Shane O’Donnell has rejoined the Clare senior hurling panel following his return from Harvard University last week.

Two years ago, Gaoth Dobhair were beaten by 12 points in the Donegal Championship and walked out of the ground a broken team. Mervyn O’Donnell took over as manager and made one pledge — that he was going to restore honesty to the club.

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.

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.

A Daithi Casey point in the sixth minute of injury-time handed victory to Kerry at the end of which the hosts had 14 players on the field and Donegal one less.

Donegal 2-12 Fermanagh 0-11: Since emerging as a force five years ago Donegal have often demonstrated the ability to win games in devastating spells, and they did so again yesterday — this time with 14 men — to swat Fermanagh aside in Ballybofey.

Dublin 1-10 Donegal 0-7: Donegal manager Rory Gallagher has insisted that the county has no interest in pursuing James McCarthy any further over a dangerous incident shortly before his dismissal.

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.

Mayo 0-12 Donegal 1-09: This was one of those occasions when a draw was as good as a win for Donegal as the Ulster champions sneaked into next weekend’s league semi-final against table-toppers Cork.

Stephen Griffin's injury-time point secured a 1-09 to 0-12 draw to seal Donegal's passage through to the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals.

Tyrone were plunged into a relegation crisis following a heavy defeat to north-west neighbours Donegal at Ballybofey today.

Donegal 1-13

Donegal 0-12 Cork 1-8

Donegal 0-12 Cork 1-8

Donegal 1-15 Derry 0-12: Allianz Football League Division 1: When Rory Gallagher was appointed Donegal manager on Halloween night, the All-Ireland final loss to Kerry was still fresh in his players’ thoughts.

Donegal 2-16 Queen’s 1-08: Rory Gallagher posted his first win as Donegal manager as his side comfortably overcame Queen’s University Belfast in miserable conditions in Ballybofey yesterday.

Kerry 2-9 Donegal 0-12

Paddy McBrearty kicked a late winner as Donegal scraped home in an intesnse Ulster derby to reach a third All-Ireland semi-final in four years.

Donegal 0-15 Monaghan 1-09

Derry 0-11 Donegal 1-11

Monaghan 1-16 Donegal 1-10

Donegal 1-12 Meath 1-12

Seeing as they’re the self-proclaimed forgotten county in Ireland, some might accuse Donegal folk of being paranoid.

Donegal 1-10 Armagh 0-11

Donegal 1-7 Tyrone 0-13

Donegal 1-10 Dublin 0-13

Donegal 2-11 Derry 0-15

AN inexperienced Donegal’s grip on the Dr McKenna Cup slipped on Saturday night when they went down at home to Fermanagh, who won their first game of the John O’Neill era.