Patience a virtue for Kavanagh


BY CHRIS MCNULTY RORY Kavanagh reckons patience proved to be a virtue for Donegal on Sunday in Cavan. The St Eunan’s man was one of Donegal’s most influential performers yesterday and was exhausted as he came off the field. “It wasn’t pretty,” he said. Advertisement There were a lot of mistakes and a lot of […]

McGuinness hails his deadly duo


CHRIS MCNULTY IN CAVAN JIM McGuinness hailed the influences of Michael Murphy and Colm McFadden, who gave Donegal the kiss of life in Cavan yesterday. Donegal led by start to finish, but they only looked comfortable in the opening 14 minutes. Advertisement By then, they led by four and the game was going along the […]

Report: Donegal prevail to reach Ulster final


DONEGAL 0-12 DOWN 0-09 BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT KINGSPAN BREFFNI PARK THE moment James McCartan knew the game was up was perhaps the picture that summed this one up. Advertisement His team trailed by three points and Peter Turley headed off on a surge into Tir Chonaill’s myriad of bodies. The clock was ticking and, […]

Rally: Moffett tops after high drama


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IT ALL seemed so simple, too. Garry Jennings was the commanding leader of the Donegal International Rally on Saturday evening. Advertisement After Darren Gass went off the road on the penultimate stage on Saturday, the rally was Jennings’ to lose – that he did when he was slapped with an overnight three-minute […]

Rally: Jennings vows to be back


By Chris McNulty SPORT can be cruel sometimes. Garry Jennings headed for bed on Saturday night with the official time sheets showing that he had a minute of a lead in the Donegal International Rally. Advertisement When the time sheets dropped on Sunday morning, they showed that the Kesh man and Neil Doherty had been […]

Preview: Direct Donegal to shoot ‘Down’ Mournes


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN THE immediate aftermath of Down’s impressive second-half comeback against Derry three weeks ago, a BBC reporter wondered what James McCartan felt about meeting Donegal in the semi-final. “Yipee!” came the response from ‘Wee James’. Advertisement In last year’s Ulster final, Donegal trampled over Down once they got them knocked off balance. […]

Rally update: Gass ups the ante on Jennings


<ahref=”https://donegalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20130622-134141.jpg”><img src=”https://donegalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20130622-134141.jpg” alt=”20130622-134141.jpg” class=”alignnone size-full”/> BY CHRIS MCNULTY GARRY Jennings got the rain he wanted this morning – but his lead in the Donegal International Rally has been cut to 5.6 seconds by Darren Gass. Advertisement Defending champion Jennings had a 9.7 second advantage coming into the day, but Armagh’s Gass has made a real […]