By Michael McMullan CIARÁN Thompson said Patrick McBrearty will be a “major loss” to Donegal after his decision to retire from inter-county action. The Donegal skipper made the decision to call time on his county career on medical advice with this year’s All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry the last of 157 senior appearances for the […]
DONEGAL captain Patrick McBrearty has retired from inter-county football. The 2012 All-Ireland winner reached the decision on “medical advice” after a 15-year career. McBrearty made his debut in 2011 on the same day he played for the county at minor level. He skippered the county last season on their run to the All-Ireland final, his […]
By Michael McMullan THERE is no second-guessing your role when playing under Jim McGuinness, stresses captain Patrick McBrearty. McGuinness handed a teenage McBrearty his championship debut against Antrim in 2011, having played in the minor curtain-raiser. Since lifting the Anglo Celt Cup for a second time earlier in the season, McBrearty has been used in […]
Patrick McBrearty played in Donegal’s 2012 All-Ireland winning team as a teenager. He will lead the county onto the Croke Park sod on Sunday as captain. Michael McMullan writes…. IT’S all about Donegal for Patrick McBrearty. Yeah, he’d love to be a guaranteed starter, but it’s not as easy or as simple as that. McBrearty […]
Ulster SFC Quarter-Final Monaghan v DonegaL Sunday, Clones, 2pm By Michael McMullan DONEGAL are All-Ireland champions. Monaghan hadn’t lifted the Anglo Celt Cup since 1988. A frenzy versus a famine. It’s Ulster final day 2013. Monaghan had just won the minor title minutes earlier. David Coldrick throws in the ball. Darren Hughes kicks a diagonal […]
IT was another weekend of league action with the camogie campaign getting off the ground as well. Here is our selection from games involving Ulster teams. 1 NIALL MORGAN Tyrone Tyrone’s main source of scores on a disappointing day. Advertisement 2 CIARA CLARKE Fermanagh Solid at the back as Fermanagh picked up the points in […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL manager has made one change to his side for Saturday’s rematch with Tyrone (Ballybofey, 7.15pm). Jim McGuinness has captain Patrick McBrearty with Eoghan Bán Gallagher – who started their extra-time win over Armagh – listed among the subs. Gallagher was a surprise inclusion in the starting 15 after missing most of […]
By Shaun Casey OF the last five championship meetings between this year’s Ulster finalists, Donegal have won 80 per cent of those games with their only loss to Armagh in the past decade coming in the most recent clash of 2022. It’s fair to say that the Tir Chonaill have dictated the terms of the rivalry […]
DONEGAL skipper Paddy McBrearty has sustained a ‘fairly significant injury’ that rules him out of Sunday’s Division Two decider against Armagh. McBrearty sustained a leg injury in last weekend’s league encounter against Meath and underwent a scan yesterday to suss out the extent of the damage. Speaking at last night’s launch of the Ulster Championship, […]
By Shaun Casey JIM McGuinness made his long-awaited return to the Donegal sideline on Wednesday night and got his second stint underway with a handsome 16-point victory against an understrength Armagh side in the opening round of the McKenna Cup. McGuinness returned as Donegal manager having stepped away in 2014 following four successful years at […]
