By Michael McMullan DONEGAL manager Jim McGuiness has named his team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Croke Park (1.15pm). Shaun Patton, who started last weekend, has been listed on the bench with Gavin Mulreany in the number on jersey. Donegal are otherwise unchanged but there is a return for Ciarán Thompson on the bench. […]
Donegal crumble against Cork
June 13, 2026
Donegal 1-13 Cork 0-17 Donegal suffered a one-point defeat at home to Cork, with the Rebels heading straight through to the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland series. Jim McGuinness’ men seemed to have the visitors at arm’s length for most of the contest as they had their noses ahead for 63 minutes. Conor O’Donnell nailed the […]
Donegal team named for trip to Kerry
May 22, 2026
By Michael McMullan JIM McGuinness has named his Donegal squad for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Round 1 game against reigning champions Kerry in Killarney. There was injury speculation surrounding Michael Murphy, Jason McGee and Michael Langan. Langan missed the Ulster Championship defeat to Down. Advertisement He is listed on the bench alongside McGee with Murphy listed […]
Donegal hammer All-Ireland champs Kerry in Division One decider
March 29, 2026
By Shaun Casey Donegal 3-20 Kerry 2-10 Donegal are the new Division One league champions following their landslide victory against All-Ireland champions Kerry. In a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland decider, it was Donegal who dominated this time around. Man of the match Michael Langan kicked the first five-points for Jim McGuinness’ men, while Keith […]
Murphy in line for Donegal return against Galway
February 28, 2026
By Michael McMullan MICHAEL Murphy is expected to be in the selection mix when Division One pacesetters Donegal welcome Galway on Sunday. The All-Ireland winning skipper has played 41 minutes across their home games with Kerry and Mayo, but wasn’t in Armagh last weekend. “We just didn’t travel him,” manager Jim McGuinness said after Sunday’s […]
McGee happy to be back in full flow
February 26, 2026
By Michael McMullan ONE of the biggest plus points of Donegal’s 2026 model is the availability of Jason McGee. Their towering midfielder was player of the match in Sunday’s win over Armagh and is relishing being back as a regular after hip surgery. McGee has started every game this season bar the McKenna Cup final […]
NFL Preview: Competition and freshness key for Donegal
January 23, 2026
By Michael McMullan DAVID Clifford’s two-point score on the mouth of half-time in last summer’s All-Ireland final hit Donegal like 100 sledgehammers. Seconds later, as he jogged towards the Hogan Stand tunnel, every kilowatt of Kingdom energy in the stadium followed him. Gavin White’s early run to make Dylan Geaney’s point after 11 seconds told […]
The 2025 Team of the Year
September 27, 2025
GL’s Shaun Casey has a go at picking his Football Team of the Year 1 Shane Ryan (Kerry) RYAN has been the Kerry number one for a long time now and is one of the top shot-stoppers in the business. He played a major role in the Kingdom getting their hands back on Sam Maguire […]
REVEALED: The 2025 All-Star football nominations
September 25, 2025
ULSTER champions Donegal lead the way in the All-Star nominations with 10 players listed including Finnbarr Roarty and Michael Murphy who have been shortlisted for their respective Player of the Year awards. They received one more nomination than All-Ireland champions Kerry who have David Clifford and Joe O’Connor vying with Murphy for the prestigious Player […]
Murphy will be back again in 2026 believes Devenney
September 4, 2025
By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal attacking ace Brendan Devenney feels Michael Murphy will be back on board when the county steps into the 2026 season. Devenney, now involved as a pundit, said it was a “very deep question” but much will depend on whether Murphy believes he can get back to the levels of last […]