Donegal – Michael Langan and Shane O’Donnell Only two men have captained Donegal to an All-Ireland title and Michael Langan and Shane O’Donnell will hope that number doubles this season. The pair have already climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand once to collect the Division One league title back in March. Kerry – Paul […]
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named his Donegal squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Round 1 game against reigning champions Kerry in Killarney. There was injury speculation surrounding Michael Murphy, Jason McGee and Michael Langan. Langan missed the Ulster Championship defeat to Down. Advertisement He is listed on the bench alongside McGee with Murphy listed […]
DONEGAL senior football manager, Jim McGuinness, gave an update on Michael Langan’s absence for Sunday’s Ulster Championship defeat to Down at O’Donnell Park. The Donegal joint-captain was listed to start for the meeting with the Mourne County, but a late change to the team saw Ciarán Moore take his place in the side. It was […]
BY MATTHEW WILSON DONEGAL joint-captain Michael Langan was delighted to have got his hands on the Division One National League title at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon. Jim McGuinness’ outfit produced a superb display at GAA Headquarters at the weekend to secure a convincing 13-point win over Kerry. although there was controversy with the decision […]
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 […]
