By Barry O’Donnell ERRIGAL Ciaran midfielder Joe Oguz believes that the ‘trust’ ingrained within the squad enables them to ride out rocky periods in games and emerge on the other side as winners. Often times during this protracted championship run, the Dunmoyle boys have appeared to be creaking and that was definitely the case in […]
St Eunan’s boss hoping for better in provincial arena
By Ryan Ferry ST EUNAN’S manager Barry Meehan believes that his team is battle-hardened after the Donegal Senior Club Championship, and he’s hoping that will help them make a real imprint in Ulster this season. The Letterkenny club are out on their own at the top of the Donegal SFC roll of honour but they […]
Harte: Tough tests stood to Errigal
By Niall Gartland ERRIGAL Ciaran are back at the summit of Tyrone Club Football for the second time in three years following last Friday night’s victory over a gallant Trillick side. It was a superb performance from Enda McGinley and Stevie Quinn’s team – and a significant slice of redemption having lost out to Trillick […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: The Ulster club race has been blown wide open
WHEN my Gaoth Dobhair team were fortunate enough to be still in competition at this time of year, we used to love these few months. There is something special about still training this time of year, because that means that you are on the verge of doing something extraordinary. Most county finals are played at this […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Facing into a new landscape
THIS weekend, we face into a massive weekend of football but it’s the action at Croke Park that may change the entire Gaelic football landscape and how it is played for years to come. On Friday evening, the interprovincial series makes a return. While that is nice to see that in itself, the biggest excitement […]
Moore delighted to land first county championship medal
BY GERRY McLAUGHLIN THERE is a very good reason why Donegal boss Jim McGuinness thinks so highly of the highly promising Ciarán Moore, who starred in St Eunan’s Senior Championship final victory over Dungloe last weekend. In full flight he has the cruising power of a Mercedes, always has time on the ball and plays […]
Meehan hoping to complete St Eunan’s set
By Ryan Ferry BARRY Meehan has given stellar service to St Eunan’s down through the years and this Sunday, he hopes to manage them to Senior Championship glory for the first time as they face Dungloe. Twenty five years ago, Meehan scored a goal for St Eunan’s as they defeated Naomh Columba in the Junior […]
Dungloe: Winning on two fronts
Former Donegal players Tony Boyle and Raymond Sweeney have given plenty back to Dungloe. They’ve help build a winning culture in ladies’ football and shaped many of the men running out against St Eunan’s on Sunday. They spoke to Michael McMullan …. A TOURIST walking down the street would be forgiven for thinking the locals […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Championship regret
IT’S Monday. It’s 5.30am. I’m sitting in the Terminal Two departure lounge. The flight to Dortmund beckons. My mind has already wandered to what might have been. I’m after meeting Mr Celtic – Marty Gilmore from the Ballymena Shamrocks club. I promised him I’ll try and behave better than Jamie Carragher did last year when […]
Dr Maguire Cup race heats up in Donegal
By Michael McMullan WITH Naomh Conaill gone from the race, the Dr Maguire Cup will have a new home this winter and we’ll know more after this weekend’s semi-finals. One swing of Eoin McGeehin’s foot saw St Eunan’s over the line after Naomh Conaill’s comeback in the quarter-final. It doesn’t get any handier for Barry Meehan’s […]