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‘10 minutes before the game is about to start you see the stare in their eyes’
‘10 minutes before the game is about to start you see the stare in their eyes’

“Ah, there’s nothing hi. A few factories up there in the Industrial Estate. Apart from that, you have the few pubs and shops and that’s it. Things just seem to be closing down every few months. It’s getting worse instead of getting better.”

Sat, 01 Dec, 2018

How teenage kicks can launch Donegal
How teenage kicks can launch Donegal

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

Donegal v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 4B
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Croke Park was an eerie place on Saturday. I can’t recall too many occasions when it has felt that unusual and it beats me how the GAA came to the conclusion there were 28,000 people there.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

Fired-up Donegal aiming to bounce back and defy the doubters
Fired-up Donegal aiming to bounce back and defy the doubters
Coming into this year’s championship, only Down (10) and Limerick (six) had worse losing runs than Donegal.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2016

Colm McFadden return boosts options for Rory Gallagher
Colm McFadden return boosts options for Rory Gallagher
Colm McFadden’s return to the Donegal bench, and then to the pitch as a late substitute, was a crumb of comfort for manager Rory Gallagher to take from a difficult evening in Dublin. The 2012 All-Ireland winner and All Star hadn’t featured until now because of a calf injury.

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