Gweedore have left Letterkenny with a massive win over a highly-fancied St.Eunan’s side in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship at the O’Donnell Park this afternoon. An Eoin DeBurca goal in the first half was the big score of the game as Gweedore ran out 1-07 to 0-09 winners. It’s St.Eunan’s first defeat of …
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Glenswilly manager Gary McDaid was delighted to come away with the two points in today’s pulsating clash with Four Masters in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship in Donegal Town. Having trailed by 7 points at once stage in the second half, McDaid’s team roared back into the game thanks to four unanswered points …
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Institute have been beaten 3-1 by H&W Welders in the NIFL Championship at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this afternoon. Welders took the lead on 18 minutes but ‘stute got themselves level 5 minutes later. Two second half goals put Welders 3-1 up and that is how it finished. It’s Institute’s first defeat of the season …
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Donegal Masters manager Francie Martin was delighted to see his side overcome the challenge of Kildare in today All Ireland Plate Semi-Final in Cavan. The Tir Conaill men ran out comfortable 3-09 to 0-06 winners after leading 1-05 to 0-02 at half time. Martin joined Ciaran Cannon on Highland Radio Saturday Sport this afternoon… …
Donegal Masters have beaten Kildare in today’s All Ireland Plate Semi-Final in Cavan. Francie Martin’s side ran out comfortable 12-point winners at Bawnboy. 3-09 to 0-06 was the final score. Donegal’s opponents in the final will be London as they defeated Down on a score-line of 5-12 to 0-08 in the other semi-final this afternoon. …
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Finn Harps lost for the 12th time in the League of Ireland First Division on Friday night going down 2-0 to UCD in Dublin. The Ballybofey side conceded either side of the half-time break as the hosts took control of the tie. It was another tough result on the road for Harps who haven’t won …
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Derry City have moved to the top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division courtesy of a 1-0 win at Waterford on Friday night. The games only goal was scored by Ben Doherty on the hour mark at the RSC Grounds. Derry lead Shelbourne on goal difference after Damien Duff’s side drew 1-1 in the Dublin …
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Finn Harps suffered another defeat of the road as they went down to UCD 2-0 in the League of Ireland First Division on Friday night. The result leaves Harps six points off the play off positions. Emmett Ryan reports for Highland Radio Sport from Belfield.
Dylan Browne McMonagle continued his superb form of late with another winner at Leopardstown yesterday evening. The Letterkenny jockey rode the Joseph Patrick O’Brien trained “Evening Blossom” to victory as the 11/4 favourite in the 7:55PM race. It’s the sixth win in the space of seven days for Browne-McMonagle, who is having a fantastic month …
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Convoy’s Luke Witherow was in the Ireland team that claimed a record win in international hockey yesterday evening, as they defeated Malta 25-0. Ireland, ranked nine in the world, cruised to victory over a Malta team ranked 72, in the fourth quarter-final of the European B qualifiers. The game, which was played at Sports Campus …
Six Donegal footballers and one hurler have been nominated for the 2024 Irish News All-Star awards. The football nominees are Buncrana’s Caolan McGonagle, Michael Langan of St Michael’s, Niall O’Donnell of St Eunan’s, Oisin Gallen of Sean MacCumhaills and the St Naul’s pairing of Peadar Mogan and Brendan McCole. Setanta’s Steven McBride is the sole …
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Letterkenny AC athletes Caitriona Jennings & Ciaran McGonagle will represent Ireland at the 2024 IAU 100Km World Championships which take place in Bangalore, India on December 7th. Caitriona finished 3rd in the last 100KM World Championships back in 2022 and claimed Gold in the Masters Race while setting a new Irish National Record and age …
It’s a big weekend of local cricket action as the North-West season enters the final couple of weeks with plenty of honours up for grabs. Friday sees the start of this year’s Sam Jeffrey Shield final with Donegal club St Johnston taking on newly crowned Section 2 champions Strabane at Ardmore. These two sides have …
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Finn Harps have confirmed Inishowen player Stephen Doherty has left the club. In a social media post this morning, Harps said: “The club can confirm the departure of Stephen Doherty from Finn Park due to work and travel commitments. Everyone at Finn Harps wishes to thank Stephen for his efforts and commitment during his time …
Have you ever thought about launching your own fashion brand? Well, for one Donegal entrepreneur a long held dream has been realised. Back in spring, Convoy woman Elaine Ayton launched a brand new online brand Calculate Clothing, offering a unique mix of comfort and style. And she is this week’s guest on Business Matters with …
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The draw for Round 3 of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship took place this evening. Highland’s Oisin Kelly spoke to former St.Eunan’s manager Brendan Kilcoyne as he reacted to the draw… The draw in full: St.Nauls v Killybegs Four Masters v Glenswilly Cloughaneely v Downings Glenfin v Kilcar St.Eunan’s v Gweedore St.Michaels …
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Round 3 Draw: St.Nauls v Killybegs Four Masters v Glenswilly Cloughaneely v Downings Glenfin v Kilcar St.Eunan’s v Gweedore St.Michaels v Dungloe Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon v Ardara Sean MacCumhaills v Naomh Conaill
St.Eunan’s have beaten reigning champions Glenties 1-13 to 0-10 in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this evening. A Niall O’Donnell goal in the second half along with a string of fine points from the county star made a huge difference in today’s encounter. It’s now two wins from two for the Letterkenny …
Glenswilly have made it two wins from their opening two games in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship. The Glen men overcame the challenge of Cloughaneely on a score-line of 0-14 to 2-06 this afternoon. Two first half goals for Cloughaneely kept them in the contest until the end but ultimately Glenswilly kept …
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St.Eunan’s defeated reigning Dr. Maguire Cup holders Naomh Conaill in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship in Glenties this afternoon. It’s now two wins from two for the Letterkenny side as they overcame a depleted Kilcar side in the championship opener last weekend. St.Eunan’s captain Kieran Tobin says championship wins in Glenties don’t come …
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Glenswilly defeated Cloughaneely 0-14 to 2-06 in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. Glenswilly player Cormac Callaghan says the Falcarragh men made it difficult but that “any championship win is a good win”. He spoke to Ryan Ferry after full time…
O’Reilly Sports LGFA Senior Championship 2 CLG Naomh Náille 1-9 – 4-10 CLG An Tearmainn Naomh Muire, Íochtar Na Rosann 2-1 – 2-7 Moville O’Reilly Sports LGFA Intermediate Championship 1 Ardara 0-7 – 5-10 An Clochán Liath O’Reilly Sports LGFA Junior A Championship Group A 2 Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin 3-16 – 2-4 …
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Oisin Orr has won the 3:45 and 4:45 races at Pontefract today. The Donegal jockey was on board the highly-fancied Richard Fahey trained “Powerful Glory” in the Cure Leukaemia EBF “Newcomers” Maiden Stakes. And that was enough for him to win the Sunday Series Best Jockey award, worth £10,000, for a third time. He went …
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Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin secured victory in the Ulster Rally this weekend. The pair, driving their Ford Fiesta, finished 15.4 seconds quicker than Donegal International Rally winners Callum Devine and Noel 0’Sullivan in their Skoda Fabia. The Citreon C3 of Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes made up the rest of the top 3, finishing …
Raphoe’s 63.5 kilo fighter Jack Mc Elroy had a convincing points win over Armagh’s Jake Daly at the quarter final stages of the National U18 Boxing Championships on Friday night. McElroy will now share the canvas with Portlaoise hot-shot Louis Griffin in the semi-final next Friday evening. The winner will be back in action again …
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Donegal GAA – Saturday 17th August Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Killybegs 1-10 – 1-12 Sean Mac Cumhaill Kilcar 1-16 – 0-09 St Naul’s Gaoth Dobhair 1-14 – 0-05 Glenfin Downings 0-06 – 3-08 Four Masters Dungloe 1-12 – 1-08 Aodh Ruadh BS Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Naomh Muire LR 2-16 – 1-13 …
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Former Derry City manager and League Of Ireland legend Jim McLaughlin passed away earlier this week. Jim won a record eight League of Ireland titles as Manager with Derry City, Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, and Shelbourne as well as six FAI Cups. He steered Derry City to their famous domestic treble in 1989. As a player, …
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Institute have started the new NIFL Championship season with two consecutive draws after Dundela left it late to snatch a point at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this afternoon. Michael Harris had ‘stute 1-0 to the good at the interval and it stayed that way until beyond the 70th minute when this match really kicked into …
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It’s been a good afternoon so far for Donegal jockeys. Dylan Browne McMonagle is continuing his good form of late – he is in action at Deauville in France. Browne McMonagle has had 2 winners so far today as he was on board the JP O’Brian trained “Apples and Bananas” in the 12:58 race. He …
The Donegal GAA U16 football team won the Buncrana Shield today, beating Dublin 2-12 to 0-5. The county’s U15 team were also victorious today – they defeated Down on a score-line of 3-10 to 1-10 in the Brian McLarnon Shield Final.
Mark English has been welcomed home from the Paris Olympics at the Finn Valley Centre this afternoon. English, who is from Letterkenny, is now a three-time Olympian having competed in the 2016, 2020 (which took place in 2021) and 2024 Olympic Games. This year, he reached the semi-final of the Men’s 800M event in Paris …
Finn Valley AC’s Sinead McConnell took a superb silver medal at the World Masters Championships in Gothenburg this morning. Sinead clocked 56:16 in the 10k race walk for W55 silver. She was beaten to gold by Michelle Rohl, a three-time Olympic race walker with the United States in 1992, 1996 and 2000 and a multiple …
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Tir Conaill AC athlete Kelly McGrory returned home from the Olympics in Paris last night. The homecoming event was held at McGrory’s old school, Abbey Vocational, as she was met by a crowd of people to congratulate her on a memorable Olympic Games. Kelly ran in the heat of the Women’s 4 x 400M Relay …
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Raphoe’s latest Olympian Rachael Darragh received a warm welcome at her homecoming event yesterday evening. The badminton star, who is the niece of three-time Olympian Chloe Magee, was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers at the Raphoe Badminton Club. Darragh competed in two matches during her Olympic debut in Paris – the first was against a …
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Derry City have progressed to the quarter finals of the FAI Cup. On Friday evening the Candystrips beat Cork City at Turners Cross 1-0. The games only goal was scored by Sam Todd in the 72nd minute. Elsewhere, Premier Division leaders Shelbourne knocked out Galway United 5-3 on penalties, the game finished 1-1 after extra-time. …
Dylan Browne-McMonagle was in the winner’s circle at Dundalk yesterday as he was on board the Paul W Flynn trained “Mrs. Willpower”. The Donegal jockey went off as a 12/1 shot in that race – he also came close to upsetting the odds in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at 3:25. He finished 2nd …
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This week on The Score, Aidan Fitzmaurice of the Independent talks League of Ireland and FAI Cup football while Institute Manager Kevin Deery tells us about the hopes of the club in this season’s Irish League Championship, and we hear from Niall Burns, the latest man from the north west to compete on the World …
Former Derry City manager and League Of Ireland legend Jim McLaughlin has passed away. Jim won a record eight League of Ireland titles as Manager with Derry City, Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, and Shelbourne as well as six FAI Cups. He steered Derry City to their famous domestic treble in 1989. As a player, Jim also …
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In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore looks at two businesses in the county, one that is just opening and other that is well established. A new sustainable fashion centre Circular Dress Collaborative is a new hub for sustainable fashion and events in the communities of Donegal and surrounding counties. It encourages consumers to participate …
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This week on The DL Debate there’s a recap of the opening round of the club championship in Donegal with Brendan Devenney, Brendan Kilcoyne and Ryan Ferry of the Donegal News. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
Team Ireland returned from the Olympics to a rapturous reception in Dublin on Monday afternoon and the Donegal contingent were among the Irish party that included athletes and support staff. Seven medals were won in Paris, four of those medals were gold and there were also three bronze – representing the most successful Olympics for …
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Donegal based navigator Niall Burns is set to compete on the World Rally Championship stage. The Sligo native who lives in Kilmacrennan will take on September’s Acropolis Rally Greece alongside Oman’s Hamed Al Wahaibi. The crew will compete in a Skoda Fabia RS in the WRC2 category. Rally Greece takes place from September 4th to …
Donegal’s Dylan Browne McMonagle secured a major win in Germany yesterday as he rode the 3/5 favourite Al Riffa to victory in the Westminster 134th Grosser Preis von Berlin for trainer JP O’Brien at Hoppegarten. This group 1 race is a major race on the German calendar and is worth £86,956.52 to the winner. Al …
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As preparations continue for the 2024 Donegal Half Marathon, race director, Brendan McDaid, has revealed that over 400 have entered the event. This year’s Donegal Half Marathon, which will be held in association with the Kernan Retail Group, takes place on Sunday, August 25th in Letterkenny. “The Donegal Half Marathon is celebrating 10 years this year …
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Glenfin 1-07 – 1-11 Dungloe Four Masters 3-09 – 1-07 Gaoth Dobhair Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 1-13 – 0-14 Downings Sean Mac Cumhaill 3-15 – 0-13 Ardara Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Bundoran 1-07 – 0-07 Burt Termon 4-14 – 0-16 Naomh Columba Na Rossa 2-10 – 1-11 Naomh …
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Sean MacCumhaills ran out comfortable 3-15 to 0-13 winners over Ardara in the first round of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship in Ballybofey this afternoon. An early goal from Oisin Gallen set MacCumhaills on their way to a 2-07 to 0-06 lead at half time and they never looked back. With the …
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Four Masters have overcome last year’s beaten finalists Gweedore in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship in Donegal Town this afternoon. It finished 3-09 to 1-07 in favour of Four Masters. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Daire Bonner…
Gary Wilson isn’t getting ahead of himself and says “there’s a long way to go yet” after he saw his side overcome the challenge of Ardara in the Donegal Senior Championship First Round this afternoon. 3-15 to 0-13 was how it finished in Sean MacCumhaill Park. Donegal star Oisin Gallen hit the net after only …
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Four Masters started their Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship campaign with an impressive 3-09 to 1-07 victory over Gweedore this afternoon. It was a youthful Four Masters side that toppled last season’s beaten finalists and manager Kevin Sinclair says they were confident coming into the game. Sinclair gave his thoughts to Daire Bonner …
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