KEVIN CASSIDY: Trillick’s laser-like focus paid off


Trillick upset the applecart last weekend, meaning at the Tyrone Senior Football Championship remains the hardest club championship in the land to retain. Heading into that game, all the talk was about Errigal Ciaran and how they would do back-to-back in Tyrone this year, something that hasn’t been done in close to 20 years. Great […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Long live the club


IT wasn’t to be for our young guns in Gaoth Dobhair as they went down to a well-oiled Glenties machine in last Sunday’s Donegal county final. Going into the game, we knew Naomh Conaill were hot favourites but we thought we might be able to make a contest out of it. Although Sunday’s result was […]


AJ full of praise for Naomh Conaill’s busy bees working behind the scenes


By Ryan Ferry AJ GALLAGHER hailed Naomh Conaill’s backroom team after they got their hands on the Dr Maguire Cup once again. It was a fantastic display from Naomh Conaill and they played some brilliant football over the course of the hour as they defeated Gaoth Dobhair 1-16 to 1-8. They have received plenty of […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Naomh Conaill should express themselves


THE county final takes place in Donegal this coming Sunday, and with my own club Gaoth Dobhair in the decider I’ve decided to take a slightly different approach to this week’s column. Obviously, I’m dying for my own club to win the title, so, therefore, I want to look at this week’s county final as […]


Gildea backs McGuinness to give Donegal a bounce


By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal midfielder John Gildea has backed his former Naomh Conaill teammate Jim McGuiness to again work his magic as the county’s senior boss. Gildea also hopes that ace forward Oisín Gallen can carry his club form into the county scene and be a focal point of the attack. McGuinness, an All-Ireland […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Then there were two


AFTER all of the huffing and puffing and less meaningful games, we are now down to the final two here in the Donegal Championship next weekend when Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill will lock horns to see who are crownded the champions of Donegal. As I expected, Gaoth Dobhair made light work of MacCumhaill’s last […]


Regan: Naomh Conaill were far from our best


By Ryan Ferry NAOMH Conaill manager Martin Regan didn’t feel that his team were at their best on Sunday but they still picked up a huge Donegal semi-final win over St Eunan’s. It was a massive tie between what is regarded as the top two sides in the county but Regan’s men were good value […]


Clash of the titans in Donegal


By Michael McMullan CHAMPIONS Naomh Conaill face the acid test of their credentials against St Eunan’s in Sunday’s Donegal SFC semi-final in Ballybofey. It’s a repeat of last year’s final won by Martin Regan’s men and the recent group clash that finished level, 0-9 all, in Glenties. St Eunan’s were champions in 2021, beating Naomh […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Walking the walk


HERE it is. We are now in squeaky bum time in the Donegal Senior Championship with the semi-final pairings decided last weekend. The standout clash is a repeat of last year‘s final between hot favourites St Eunan’s and also hotly fancied Naomh Conaill. Before a championship ball was kicked, both of these names would have […]