Gallagher: Donegal face long road to redemption

Although Donegal almost joined the who’s who of Longford’s qualifier scalps, manager Rory Gallagher was just content to get back to winning ways after seeing his side hammered out of Ulster by Tyrone.

Donegal were far from impressive against a Division 3 side who’d bolted the back door on Monaghan, Down and Derry in recent years.

However, the sending off of James McGivney with the game deadlocked at 0-5 to 0-5 on 49 minutes swayed it the way of the home team.