Eoghan Bán continues in the family ways with Ulster Minor win


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CLONES EOGHAN Bán Gallagher followed in the family ways yesterday with a Man of the Match display as the Donegal minors scooped a first Ulster MFC title since 2006. Back in 1985, his father, John Bán, played on the Donegal minor team that won an Ulster title. Two years later, he […]

Jim McGuinness hails comeback king Christy Toye


BY CHRIS MCNULTY JIM McGuinness hailed Christy Toye’s influence as the St Michael’s man marked his 50th Championship game win Sunday’s Ulster final win. Toye became only the third Donegal player ever to enter the 50 club – after Michael Hegarty and Colm McFadden – completing a magnificent comeback season. Advertisement Toye was shot down […]

Brett McGinty one step away from sixth Irish title


BY CHRIS MCNULTY BRETT McGinty goes in search of his sixth Irish title on Friday night when he takes on Kevin Kehoe of Marble City in the 70kgs final at the National Senior Cadet Championships. The St Johnston man has the bit between the teeth again having been controversially pipped to a Youth 1 title […]

Donegal’s Double Delights in Clones


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CLONES DONEGAL fans painted Clones green and gold yesterday as the minor and senior footballers won their Ulster finals. For the first time ever, Donegal is celebrating the ‘dream double’ and last night thousands were set to converge on Donegal town to toast the arrival of the Fr Murray and Anglo-Celt […]

Jim McGuinness hails third Ulster final win as ‘the best victory’


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CLONES JIM McGuinness hailed Sunday’s Ulster final win over Monaghan as the best victory of his tenure. McGuinness has just led Donegal to their most successful period in history with three Ulster titles now to go alongside an All-Ireland in 2012. Advertisement It’s three Ulsters in four campaigns for McGuinness, who […]

Greencastle’s Roma McLaughlin enjoying Ireland’s Euro experience in Norway


BY CHRIS MCNULTY ROMA McLaughlin sometimes has to pinch herself when she looks at her surroundings. The 16-year-old Greencastle native is part of the Republic of Ireland Under-19 squad which takes on Sweden in Jessheim, Norway this evening (6pm) in their final group game at the UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championships with the semi-finals in touching […]

Report: Donegal dethrone Monaghan to regain hold of Anglo-Celt


DONEGAL 0-15 MONAGHAN 1-09 Report by Chris McNulty at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones DONEGAL are Ulster Champions once again and Jim McGuinness’s team once again has the rest of the country nervously craning their heads north-westerly after delivering an emphatic message in their defeat of Monaghan in Sunday’s Ulster final. Advertisement On the same Clones […]

Report: Terrific first half pages the way for Donegal’s minors


DONEGAL 2-12 ARMAGH 0-10 BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT ST TIERNACH’S PARK DONEGAL are Ulster Minor Champions for the first time since 2006 as Declan Bonner’s side stormed to an eight-point win over Armagh in the Clones curtain-raiser. Advertisement John Campbell’s first-half goal helped Donegal roar into a commanding lead – which stood at eleven points […]

Ulster MFC final preview: Donegal minors look to bridge eight-year gap


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN A county that has won just five Ulster minor football titles (never so much as contesting an All-Ireland minor final), Declan Bonner’s comments seemed misplaced. From the moment the Lettermacaward man was appointed to the position of minor team manager last year, he made no apologies for setting the bar high. […]