BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN the 2009 Donegal Under-21 Championship, played in February 2010, St Michael’s defeated Donegal’s under-21 kingpins, Naomh Conaill, 0-13 to 0-6. Daniel McLaughlin kicked three points that day and was Man of the Match. Nine of the ’09 Under-21 winners will be in line for places on Saturday night when the Creeslough-Dunfanaghy […]
Donegal SFC: Glenwilly stroll through, but must wait to learn semi-final opponents
BY CHRIS MCNULTY REIGNING champions Glenswilly coasted into the Donegal SFC semi-finals this afternoon courtesy of a 14-point win over Termon in Letterkenny. Two first-half goals by Darren McGinley and a late third from Leon Kelly helped the ruthless champions to a 3-9 to 0-4 win over their fierce derby rivals, who just couldn’t match […]
Ulster titles for Colm McFadden and Cillin Boyce
LETTERKENNY ABC light-welterweight Cillin Boyce and Dunfanaghy welterweight Colm McFadden returned to Donegal on Friday night as Ulster champions.
Donegal: ‘Back where they belong – loved by their own supporters’
“When you’ve been fighting for it all your life You’ve been struggling to make things right That’s how a superhero learns to fly Every day, every hour Turn the pain into power All the hurt, all the lies All the tears that they cry When the moment is just right You see fire in their […]
Donegal stars to weigh up ‘stick or twist’ options
The inter-county futures of a few Donegal players will now be in question, but a number are expected to hold off until Jim McGuinness’s stay-or-go decision is known.
Donegal and McGuinness are making the dream real again
BY CHRIS MCNULTY c.mcnulty@donegalnews.com “It’s not because the world has forgotten; it’s because this once unlikely dream has become that most extraordinary of things: It has become real,” – Barack Obama IN the fourteenth minute of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final between Donegal and Dublin, the Dublin based company Huggity snapped hundreds of images, taking in every […]
Donegal v Dublin preview: The biggest test yet – but Donegal are capable of pulling off an upset
Chris McNulty: Remember, this is a day, a game and an opposition that has been on Donegal’s radar for some time now.
Jim McGuinness insists semi-final won’t be repeat of 2011 clash
BY CHRIS MCNULTY c.mcnulty@donegalnews.com JIM McGuinness doesn’t believe that Donegal’s August 31 All-Ireland semi-final clash with Dublin will be a repeat of the low-scoring, defence-dominated meeting in 2011. It was a game that drew reams of columns in newspapers and countless debates on television and radio. Donegal had taken the blanket defence to new level […]
Donegal to assess Paddy McGrath hamstring strain
PADDY McGrath will have a hamstring strain assessed by the Donegal team medics after he limped off in Ardara’s All-County League Division 1 clash with Termon at Pearse Memorial Park yesterday.
Colm McFadden encouraged by emphatic Donegal win
BY CHRIS MCNULTY COLM McFadden was encouraged by Sunday’s win over Antrim – but says it will count for nothing unless the Anglo-Celt is aboard the bus in four weeks’ time. The St Michael’s man saw young-guns Darach O’Connor and Odhrán MacNiallais bag 1-6 to gun down the Saffrons and fire Donegal into their fourth […]