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Donegal SFC Preliminary Quarter-Final line-up confirmed

The line-up for the preliminary quarter-finals of this season’s Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship has been confirmed. It will be: Dungloe v Downings St. Eunan’s v Ardara Four Masters v Killybegs Gweedore v Sean MacCumhaills   Glenswilly, St. Michaels, Naomh Conaill and Kilcar have already booked their spots in the quarter finals.

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Dungloe overcome St. Nauls to book preliminary quarter-final against Downings

Dungloe defeated St. Naul’s 2-14 to 0-6 in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. The result means Dungloe finish 5th in the standings and will play Downings in a preliminary quarter final next weekend. With the full time report from Dungloe, here’s Ryan Ferry…

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Four Masters set up prelim quarter final with Killybegs after low-scoring victory over Ardara

Scores were hard to come by as Four Masters defeated Ardara in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship at Pearse Memorial Park this afternoon. It finished 6 points to 5 in favour of the Donegal Town side and they will now go on to face Killybegs in a preliminary quarter final

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Barry Curran says “bring on next weekend” as Dungloe beat St. Nauls

  Dungloe will play Downings in a preliminary quarter final of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship next weekend after defeating St. Naul’s 2-14 to 0-6 this afternoon. St. Nauls, meanwhile, finished bottom of the overall leaderboard and will play Glenfin in a relegation play-off. After today’s game, Ryan Ferry spoke to Barry Curran

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St. Michael’s manager Cathal Sweeney: “I have to praise the players for the shift they put in”

St. Michaels edged Gweedore 0-6 to 0-5 in a scrappy affair in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. It’s now four wins from four for St. Michaels which means they are straight through to the quarter finals in two weeks time. Their manager Cathal Sweeney spoke to Highland’s

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Conor Harvey wins Knockalla Hill Climb event by 0.05 seconds

Conor Harvey won this weekend’s Danny Gormley Memorial Knockalla Hillclimb. The Donegal driver pipped Kevin Gallagher by just 0.05 seconds to claim the win after a back and forth battle between these two in their Darrians this afternoon. Third place was taken by Kilmacrennan’s Ivan Stewart, making it a Donegal 1,2,3. John Baird joined Highland

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Shaun Patton: “It wasn’t the prettiest game of football, but a win is a win”

St. Eunan’s made it three wins from four games as they overcame the challenge of Downings in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this evening. Downings made life difficult for their visitors but ultimately some fine scores from Ciaran Moore and Conor O’Donnell proved to be the key to unlocking

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Kevin Gallagher takes Saturday win at Knockalla Hill Climb – The latest with Johnny Baird

The first day of the Danny Gormley Memorial Knockalla Hillclimb got underway this morning. Kevin Gallagher took the win on the first day of action with a best-time of 43:05. Conor Harvey was second in 43:34 and third was Barry Morris with 43:44. All three of the top competitors on day one were driving Darrians.

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NI soccer: Institute suffer another defeat, but wins for Limavady and Strabane

Institute have continued their poor start to the NIFL Championship season with a 3-1 defeat at home to Ballyclare Comrades at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this afternoon. ‘Stute trailed at the break and went 2-0 down in the second period before Caoimhin Porter pulled one back to make it 2-1. A late goal from Ballyclare

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Coleman has no ill-feelings towards Rice’s international decision

The Republic of Ireland are continuing preparations ahead of tomorrow’s Nations League clash with England. The entirety of the squad trained at the Aviva Stadium this morning, with no fresh injury concerns. Declan Rice will be returning to play in the Aviva Stadium for the first time since playing for the Boys in Green in

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MacCumhaill’s overcome Setanta to win Donegal Minor Hurling Championship title

Sean MacCumhaill’s lifted the Donegal Minor Hurling Championship title as they overcame Setanta by 1-10 to 0-9 at a sun-kissed Donegal GAA Centre of Excellence in Convoy on Thursday evening. The Twin Towns side led by 1-7 to 0-5 at the interval of a well-contested game, with Dylan Patton getting what turned out to be

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School bus provider threatens to pull service on West Donegal route due to overgrown hedges

One school bus provider has threatened to pull their service on a route in West Donegal due to overgrown hedges. Damage was caused to a bus during a school run this morning as a result of overgrown vegetation. Safety concerns have repeatedly been raised particularly in rural parts of the county, due to hedges impeding

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Business Matters, Ep 209: Twin Towns Business Awards, Business in the Community, and Home Building Finance

In this week’s edition of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore begins by speaking with Louise Patton of the Ballybofey and Stranorlar Business Chamber about its inaugural awards night, and also the chamber itself and the role it can play in promoting a positive message about the Twin Towns. He also finds out about how Business in

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Cricket: Strabane defeat St Johnston to claim Sammy Jeffrey Shield

In today’s Sammy Jeffrey Shield Final, Strabane defeated St Johnston in a dominant performance. St Johnston batted first and posted 126 runs in their innings, but Strabane chased down the target comfortably, reaching 128 for the loss of just one wicket. It was a commanding win for Strabane, who also recently claimed the NW Section

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Josh Moffett takes win in Galway Stages Rally – Declan Boyle 6th, Kevin Gallagher 3rd in modified section

Josh Moffett won this weekend’s Galway Stages Rally in his Citroen C3 Rally 2. Moffett, along with co-driver Keith Moriarty, finished just 11.2 seconds faster than Sam Moffett and James O’Reilly in their Hyundai. Donegal driver Declan Boyle had a good rally – he finished 6th overall in his new Skoda Rally 2. Kevin Gallagher

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Donegal Ladies Club Championship Results – Sunday 1st September

LADIES CLUB  CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 01/09/24   O’Reilly Sports LGFA Senior Championship 2 Gleann Fhinne 1-6 – 0-11 Naomh Ádhamhnáin/St Eunan’s   O’Reilly Sports LGFA Intermediate Championship 3 CLG Carndomhnaigh 1-2 – 5-18 An Clochán Liath   O’Reilly Sports LGFA Junior A Championship Group A 4 Naomh Columba 3-14 – 5-8 Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin Urris

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Rally Ceredigion: Callum Devine sixth overall – Kelly and McBride DNF

Donegal International Rally winners Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan finished in 6th spot overall in this weekend’s Rally Ceridigion in Wales. The rally, which is part of the British Rally Championship and European Rally Championship, was won outright by Australian duo Hayden Paddon and John Kennard in their Hyundai i20. Donegal’s Eamonn Kelly had a

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Buncrana come from behind to win first ever Intermediate Hurling Championship

Buncrana have beaten Inishowen neighbours Carndonagh 0-15 to 1-10 in the Donegal Intermediate Hurling Final at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. After leading by a point at half time, Carndonagh found themselves four points up at the very beginning of the second half when Cathal Doherty hit the net. However, Buncrana rallied and scored seven unanswered

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Manager and player reaction to Burt winning Senior Hurling Championship – Micky McGrath, Ronan McDermott & Liam McKinney

Burt are Donegal Senior Hurling Champions for the first time in six years as they defeated old foes Setanta today. Liam McKinney, Kevin Curran and Darragh Grant got the Burt goals as they ran out deserving 3-16 to 1-18 winners at O’Donnell Park. Marty McGrath’s side faced a Setanta team that were going for three-in-a-row

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Four Masters claim Junior Hurling title – Shane McNulty reacts to historic day for club

Four Masters have won the Donegal Junior Hurling Championship after defeating last year’s champions St. Eunan’s in today’s final at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. David Quinn hit 1-11 for the South-West Donegal club on their way to a historic victory. After the game, Daire Bonner caught up with Four Masters joint-captain Shane McNulty…

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Ollie Horgan says “it’s one of the good nights” as Galway put a dent in Derry’s title ambitions

Galway United Assistant Manager Ollie Horgan was over the moon with last night’s 1-0 victory over Derry City in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. The former Finn Harps boss says “it was one of the good nights” and praised the atmosphere at Eamonn Deacy Stadium. Galway have had an excellent season under the guidance

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