1 The boom is back in Donegal THE return of Jim McGuinness as senior football manager lifted the spirits and expectation of an entire county. The players were there but they needed to all row in behind something. And they did. The wall around their training field in Convoy brought intrigue that there was something […]
Ten years ago Shannon McGroddy won an All-Ireland Termon. With Downings back up and running, she kicked their winning score in the Ulster final and will lead their charge against Mungret on Sunday. She spoke with Daire Walsh… MORE than 10 years on from winning a national title in the colours of a different side, […]
Downings are putting the final plans in place for Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Emer Trearty is one of the players bidding for glory but she remembers the days when they didn’t even have a team. Michael McMullan writes… THE Downings team bus will snake its way through the narrow streets of Donnycarney on Sunday afternoon. It […]
All-Ireland Ladies Junior Final Sunday December 15 Mungret St Paul’s (Limerick) v Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) Parnell Park, 2pm, Live on TG4 YouTube By Jackie Cahill CLUBS from Munster and Ulster will battle it out at Parnell Park in Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland Junior Club Championship Final. Flying the flag for Limerick and Munster are Mungret St […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S been a historic season full of first-time success for Downings, but attacker Lauren McBride says the club aren’t ready for the year to end just yet. With that in mind, they are eyeing up a spot in the All-Ireland Junior final and yet another slice of history. Extra-time was required in […]
THE 2024 AIB All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championship final line-up will be confirmed over the coming weekend. 12 clubs are chasing coveted slots in the Finals, to be played over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday December 14/15. The Intermediate (3pm) and Senior (5pm) Finals are scheduled for Saturday December 14 at Croke Park, with the Junior […]
By Michael McMullan THREE days after playing a central role in Downings lifting a first ever Ulster title and Julie Trearty is still showing the signs of battle. There is the elation and a level of immense satisfaction but her walking is still laboured. Like the rest of her team, she poured everything into 80 […]
CLANN Éireann, Mullahoran and Downings now put their Ulster titles behind them and look ahead to the All-Ireland series. 2024 AIB All-Ireland Club Championship semi-finals Saturday November 30 Junior Coolera/Strandhill (Sligo)/Paris Gaels/Bordeaux (Europe) v Mungret St Paul’s (Limerick), TBC If Coolera/Strandhill win, Coolera/Strandhill will be at home. If Paris Gaels/Bordeaux win, Mungret St Paul’s […]
By Niall Gartland DOWNINGS ladies footballer Michelle Wilkin has been there since day dot and she’s determined to grasp the nettle in this weekend’s Ulster Junior Championship final against Warrenpoint. The Donegal club was revived in 2016 after a number of years in the wilderness due to small playing numbers, and they weren’t long in […]
By Shaun Casey FOR the first time ever, Warrenpoint Ladies will compete in an Ulster final as they take on Downings of Donegal in Saturday’s Junior decider, and manager Brian Murphy says his side can’t wait to take to the field. The ladies team hasn’t been in existence that long but has gone from strength […]
