The 2024 Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally is already in the advanced planning stages. The rally will start on Thursday, 20th June and finish on Sunday, 23rd June. On Thursday, the participants and their cars will arrive in Letterkenny for scrutiny and a ceremonial start. On Friday, the crews will compete on roads that haven’t […]
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On this week’s DL Debate, Brendan Devenney hosted an Ulster Final Special LIVE from Sister Sara’s in Letterkenny. He was joined by former Donegal players Eamon McGee and John Gildea, Armagh’s Aaron Kernan and Michael McMullan of The Gaelic Life. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Active Donegal – a series which looks at how sport is feeding into the Donegal communities and how physical activity is being encouraged. We link up with organisations and local clubs to highlight what sports and activities are available for the diverse groups and communities in the north west region. In part two, we focus
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In this weeks LOI Chat, Oisin Kelly looked ahead to the weekends games with former Finn Harps Manager Anthony Gorman. On Friday in the Firs Division, Finn Harps welcome Trearty United to the Ballybofey while Derry City are off to Galway United in the Premier Division.
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This week on The Score, We preview the FAI Junior Cup Final with Cockhill Manager Gavin Cullen and Chairman Tommy Doherty. Anthony Gorman joins us for our weekly League of Ireland chat and we hear from the hosts of this weekend’s Comórtas Peile na Galetachta county finals – Cloughaneely.
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Cockhill Celtic are one win away from creating history and becoming the first ever side from Inishowen to lift the FAI Junior Cup. Only two sides from the county have ever achieved the fate before and that was Swilly Rovers and Finn Harps in the 1960’s. On Sunday, Cockhill play Gorey Rangers from Wexford in
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Derry will be licking their wounds today after losing Wednesday’s Ulster U20 Championship Final on penalties to Tyrone. It seemed Derry had the game won in extra time when Ryan McNicholl put them four up but Tyrone found a way to force spot kicks and took the title with three saves from Red Hand keeper
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Cockhill Celtic are looking to create footballing history on Sunday by becoming the first side from the county in over 50 years to win the FAI Junior Cup. The recently crowned Inishowen Premier Division champions will face Wexford outfit Gorey Rangers in the decider at Eamonn Deacy Park in Galway. There will be LIVE match
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It took penalties to decide the Ulster under-20 champions on Wednesday evening. Goalkeeper Conor McAneney was the hero for Tyrone, saving three times in the shoot-out to see off Derry at the Athletic Grounds. Tyrone had to come from four points down in extra-time to force penalties as the game ended Tyrone 3-10 Derry 2-13.
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Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Patricia Logue, took to the newly opened Pennyburn Footbridge this week to officially launch the 2024 Waterside Half Marathon. The 41st edition of one of Ireland’s longest running athletics events will take place on Sunday September 1st and is set to be the biggest in its
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Donegal GAA have launched their latest fundraiser for the Donegal Training Fund. As the county enters the business end of the championship with the footballers in the Ulster Final and an All Ireland series to come, plus the hurlers are on target to reach a Nicky Rackard Final – Donegal GAA is seeking support. An
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Letterkenny Athletics Club has bought the landmark house, Breffni Villa, at Sallaghagrane for the purpose of developing its own clubhouse. The club, which had been resident at Pearse Road from 1980 to 2008, confirmed the purchase in a message to its members on Tuesday. Speaking about the move, Letterkenny AC Chairman, Raymond Birch, said: “After
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Finn Harps have outlined plans for the new stadium project, following a recent whats been described as a positive open meeting. Last weekend at the Villa Rose Hotel a public meeting took place and was attended by over 90 people, between those present in the room and those following a live stream online. The meeting
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Derry’s Eoin McEvoy has been honoured with the PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the Month for March. The Oak Leaf County’s dominant centre back produced fine performances in Derry’s victories against Mayo and Roscommon to help Derry reach their first Allianz League Division One final in 10 years against Dublin in Croke Park. Derry went on
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Ryan McHugh has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The Donegal star received 4,289 votes on the GAA’s Official Instagram page which put him ahead of Armagh’s Rian O’Neill (2,881) and Louth’s Conor Grimes (1,692). The Kilcar clubman put in yet another impressive display in the victory over Tyrone at Celtic Park as Donegal
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Donegal will have Derry or Tyrone as possible opponents in the All Ireland series. The draw for the group stage was made this afternoon and another big Ulster derby will be on the cards depending on how the Ulster final plays out. If Donegal win the provincial title for the first time since 2019 they
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This week on the DL Debate – Brendan Devenney recaps Donegal’s championship victory over Tyrone with some former greats of the game, Rory Kavanagh, Enda McGinley and Owen Mulligan. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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This week on The Score, Former Finn Harps player Joe Boyle joins us to look ahead to Friday’s League of Ireland fixtures for Finn Harps and Derry City. Former Derry Manager and All Ireland winner Damian Cassidy will give us the neutral view on this Sunday’s Ulster Championship semi final meeting of Donegal and Tyrone
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There will be another key meeting for Finn Harps football club this weekend. Following feedback from shareholders and supporters, the Finn Harps SGM scheduled for this Sunday the 28th at 7pm in the Villa Rose Hotel will now be an open meeting for all shareholders, supporters and the wider Donegal community. The meeting will provide
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Donegal and Derry will meet again on Wednesday evening, this time at the semi final stage of the Ulster U20 Championship. MacCumhaill Park will be the venue, and the Shaun Paul Barrett managed Donegal will look to make home advantage count in Ballybofey. Daithí Gildea will miss the game, he has lost his appeal against
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Daire Ó Baoill has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. After his stunning performance in the county’s win over Derry last weekend. The Gaoth Dobhair mas was an influential figure, contributing 2-1 as Donegal ended the reign of the Ulster Champions. He received 3, 718 votes on the GAA’s Official Instagram page which put
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Finn Harps play host to Cork City this coming Friday evening in a match that has been switched from Turner’s Cross. Harps have confirmed the game will have a 6 o’clock kick on Friday due to the ongoing floodlight issues at Finn park. Darren Murphy’s side going into this game without a win in their
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Derry City got themselves back on track with a welcome 3-1 win over St. Pat’s at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Tuesday evening. City who had just one win in six games going into this tie, needed a good result and thanks to two goals from Danny Mullen along with a Patrick Hoban goal,
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This week on the DL Debate – Brendan Devenney recaps Donegal’s emphatic victory over Derry and Tyrone’s win against Cavan with former Donegal player Kevin Cassidy and Cahair O’Kane of The Irish News, plus Niall Cleary talks Hurling and ways up Donegal’s performances in the Nicky Rackard Cup. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s
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The Donegal panel has been announced for Saturday’s Ulster Championship quarter final with Derry at Celtic Park. Manager Jim McGuinness has made four changes to his first 15 with Ryan McHugh, Odhran Doherty, Daire O’Baoil and Captain Patrick McBrearty all named to started. Jason McGee and Kevin McGettigan who started the league final win over
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Action in the League of Ireland continues for the north west sides in the League of Ireland this weekend. It’s a big few days for Derry City and their Premier Division title aspirations, they host both Shamrock Rovers and St Patricks Athletic on Friday and Monday while in the First Division Finn Harps make their
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The countdown is on to the much anticipated Ulster Senior Championship meeting of defending provincial champions Derry and their neighbours Donegal. In this weeks preview Oisin Kelly looks ahead to the battle of Mickey Harte and Jim McGuinness with former Donegal player Eamon McGee.
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Finn Harps FC have launched fundraising strategy that will secure the club’s future and complete its long awaited move to the new stadium in Stranorlar. Working with our partners and stakeholders including the FAI, County Council, Department of Sport, Finn Park Trustees and main contractor we now have a clear path forward to recommence construction.
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Derry booked an Ulster U20 Championship semi final with Donegal as they disposed of Cavan by seven points in Owenbeg on Tuesday evening. Donegal will have home advantage in Ballybofey and Derry boss Hugh McGrath has been telling Michael McMullan they will need improvement if they are to take a win at MacCumhaill Park.
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The buzz of the Ulster Championship is back for Donegal who go into the lions den to play the Ulster Champions Derry this weekend. Celtic Park will be full on Saturday evening as the championship swings into action for the north west counties. The winner will play either Tyrone or Cavan while the loser will
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Eamonn Kelly returns to the WRC scene this weekend at Rally Croatia, an event where he won the Junior element last year. The Donegal man and Conor Mohan prepared for the event by contesting the Quattro River Rally in Karlovac, very close to this weekend’s Rally Croatia route. Kelly and co-driver Conor Mohan were one
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Ireland will not be hosting the World Rally Championship from 2025 after the financial backing from the government was not guaranteed in time. Monday the 15th April was the final day for funding to be secured but the department said they would need another six months to assess the proposal. If the WRC was to
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Donegal and Derry meet for a third successive year in the championship this Saturday. Celtic Park in Derry will host their quarter final fixture with the winner to play either Cavan or Tyrone in the provincial semi final. Derry won the last two meetings against Donegal, in 2202 they had five points to spare in
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Cockhill Celtic have been handed a home tie in the first round of the FAI Cup. The Inishowen side will host Ayrfield United of the Leinster Senior League in the opening round at the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Ground. The game will be played on the weekend of the 19th May. Cockhill qualified for the senior
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This week on the DL Debate – Oisin Kelly and Pauric Hilferty preview the Derry Donegal Ulster Championship Quarter Final with former Donegal player John Gildea, Derry’s 93 All Ireland winning player and ex senior manager Damian Cassidy and Highland Pundit Brendan Kilcoyne. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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The North West 10k Committee has confirmed that Donegal Person of the Year, Moya Brennan will be their Special Guest to officially fire the starting gun for the runners and walkers taking part in the charity event on Bank Holiday Monday the 6th of May. Last weekend Moya, a member of the internationally acclaimed music
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Donegal would be seen as a rallying hotbed and is a county which has a passion for motorsport, but drifting wouldn’t be regarded as the most popular. Of all the motorsports around the world, Drifting is now the fastest growing and here in Donegal, not many people would know that we have two men who
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Celebrations in the corridors of Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana would have been continuing since their brilliant FAI Schools Dr. Tony O’Neill Senior National Cup success on Wednesday. The Inishowen side beat Belvedre College 2-0 in the final to take a first every boys All Ireland football title. On this week’s Score programme Oisin Kelly was
The Championship starts on Saturday for the Donegal hurlers when they head to The Athletic Grounds to face Armagh in their Nicky Rackard Cup opener. Donegal will also have games against Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon and Louth as they chase silverware in June at Croke Park. Mickey’s McCann’s side have already secured a Division Two place
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This week on The Score, former Finn Harps captain Keith Cowan joins us for our League of Ireland chat to look ahead to the games for Harps and Derry City this week. We hear from Paddy Carr, manager of the Dr Tony O’Neill National Cup winners Scoil Mhuire Buncrana while the news season of the
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In this weeks LOI Chat, Oisin Kelly is joined by former Finn Harps skipper and current Dergview player Keith Cowan. On Friday, Finn Harps are away to Athlone in the First Division while Derry City travel to Drogheda Utd in the Premier Division.
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In the Ulster U20 Championship on Wednesday evening, Donegal’s fixture with Armagh was postponed due to a waterlogged MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. With the quarter finals to be played next week, the game looks set to be refixed for this weekend, most likely Saturday afternoon. Details will be confirmed this morning. The winner will go
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Scoil Mhuire Buncrana have been crowned FAI Schools Dr. Tony O’Neill Senior National Cup Champions. In the All Ireland decider of the Under 19 large schools, the Inishowen side were 2-0 winners over Belvedere College in today’s final played at The Showgrounds in Sligo. Shaunie Bradley scored the first on 65 minutes and the second
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There are three players from Donegal on the Ulster Schools All Star team. Finbarr Roarty of St Columba’s Glenties has been named at wing back while MaLarnon Cup winners Abbey Vocational School have two players in the selection. Senán Carr is named at midfield with Kevin Muldoon on the half forward line. The 2023-24 Danske
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The knockout line-up in the Ulster under-20 football championship will be decided tonight. The meeting of Donegal and Armagh in Ballybofey will decide top billing in Group B and seal a place in the semi finals with home advantage. The loser will feature in the quarter finals with Monaghan or Tyrone as possible opponents. Donegal
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It seems Finn Harps fixture with Cork City on Friday 26th April could be reversed to Finn Park in Ballybofey. Cork’s men’s and women’s teams have to find new lodgings for the coming weeks after the Munster F-A announced the indefinite closure of Turner’s Cross to facilitate restoration work to the pitch. Cork City’s women
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This week on the DL Debate – The Championship, Brendan Devenney hears from the Donegal camp ahead the Championship opener with Derry in a number of weeks time plus Jason Byrne of the Irish Sun and Donegal PRO Sinead Breen are also on the programme. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister
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Cockhill Celtic are one win away from creating history and becoming the first side from Inishowen to reach the final of the FAI Junior Cup. They face Pike Rovers in Limerick at the semi final stage on Sunday afternoon. Kick off at Jackman Park is 1pm and Tom Clancy will have updates on Highland in
This week on The Score, we speak with Inishowen man William O’Connor, he takes his UCD side to Ballybofey on Friday to face Finn Harps. It’s a big weekend for Cockhill Celtic, Gavin Cullen tells us how preparations have been going ahead of Sunday’s FAI Junior Cup semi final against Pike Rovers and we hear
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