 By Michael McMullan Two late scores saw Galway into an All-Ireland final meeting with Armagh after a titanic battle with Donegal in Croke Park yesterday. Advertisement The sides were level 10 times before the Connacht champions pushed on for victory. Galway were out of the blocks with points […]
