Donegal name squad for Down championship clash


DONEGAL have named their team for Sunday’s trip to Páirc Esler (2pm) to face Down in the opening round of the Ulster SFC. Oisin Gallen has been named despite being earlier ruled out with injury and there is no place in the panel for Eoghan McGettigan, recently called up after fine club  form with Naomh […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Donegal are a wounded animal


THE Ulster championship continued to deliver last weekend with a pulsating encounter between old rivals Monaghan and Tyrone. The game was an absolute cracker that had everything you want from the game of football. This was a massive one for Vinny Corey and his players. When you consider their league campaign and the amount of […]


O’Rourke – Donegal have huge potential


BY DÁIRE BONNAR DONEGAL manager Aidan O’Rourke believes that there isn’t a team in Ulster that he would be afraid of meeting in the championship. O’Rourke will take charge of his first championship game this Sunday as Donegal travel to Páirc Esler in Newry to take on Down in the Ulster quarter-finals. And since taking over […]


‘Niamh McLaughlin has had the worst of injuries and shown so much resilience’


SUSANNE White goes inside the changing room to reveal the characters that she has played with… Name: Susanne White. Age: 21. Teams played for: Advertisement County: Donegal. Club: Killybegs, Donegal and Bredagh, Down. University: Queen’s University, Belfast. Earliest GAA memory? Going to one of my first-ever Gaelic trainings with my two neighbours when I was […]


Bonner set for AFLW return after signing for the Crows


DONEGAL star Yvonne Bonner is the latest Irish player to a sign a deal as she returns to the AFLW. Having played 11 times for Sydney club GWS Giants, the 35-year-old has signed for the Adelaide Crows with pick No 26 in Tuesday’s Supplementary Draft. It comes after Niamh McLaughlin and Armagh’s Aimee Mackin signed […]


Scott goal clinches victory for Donegal minors


Ulster MFL final – Jim McGuigan Cup  Donegal 1-9 Derry 0-9  By Michael McMullan A STOPPAGE time goal from Eoghan Scott shot Donegal to the Ulster Minor League title at Derry’s expense in Glen on Saturday afternoon. Advertisement Donegal trailed 0-9 to 0-4 with 10 minutes to play before three Shane Callaghan frees kept them […]


O’Rourke and Bradley to remain at Donegal helm


AIDAN O’Rourke will continue as Donegal interim manager, assisted by Paddy Bradley,  for the rest of the season Donegal GAA have confirmed. The duo – who won Sigerson Cup medals together with UUJ in 2001 – were part of outgoing manager Paddy Carr’s management team. Carr stood down last week from his position with O’Rourke […]


GList: Mark of consistency


You’ve often heard the statement about the league table never telling a lie. Michael McMullan looks back at the most consistent counties in the last 10 years of league action. Kerry Div 1 – 10 years IT’S hardly surprising to see the Kingdom top of the tree and having been playing top flight league football […]


Donegal GAA leave door open for Lacey and coaches to return


DONEGAL GAA have released a statement from Thursday’s meeting of clubs after “difficult period” for the county. They have called for Karl Lacey and the coaches involved under him with the county’s academy to make a return. “In what has been a difficult period for CLG Dhún na nGall and the Donegal GAA Academy, and […]


Period of uncertainty after Carr steps down


By Shaun Casey SUNDAY was set to be the day that Donegal’s relegation to Division Two was officially confirmed but it takes added significance after the shock resignation of Paddy Carr on Wednesday afternoon. At the time of going to press, it was unclear who would be in charge of the side for their round […]