Letterkenny boxers had mixed fortunes over the last two weekends. On Sunday 12 February the Club had five boxers entered in the North West Zones, for 14, 15 and 16 years old in the Letterkenny Boxing Gym. First in action was Aaron Doherty who took on Gerard Callaghan of Clonmany in the quarter finals of [...]
2012 All Ireland GAA Vocational Schools Semi Final Cork 1-13, Donegal 0-8 Donegal had their chances of a 2nd All Ireland Vocational schools title dashed yesterday afternoon in County Laois against Cork. The Donegal side were much the stronger in the earlier exchanges but a powering second half performance from the Rebel county put paid [...]
2012 Donegal GAA Senior Championship draw Preliminary round: Kilcar v Malin Donegal Senior Championship First round: N Conaill v St. Naul’s; St. Eunan’s v Kilcar/Malin; St. Michael’s v MacCumhaills; Bundoran v Glenfin; Ardara v Four Masters; Dungloe v Cloughaneely; Fanad Gaels v Killybegs; Gaoth Dobhair v Glenswilly. Donegal GAA Intermediate Preliminary Round: Urris v [...]
While the GAA inter provincial series – the old GAA Railway Cup as it was better known for many decades – gets a new lease of life in Sligo’s Markievicz Park this Sunday (throw-in 2pm) with Ulster playing Connacht, it appears that the long time Connacht GAA supremo is not at all pleased that the [...]
Former Armagh All-Ireland winning manager and current Ulster GAA team boss Joe Kernan has hit out at the way that Jim McGuinness was cornered on TG4 after last Sunday NFL clash between Donegal and Laois in Letterkenny’s O’Donnell Park. “My disgust was replicated on Sunday when I witnessed the insensitive manner in which Donegal manager [...]
Former Donegal football manager Brian McEniff will become a Louth selector for 2012 or so we thought. He had a number of spells as Donegal manager the last of which saw him bringing them to the All Ireland semi final of 2003. However, after the news was bandied all over the papers earlier this week, he [...]
Donegal and former Sligo Rovers soccer ace Seamus Coleman had a disappointing return to the Everton first team on Saturday in their 2-0 victory against Tamworth in the FA Cup Everton named a strong squad including Seamus Coleman and Marouane Fellaini. Everton struck early and late to seal victory with Johhny Heitinga powered in a header from [...]
Five south Donegal surfers have received nominations for the prestigious Donegal Sports Stars Awards which will be held at a ceremony on January 27th. Richard Fitzgerald & Conor Maguire both from Bundoran, Easkey Britton from Rossnowlagh and Maedb McCloskey from Ballyshannon have been nominated in the “Surfing” category whilst Shane Smyth from Bundoran has been [...]
Finn Harps Director of Football Felix Healy, and Manager Peter Hutton, have tied up a number of signings ahead of the new Airtricity League First Division Season. Returning from last season are Blain Curtis, Ciaran Coll, James Doherty, Keith Cowan, Stephen O’Donnell and Tommy Bonner. A familiar face in Chris Breen returns to the club [...]
The Ulster Council of the GAA have copnfirmed that the Dr McKenna Cup fixture this Sunday, between Donegal and UUJ originally scheduled for MacCumhaill Park at Ballybofey, has now been transferred to O’Donnell Park in letterkenny. Throw in time remains at 2pm. See elsewhere on website for full fixture list this weekend. Donegal v UUJ [...]
With only days before Donegal’s first competitive match in the Dr McKenna Cup this Sunday, comments made by Kevin Cassidy on TG4 have opened a small ray of light, which could potentially lead to a new marriage bertween himself and the Donegal team. However, while Cassy has said “never say never” about a possible return, the opinion [...]
Ulster GAA Fixtures Sunday 8th January Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Round 1 (All games at 2.00pm) Section A Tyrone v QUB atHealyPark Ref:N Mooney(Cavan) Fermanagh v Antrim at Brewster Park Ref: S McLaughlin (Donegal) Section B Monaghan v St Marys at St Tiernachs Park Ref: C O’Hagan (Tyrone) Down vArmaghat Pairc [...]
Donegal Champions Glenswilly went down by a single point in the Ulster Senior Club championship quarter finals to Latton of Monaghan on a score of 1-10 to 0-9 on Sunday afternoon. The club results from the weekend were: Busanna Feda O Donaill Jun BFC: St Eunans 1-7, Naomh Ultan 2-7 Final; McGlynns Resturant Castlefin Division [...]
By Michael McHUGH It has been fascinating to note the varying and divergent opinions of former GAA players and managers in recent days over the now infamous ‘Cassgate’ affair, which as a one time Kerry bishop remarked of the great Irish union leader Jim Larkin – ‘arrived with the devastating roar of a volcano, without [...]
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