BY RYAN FERRY THE pen pics in the county final programme tend to throw up the occasional nugget of gold, and St Eunan’s brought a bit of fun to Sunday’s edition. Evan Hickey described his occupation as a ‘Stay-at-home son’ while Noah Barrett classed himself as a ‘Rocket Scientist’. Josh Hay put down ‘Shakespeare’ for […]
I was chatting to Glenswilly man Gary McDaid last weekend who was coaching Sleacht Néill in the Derry Championship. As he walked down the Owenbeg tunnel, I told him Glenswilly were five up on Naomh Conaill with five minutes to play. His eyes lit up. Like many others, I tipped the champions for a return […]
By Michael McMullan FOUR weeks without a competitive game seems like an eternity in the world of Naomh Conaill. Within four days of their extra-time Donegal final win over Gaoth Dobhair, they were back on the pitch and stepping into this weekend’s Ulster Senior Championship quarter-final showdown with Scotstown. Martin Regan’s side had five games […]
DERRY champions Newbridge got their Ulster Club Championship campaign underway with a hard-earned victory over newly-crowned Antrim champions Dunloy. In fairness to Dunloy, they made a game of it and gave Newbridge their fill of it, but, as a whole, the Derry men were probably slightly the better side. In Ulster, as I keep saying, […]
By Shaun Casey NOTHING beats being there and Scotstown manager David McCague is glad that his team is back competing in the Ulster Club Championship, which he hails as “the best competition in Gaelic football” ahead of their meeting with Naomh Conaill. McCague’s men recently retained their county title to represent Monaghan in the provincial […]
BY MATTHEW WILSON ETHAN O’Donnell is delighted that his trip home from Down Under has been made worthwhile as Naomh Conaill secured the Dr Maguire Cup on Sunday. The Glenties men battled back in normal time to force an additional 20 minutes where they went six points up. Gaoth Dobhair had an opportunity to send the tie […]
THE heartbreak of a final loss hits hard. Once the final whistle goes, the dressing room is a sombre place. Players find their own little spot to mull over what could or should have been. Very little talking is done as players slowly drift towards the showers. The management will address the players on the season, […]
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, […]
