BY RYAN FERRY STEPHEN ‘Donna’ McFadden’s first experience of county final day is not one he cherishes but he’s hoping that Gaoth Dobhair will have their moment in the sun this time around. Mayo’s David Brady famously joked that he wasn’t brought on during his county’s 2006 All-Ireland final hammering against Kerry to help force […]
BY RYAN FERRY SHEA Malone was one of the Naomh Conaill ‘ultras’ during the famous trilogy with Gaoth Dobhair but he will play a starring role on the field when they square off this Sunday. Those three finals will go down in folklore with Naomh Conaill as they refused to yield against the reigning Ulster […]
WE are down to the semi-finals here in Donegal with four more teams falling by the wayside last weekend. We have St Michael’s, Gaoth Dobhair, Naomh Conaill and Four Masters as the last four standing. We had a couple of very interesting clashes last weekend, none more so than the men from Glenties against Termon, […]
By Michael McMullan GLENSWILLY manager Gary McDaid is hoping for a clean bill of health ahead of their championship opener with Naomh Conaill. Friday’s win over league leaders and previously unbeaten Termon left Glenswilly in fourth place, their highest ever finishing spot in Division One. Currently in a four-week training block, McDaid’s side start at home […]
By Michael McMullan FINNBARR Roarty paid tribute to the Donegal fans after Sunday’s comprehensive victory over Meath booked a spot against Kerry in the All-Ireland final later this month. The Naomh Conaill defender, in his first season in the team, was named as man of the match in front of a full house in Croke […]
Niall Gartland looks at the teams who have won consecutive senior championships in recent years, though some have recently been dethroned Kilcoo (three consecutive titles) KILCOO have dominated the club football scene in Down since 2012, winning 11 of the last 12 titles. Their stranglehold was broken in 2018 when Burren came out on top […]
AFTER all the group games, it’s now crunch time in the Donegal Senior Football Championship this weekend. The race for the Dr Maguire Cup has now entered the quarter-final stages. By now you will know that I’m not a fan of how our championship is structured but, for the time being, it is what it […]
THERE has been a lot of talk and movement around the trial of the new rules and a number of challenge games have taken place. Some of these challenge games involved club teams and others involving county players. First of all, even if we don’t get anything out of these new proposed rule changes then […]
By Dáire Bonnar NAOMH Conaill star Odhran Doherty is hoping they can bounce back to form after a rare championship defeat as they travel to MacCumhaill’s this Saturday. The Glenties side were beaten by St Eunan’s at home last weekend and that first championship defeat for 15 games has given them a more awkward route […]
By Dáire Bonner AFTER a disappointing end to last year’s championship campaign, St Eunan’s player Brian MacIntyre is hopeful they can push on further in this year’s championship. And with a difficult draw in the first two rounds, coming up against two of the ‘big four’, they got off to the perfect start with a […]
