By Niall Gartland GOWNA have firmly established themselves as the leading team in Cavan football in recent years and now it’s up to them to show that they can duke it out with the big dogs in Ulster football. They retained their Cavan Senior Championship crown and did it in style with a thumping victory […]
Boss hails Naomh Conaill experience
By Michael McMullan CELEBRATING another visit of the Dr Maguire Cup was important to Martin Regan and Naomh Conaill but the focus is set on Sunday and date with Gowna. Mingling in each other’s pockets and the fans who back them all year was swapped for the training field by the Thursday night and it’s […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Trillick’s laser-like focus paid off
Trillick upset the applecart last weekend, meaning at the Tyrone Senior Football Championship remains the hardest club championship in the land to retain. Heading into that game, all the talk was about Errigal Ciaran and how they would do back-to-back in Tyrone this year, something that hasn’t been done in close to 20 years. Great […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Long live the club
IT wasn’t to be for our young guns in Gaoth Dobhair as they went down to a well-oiled Glenties machine in last Sunday’s Donegal county final. Going into the game, we knew Naomh Conaill were hot favourites but we thought we might be able to make a contest out of it. Although Sunday’s result was […]
AJ full of praise for Naomh Conaill’s busy bees working behind the scenes
By Ryan Ferry AJ GALLAGHER hailed Naomh Conaill’s backroom team after they got their hands on the Dr Maguire Cup once again. It was a fantastic display from Naomh Conaill and they played some brilliant football over the course of the hour as they defeated Gaoth Dobhair 1-16 to 1-8. They have received plenty of […]
Naomh Conaill: Stepping out of the shadows
Naomh Conaill are gunning for a seventh county title on Sunday. John Gildea was man of the match when they made the breakthrough in 2005. Michael McMullan caught up with him to look at what makes the Glenties men a tough nut to crack. IT wasn’t always glory and silver in Naomh Conaill. Sunday is […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Naomh Conaill should express themselves
THE county final takes place in Donegal this coming Sunday, and with my own club Gaoth Dobhair in the decider I’ve decided to take a slightly different approach to this week’s column. Obviously, I’m dying for my own club to win the title, so, therefore, I want to look at this week’s county final as […]
Gildea backs McGuinness to give Donegal a bounce
By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal midfielder John Gildea has backed his former Naomh Conaill teammate Jim McGuiness to again work his magic as the county’s senior boss. Gildea also hopes that ace forward Oisín Gallen can carry his club form into the county scene and be a focal point of the attack. McGuinness, an All-Ireland […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Then there were two
AFTER all of the huffing and puffing and less meaningful games, we are now down to the final two here in the Donegal Championship next weekend when Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill will lock horns to see who are crownded the champions of Donegal. As I expected, Gaoth Dobhair made light work of MacCumhaill’s last […]
Regan: Naomh Conaill were far from our best
By Ryan Ferry NAOMH Conaill manager Martin Regan didn’t feel that his team were at their best on Sunday but they still picked up a huge Donegal semi-final win over St Eunan’s. It was a massive tie between what is regarded as the top two sides in the county but Regan’s men were good value […]