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 […]
By Michael McMullan BEFORE a ball was kicked in the 2005 Dr Maguire Cup race Naomh Conaill had yet to get their hands on the biggest prize in Donegal. So much has changed. They have seven titles to their name. When they make the journey to Falcarragh this weekend they’ll be the fancied horse once […]
T’S club championship time up and down the country this weekend as all focus now turns back for the club scene. Here in Donegal we have a league format where you play four games and then based on where you finish after that will determine how and where you enter the championship. It’s a bit […]
By Michael McMullan GAOTH Dobhair manager Rónán Mac Niallais feels Saturday’s league final date with Naomh Conaill will help the newcomers to the squad. As well as offering a chance for silverware, the game comes at the perfect time ahead of the championship on the second weekend of August. Donegal panellists Daithí Mac Roibeard and […]
