A familiar theme of coming from behind and simply refusing to accept defeat played out again at Croke Park where Dublin suckered Donegal with a late onslaught to steal a narrow Allianz League win.
Sat, 22 Feb, 2020
Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.
Mon, 10 Feb, 2020
Donegal led by seven points at one stage in the second half.
Sun, 09 Feb, 2020
The GAA is not only about identity of course, but the first Ulster Club title for the hardest of hardcore GAA clubs in Kilcoo Eoghan Rúa will forever sustain this miniscule community of shepherds in a hollow of the Mourne mountains.
Sun, 01 Dec, 2019
Naomh Conaill will take on either Kilcoo from Down or Fermanagh’s Derrygonnelly in the Ulster Club SFC final following the Donegal champions’ win over Clontibret tonight at Omagh’s Healy Park.
Sat, 16 Nov, 2019
Cavan’s bid to break their luck in the Ulster Club SFC continues after Castlerahan were defeated by Naomh Conaill at Kinspan Breffni Park.
Sun, 03 Nov, 2019
Andy Moran kicked two injury-time points to ensure his Mayo side sealed a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals as they withheld any notions of Donegal comeback.
Sat, 03 Aug, 2019
You know what? These Super 8s might be something after all.
Mon, 15 Jul, 2019
Donegal were 9-point winners against Meath at the sun-kissed Ballybofey, although the scoreboard only tells half the story of a gripping contest.
Sun, 14 Jul, 2019
Donegal have progressed to the Super 8s largely unscathed, but also largely untested.
Mon, 24 Jun, 2019
Don't be fooled by the scoreline.
Sun, 23 Jun, 2019
Donegal have no fresh injury worries ahead of their Ulster SFC final against Cavan on Sunday week.
Wed, 12 Jun, 2019
Donegal swept past Tyrone to book their place in the Ulster SFC final, scoring a first win over fierce north-west rivals Tyrone in four Championship clashes as they triumphed by four points at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Sat, 08 Jun, 2019
Donegal wriggled free of Fermanagh’s blanket of stubborn defensive resistance to find the spaces at a claustrophobic Brewster Park and pick off sublime second half scores on their way to the Ulster SFC semi-finals.
Sun, 26 May, 2019
Donegal’s fourth league win of the spring has kept alive their promotion bid, while, in the process, moving Cork perilously closer to the relegation trapdoor.
Sat, 16 Mar, 2019
Stephen Rochford’s pathway from Mayo to Donegal wasn’t exactly straightforward.
Tipperary knew the implications of defeat here. Injury-ravaged and with only one point from a possible six, not to mention upcoming trips to Armagh and Newbridge, relegation to Division 3 would have been near unavoidable.
Mon, 11 Feb, 2019
Declan Bonner, the Donegal manager, commended the resolve shown by his young side as they came from four points down late on to overcame Meath in a frost-bitten Ballybofey on Saturday night.
Mon, 04 Feb, 2019
As much as Clare have progressed and consolidated under the masterful watch of Colm Collins, they’ve developed a regrettable tendency to foil glorious chances to nail a big trophy head upon the wall.
Mon, 28 Jan, 2019
Mickey Graham’s busy end to 2018 finished with a win in his first day at the office as Cavan manager, Conor Madden’s point deep into injury-time snatching a 0-13 to 1-9 McKenna Cup victory over Down.
Mon, 31 Dec, 2018
YESTERDAY’S events in Thurles told us more about a man who wasn’t on the field than one who was. If anybody was in doubt about the Westmeath man taking charge of the All-Ireland final, they aren’t now.
Mon, 06 Aug, 2018
Donegal 2-18 Fermanagh 0-12
Mon, 25 Jun, 2018
My expectation that Fermanagh would make things horrible for Donegal in yesterday’s Ulster final never materialised. Perhaps I hadn’t factored in how much of an occasion this was for the Fermanagh players.
Donegal 2-22 Down 1-12
Mon, 11 Jun, 2018
Donegal 2-20 Cavan 1-15
Mon, 14 May, 2018
Although some of the fizz has been taken out of the provincial championships since the introduction of the qualifiers back in 2001, there’s a semblance of a climactic feel to Donegal’s preliminary round opener against Cavan in Ballybofey tomorrow.
Sat, 12 May, 2018
When Mayo are in town, there’s usually drama and that was certainly the case in Ballybofey yesterday when a point from Kevin McLoughlin in the fourth minute of injury time preserved the top-flight status of Stephen Rochford’s side at Donegal’s expense.
Mon, 26 Mar, 2018
Tyrone 1-12 Donegal 1-16: Donegal and Tyrone threw the play-books out the window and served up an entertaining Bank of Ireland McKenna Cup final.
Sat, 17 Feb, 2018
Mon, 16 Oct, 2017
It’s hard to believe. Tyrone 1-21 Donegal 1-12 — and it was a scoreline that flattered Donegal.
Mon, 19 Jun, 2017
Sun, 18 Jun, 2017
Donegal 3-19 Antrim 1-9: With the wheels of change evident in Donegal, there was further evidence of its forward trajectory at Ballybofey yesterday.
Mon, 22 May, 2017
Big three, big four, two groups of 16, three tiers, and the Super 8. The GAA is all about the numbers at the minute, writes Oisín McConville.
Fri, 19 May, 2017
Few Allianz Football Leagues have provided more excitement. Fewer still have unearthed so much developing talent. John Fogarty picks the 10 standouts who’ve announced themselves this spring.
Wed, 12 Apr, 2017
Donegal’s Marty O’Reilly insists that qualifying to face Dublin in an Allianz Football League final wouldn’t be viewed as a poisoned chalice.
Thu, 30 Mar, 2017
Allianz FL Division 1
Mon, 27 Mar, 2017
Mon, 20 Mar, 2017
Donegal 2-5 Dublin 1-8: No harm to either team’s unbeaten records, but no foul, either — how Ciaran Branagan felt Donegal had earned a last-gasp free to tie this game was mystifying.
Mon, 27 Feb, 2017
A disputable additional time free ensured Donegal extended their unbeaten record in Ballybofey to 16 games.
Sun, 26 Feb, 2017
Mon, 13 Feb, 2017
University of Limerick 0-10 Dublin Institute of Technology 0-7: University of Limerick will meet reigning champions UCD in next week’s Sigerson Cup semi-final after squeezing past the error-strewn challenge of DIT.
Fri, 10 Feb, 2017
Donegal 1-17 Kerry 2-17: Too close for comfort in the end but a deceptive scoreline in many ways.
Mon, 06 Feb, 2017
Meath 2-15 DIT 0-10: Two third-quarter goals paved the way for a Meath victory in this O’Byrne Cup tie at Ashbourne last night.
Thu, 12 Jan, 2017
Christy Toye is expected to make his first competitive outing of 2016 tomorrow when Donegal welcome Mayo to Ballybofey.
Sat, 27 Feb, 2016
Mon, 08 Feb, 2016
Mon, 01 Feb, 2016
Down 0-7 Donegal 3-15: Rory Gallagher wants Donegal’s established players to feel the heat from the next generation, and there were loads of positives for him to take from Saturday night’s emphatic league win in Newry.
Donegal have hammered Down in their National Football League Division 1 opener with a 17-point win in Newry tonight.
Sat, 30 Jan, 2016
Thu, 14 Jan, 2016
Donegal 1-11 Down 0-11: Frank McGlynn’s goal, after only 68 seconds, fired Donegal to a useful opening-day win over Down, in the Dr McKenna Cup, at Ballybofey.
Mon, 04 Jan, 2016
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