As preparations continue for the 2024 Donegal Half Marathon, race director, Brendan McDaid, has revealed that over 400 have entered the event. “The Donegal Half Marathon is celebrating 10 years this year and given that we have over 400 entries two weeks out, we are expecting the final entry to be around the 500 […]
Four Masters stun Gaoth Dobhair in championship opener
Four Masters 3-9 Gaoth Dobhair 1-7 Four Masters pulled off the upset of the weekend as they defeated Gaoth Dobhair by eight points at Tírconaill Park on Sunday. The Donegal Town side led by 1-4 to 0-4 at the break with two points apiece from Joe Leape and Conor Reid, while Senan Carr hit the […]
St Michael’s come good to defeat Killybegs
St Michael’s 1-12 Killybegs 2-5 St Michael’s got off to a perfect start with a four point win over Killybegs in blustery conditions at the Bridge. A remarkable start saw the first two scores of the game find the net, firstly as Rory Colyer hit the net for the away side, but Carlos O’Reilly’s dipping […]
Dominant start to title defence for Naomh Conaill
Cloughaneely 0-4 Naomh Conaill 3-14 Naomh Conaill began their title defence with a dominant win over Cloughaneely at Páirc Naomh Fionnan on Saturday evening. The Glenties men sprung to life in the second quarter, inspired by a Brendan McDyer goal after a great team move and had eight different scorers in the first half as […]
Mark English advances to semi-finals at Paris Olympics
Mark English has advanced to the semi-finals of the 800m at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as he crossed the line in second. The Finn Valley athlete had a strong showing and placed himself in third from the 200m mark until the final 100m where he went to the outside and finished strong to cross […]
St Eunan’s boss Ryan proud of Division 4 winners
Joint St Eunan’s manager Pauric Ryan was very proud of the character his young side showed to comeback and defeat Naomh Conaill in the Division 4 final on Saturday. Ryan, who manages the team alongside Declan O’Donnell, insisted that it was super to get over the line against Naomh Conaill, mentioning that a couple of […]
Finn Harps fall to another defeat against Bray
Finn Harps 1 Bray Wanderers 2 Finn Harps were defeated for the third league game in-a-row as Bray Wanderers took the three points in Finn Park. The visitors started well but took the lead against the run of play on 25 minutes as a corner was flicked on by Kieran Groome and John O’Sullivan headed […]
Rachael Darragh’s Olympic dreams end in group stage
Rachael Darragh’s Olympics debut has come to an end this afternoon as she was defeated in her second and final group game in the Badminton Women’s Singles. A huge task came in the second game as she faced former Olympic Gold medallist Carolina Marin from Spain. And it was the Spaniard who took the victory […]
Ryan Griffin chosen for Irish R&A International team
Ryan Griffin has been selected as part of the Ireland team that will compete at the R&A Home Internationals taking place in Scotland next week. The Ballybofey & Stranorlar golfer has been chosen as part of a nine man team that will compete at the Murcar Links course in Aberdeenshire from August 7-9. The Convoy […]
Disappointment for Rachael Darragh in Olympics opener
Rachael Darragh had a strong start but was pegged back and suffered defeat in her first ever Olympics match. The Raphoe native qualified for the Badminton Women’s Singles and was put in a tough group of three with number four seed Carolina Marin and Switzerland’s Jenjira Stadelmann. Darragh had a superb start against Stadelmann as […]