By Michael McMullan DOENGAL have made one change for the Saturday’s visit of Tyrone to Ballybofey (7pm) in the All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final. Jason McGee, who has been troubled with injury, has been listed to start with Odhran Doherty – an ever present in the All-Ireland series – dropping to the bench. Captain Patrick McBrearty […]
AS expected, last weekend‘s games sprung this year‘s championship into life and now it sets us up for a couple of cracking contests this week. When working out the permutations of who could possibly meet each other and who might top the groups, I don’t think that any of us would have predicted last weekend’s […]
By Michael McMullan THE draw for this weekend’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals was made on Monday morning. The tie of the round is the all-Connacht clash of last year’s beaten finalists Galway and league champions Mayo. There will be another instalment of Donegal and Tyrone with Monaghan facing Kildare at a venue TBC with Newbridge unavailable. […]
By Michael McMullan DONEGAL have named their team for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC clash with Ulster rivals Monaghan (2pm O’Neills Healy Park). There is a first start for captain Patrick McBrearty since being replaced at half -time at the same venue when Donegal faced Tyrone in the league earlier in the season. The Kilcar man had […]
EVENTUALLY, after, let’s face it, a few weeks of dead rubber games the championship should catch fire this weekend. I think it’s fair to say that the structure definitely needs tweaking, but having said that, the powers that be should be allowed the time to make these alterations moving forward. Personally, I think the championship […]
All-Ireland SFC Round Three Donegal v Monaghan Saturday, O’Neills Healy Park, 6pm (Live on GAAGO) By Michael McMullan Advertisement WITH Clare gone from the race for Sam, there is safety attached to this group with everyone else in the hunt and yet there is plenty to play for. It would take a few different scenarios, […]
A DELEGATION from Croke Park met with Donegal GAA officials after Tuesday’s June monthly meeting to give feedback from their recent review into Gaelic Games in the county. It follows on from visit from a committee, that included GAA Director General Tom Ryan and Ulster Council president Ciaran McLaughlin, back in April calling for the […]
All-Ireland SFC Round 2 Derry 3-14 Donegal 1-15 By Michael McMullan Advertisement SECOND half goals from Paudi McGrogan, Conor Doherty and Lachlan Murray shot Derry to victory on Sunday in a sun-drenched Ballybofey. In a first half where Shaun Patton hurt Derry with kick-outs over the top, the home side will rue four wides in […]
Nickey Rackard Cup final Wicklow 1-20 Donegal 3-12 DONEGAL’S bid for a fourth Nickey Rackard Cup ended after a strong Wicklow second half performance in Croke Park on Saturday. A late Donegal goal from goalkeeper Luke White’s free wasn’t enough to stop Wicklow winning their first title. Advertisement Two first-half goals from Ryan Hilferty and […]
All-Ireland SFC Round 2 Donegal v Derry Sunday, MacCumhaill Park, 4pm (Live on RTÉ) By Michael McMullan IT took nearly 100 minutes of tactical intrigue to separate these teams in last year’s Ulster final until Brendan Rogers and Conor Glass ran Donegal on a path they couldn’t follow. Before that, it was one decisive swing […]
