Place: Glenswilly

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Michael Murphy: Main fear for county players is preparation time

Donegal captain Michael Murphy believes a straight knock-out format for the All-Ireland senior football championship is the compromise that inter-county has to make.

Members of the public adhere to social distancing as the hearse carrying former Offaly footballer Paddy Fenning makes its way to the church in Tullamore for his funeral. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

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John Fogarty: Pitch closures highlight rural-urban divide

Michael Murphy: "I always look at my life as football being the be-all and end-all, but this is probably one of the occasions in my whole life where I realise that maybe there is something every bit as important."

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Michael Murphy says shutdown will change his perspective

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Hundreds line streets as nurse killed in Australia is brought home for burial

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Leaders face questions in Castlebar cauldron

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Murphy wears captaincy like a wedding ring

Fianna Fáil councillor killed in Donegal rally crash

A driver killed in yesterday’s Donegal International Rally has been named as Fianna Fáil councillor Manus Kelly.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2019

Rallying ‘devastated’ at death of Donegal champion Kelly

The Joule Donegal International Rally ended in tragic circumstances early yesterday when Manus Kelly, who won the event for the last three years, lost his life after his Hyundai i20 R5 crashed and left the road on Stage 15, Fanad Head.

Mon, 24 Jun, 2019

Newly elected councillor Manus Kelly killed in Donegal rally; navigator injured

A competitor has been killed in a crash at the Donegal International Rally this afternoon.

Sun, 23 Jun, 2019

Joe Kernan adds final two players to his International Rules squad

Cork's Sean Powter and Niall Grimley of Armagh have been confirmed as the final two tourists for the upcoming International Rules series.

Thu, 26 Oct, 2017

AIB's The Toughest Trade - Shane Williams and Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy: ‘Everybody is chatting about it but nobody is doing anything’

Donegal captain Michael Murphy has admitted life as a club and county player is ‘increasingly demoralising’ in the continued absence of a proper master fixtures plan for the year.

Wed, 01 Mar, 2017

Michael Murphy believes Donegal can triumph in transition season

Donegal captain Michael Murphy accepts his team are in a building process and player development is their priority in 2017.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2017

Michael Murphy to have scan amid fears over knee injury

Michael Murphy will this week have a scan at Santry Sports Clinic in Dublin to determine the seriousness of a knee injury picked up whilst playing for his club Glenswilly in the All-County Football League on Saturday evening. 

Mon, 22 Aug, 2016

Donegal and Mayo standing on the shoulders of giants

Over 200km and a chasm in competitiveness separated Mayo’s defeat of Mayo and Donegal’s destruction of Armagh last Sunday afternoon but in the performances of Aidan O’Shea and Michael Murphy, there was at least one common thread.

Tue, 16 Jun, 2015

Rebel attackers must make Kingdom feel the pressure

If Cork had somebody to rope the wind, they might just have left Ballyshannon with a league point last Sunday.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2015

Glenswilly daring to dream in Ulster

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Sat, 30 Nov, 2013

Duffy hails provincial structures

GAA Director General Paraic Duffy believes successes like Limerick’s in the Munster Hurling Championship and Monaghan’s in the Ulster Football Championship prove the validity of the current provincial structures.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2013

Jim’s journey around Donegal was as much about the tragedies of the past as the glories of the present

Normally, the distance from the Burlington Hotel to Glenswilly is 260 kilometres or so — but this was no normal week in Donegal.

Sat, 29 Sep, 2012

McFadden: Jim 'put the belief back into Donegal'

An All-Ireland senior title-winning captain at just 23, the scorer of 1-4 in the final and the man-of-the-match to boot. It was quite a Sunday for Donegal's Michael Murphy.

Mon, 24 Sep, 2012

Knowing and doing are two different things

If you listen to the Donegal Pied Piper long enough, you too would understand why Jim McGuinness’s players have such faith in him.

Mon, 27 Aug, 2012

Murder inquiry into death of pensioner

Gardaí launched a murder inquiry yesterday, days after a pensioner was found dead on his bathroom floor.

Thu, 21 Jun, 2012

Donegal dangerous and primed

WHEN asked his opinion of the Giant’s Causeway the 18th century English poet and critic Samuel Johnson said that it was worth seeing but not worth going to see.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2011

Feast of football in store as 17 teams seek glory

FALCARRAGH, Co Donegal is bracing itself for up to 15,000 visitors on what promises to be a fine weekend weather-wise, as well as in terms of football where 17 teams from Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Cork, Antrim, Waterford, Dublin and London will contest the senior and junior competitions.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2011