Rory Gallagher brought an end to the Jim McGuinness era when masterminding Donegal’s nine-point hammering of Armagh in the Ulster quarter-final, according to Brendan Devenney.

The lid was flipped. The usually unruffled Brian McEniff had blown his right off.

Donegal defender Eamonn Doherty is on the verge of transforming domestic success with his club side St Eunan’s of Letterkenny into championship appearances for his native county.

Tyrone officials last night declined to comment on the allegations by Donegal minor football manager Declan Bonner that two of their players mocked Donegal captain Micheál Carroll about his father Francie’s death during Sunday’s Ulster clash in Donegal.

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Former Donegal star Brendan Devenney has alleged that a county minor footballer was taunted about the death of his father by opposition players.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the family of a young Irish man after he was found dead in a hotel in India.

There goes another one, a forward that used to light it up but has now conceded that the game itself more than father time has dulled and worn him down.

It was the day Donegal’s ‘likeable losers’ tag stuck.

Karl Lacey insists Donegal are not getting distracted by talk of a rematch against Dublin in an All-Ireland semi-final.

You could argue that Brendan Devenney is blinded by county loyalty but the former Donegal player is in ‘no doubt’ they will beat Dublin if, or as many believe, when, the sides meet.

Down the years there was a natural trepidation ingrained in Donegal supporters looking ahead to the next championship fixture.

At the time, it was labelled the night of the long knives. Brian McIver’s status as Donegal senior team manager wasn’t even on the agenda at the September 2008 sitting of county committee; he was just in Ballybofey to give his annual report.

For 16 years now, Kieran McKeever has carried a mantle that he doesn’t want any more.

He’s 31 now and it’s 12 years since he was the fresh-faced pup of the Donegal squad.

Donegal footballer Paddy McBrearty has warned that the ongoing standoff between club and county cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely.

Sometimes everything aligns nicely and offers you a way of seeing how the world works.

Brendan Devenney believes scrapping the provincial championships will bring an end to the club fixtures controversy.

Former Donegal footballer Brendan Devenney has slammed the GAA for abandoning club players and weaker counties.

Brendan Devenney spent a decade trying in vain to get his hands on an Ulster medal. Now his old Donegal team-mate and fellow amateur DJ Jim McGuinness has brought the county to the promised land, sparking feelings of fierce pride — and regret.

Crossmaglen (Armagh) 3-11 St Eunan’s (Donegal) 1-7

Paddy McBrearty admitted he was too laid-back in his preparations for Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Just two years ago last June, the only Donegal man ever to lift Sam Maguire gave a damning appraisal of just where the state of football was at in the county.

You pull into the Texaco filling station by the Drop Arch roundabout in Letterkenny and Donegal bunting, flags and posters are dotted everywhere.

Charlie Collins, the voice of Donegal’s Highland Radio on the day he played against Mickey Harte, a near-death experience and a Semple nightmare.

The night Donegal retained the Ulster championship, Jim McGuinness looked out over the Diamond in Donegal town and let his mind wander in whatever direction it wished to go.

OFTEN the measure of a team is not by how it wins or how often it wins but by how it loses.

THE Ulster Council have blamed the weather for the poor crowd that turned up in Ballybofey for the Donegal and Antrim clash on Sunday.

GAA president-elect Liam O'Neill has offered a strong defence of Christy Cooney, slamming those who have been critical of the GAA president in recent days.

ANYONE who loved playing football but was forced to stop due to old age and creaking limbs will have understood precisely what the 34-year-old Ronaldo experienced before his retirement.

Donegal footballer Brendan Devenney reckons that the All-Ireland football qualifiers have diluted the importance of the provincial structure.

Derry 0-14 Donegal 0-10

St. Eunan's (Donegal) 2-10 Clonoe (Tyrone) 1-08, Coalisland

Donegal manager Brian McIver has given a vote of confidence to the team that dismissed Roscommon for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Monaghan in Ballybofey (throw-in 5pm).

IT’S hardly surprising Paul Galvin got the book thrown at him this week.

Barry Dunnion will make his first start of the season for Donegal in Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final clash with Derry (Ballybofey, throw-in 4pm).

Donegal star forward Brendan Devenney is out of his county's squad for Sunday's Ulster football quarter-final against Derry.

DONEGAL football manager Brian McIvor has refused to confirm that two of his most senior players, Brendan Devenney and Adrian Sweeney, have been axed from the panel ahead of the upcoming Ulster championship clash with Derry.

Mayo manager John O'Mahony has made two alterations to his side for Sunday's NFL Division 1 clash with Donegal in Castlebar (throw-in 2.30pm).

UNLIKE 12 months ago, the Croke Park floodlights will go unused for the opening weekend of the National Football League but the meeting of the league and All-Ireland champions in Ballybofey should still be an illuminating spectacle.

EX-DONEGAL manager, Brian McIver has launched a parting shot at media which he claims has stereotyped footballers in the county.

Monaghan 2-12 Donegal 1-7

Donegal rediscovered some of their National League-winning form to beat Westmeath in the sides' first ever championship clash.