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On Tuesday 19th July, ‘Celtic Minded 5: Essays on Celtic Football Culture and Identities’ will be officially launched at the Station House Hotel in Letterkenny with events getting underway at 7:30pm. This is the fifth installment of the series but the first with an official launch taking place in County Donegal. Celtic Football Club has

The World Athletic Championships get up and running on Friday at the University of Oregon in the United States. Three Finn Valley athletes form part of the 21 Ireland team at the championships. John Kelly who is taking part in his first world’s will be in action on Friday evening in the Shot Put qualification.

Sean Hurson will referee this year’s All Ireland senior football final. It will be the Tyrone official’s first senior inter-county final, having already refereed this year’s Club final clash of Kilcoo and Kilmacud Crokes. Hurson showed a red card to Galway’s Paul Conroy in their League win over Derry back in March.

The LGFA have confirmed Donegal’s All Ireland Semi Final with Meath will be played on Saturday 16th July at 4pm at Croke Park. The game which is a repeat of this year’s league final will be the second game of the semi’s double header at GAA Headquarters. Kerry and Mayo will face off in the

Finn Harps have announced the signing of Harry Nicolson. The defender signs after a successful trial period and will be eligible for selection ahead of Friday’s clash vs Shelbourne FC. Nicolson came through the academy ranks of Inverness Caledonian Thistle in Scotland with loan spells at Elgin City and Clachnacuddin. The 21 year old is

Tir Chonaill’s Fintan Dewhirst has qualified for the 400 metres hurdles final at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem. Fintan finished fourth in his semi final on Wednesday morning, his time of 52.62sec was good enough to progress as one of the two fastest outside the top six from both races. The final will be

John Kelly wrote himself into Irish Athletics history on Tuesday evening as the Finn Vally man set a new national shot putt record. For the first time in his career he threw over 20 metres, with a 20.16m effort to pick up a bronze medal at the Cork City Sports World Continential Tour meet. Italian

Forty years ago this September Donegal’s under 21 side brought the first senior county All-Ireland title to Donegal and planted the seeds for the long-awaited 1992 capture of the Sam Maguire. A small committee consisting of members of the management and players of that historic Donegal u21 winning panel have agreed with the Coiste Chontae

Twelve members of Finn Wheelers Cycling Club competed a cycle from Mizen to Malin over the weekend in aid of Donegal Hospice. The group of leisure cyclists known as the ‘Turtles’ set off on the 650km (403 miles) cycle from Mizen Head on Wednesday 29th June with overnight stops at Macroom, Nenagh, Carrick-on-Shannon and Ballybofey.

On Saturday the 2nd of July American Football returned to the North West as The Donegal Derry Vipers Youth training began at the City of Derry Rugby Club from 10am-1pm. It is open to anyone aged 15-18 (Boys and Girls). There was a good turnout with boys from both Donegal and Derry pulling on their

Participants in the 2022 Donegal Half Marathon will receive a medal with a raised image of the stunning cliffs of Sliabh Liag in the south west of the county as its centrepiece. Last year, the organisers of the Donegal Half Marathon and Fáilte Ireland came together to promote the Wild Atlantic Way and selected Fanad

Fintan Dewhirst has qualified for the semi finals of the 400m hurdles at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem. The Tir Chonaill man ran a new personal best time of 52.58sec to finish second in his heat on Tuesday morning. Fintan will be back on track for the semi final on Wednesday.

This month’s Finn Harps Derry City SSE Airtricity League Premier Division tie has been moved due to Derry’s involvement in Europe. The next edition of the derby will be played out on Sunday the 17th July at Finn Park, kicking off at 6pm. The game was originally fixed for Friday 15th but with The Candystrips

Armagh’s Tiernan Kelly has been handed a six-month ban after an eye-gouging incident in last weekend’s All-Ireland football quarter-final against Galway. Reports suggest the CCCC has also handed one-match suspensions to Armagh pair Conor Turbitt and Blaine Hughes, as well as Galway’s Cathal Sweeney. Galway captain Sean Kelly and Armagh joint-captain Aidan Nugent are also

This Saturday the 2nd of July the rough and tumble of American Football returns to the North West as The Donegal Derry Vipers Youth training begins at the City of Derry Rugby Club from 10am-1pm and it’s open to anyone aged 15-18 (Boys and Girls). “We supply all equipment, helmet shoulder pads etc” explained Vipers

Bonagee United will have to wait at least another week if they are to win the Donegal Youth League. They lost for the first time this season on Wednesday night, going down to a 3-2 home defeat to Keadue Rovers. Keadue went into a 3-0 lead, through an Oran Fallon penalty and efforts from Ryan

The Finner Camp 28th Infantry Battalion won the All Ireland Defence Forces Medical Services Football title for the first time on Wednesday. The Donegal side which was captained by Gaoth Dobhair’s Odhran McFadden Ferry beat Cathal Brugha and McKee’s of Dublin in the competition decider at the Curragh in Kildare 1-13 to 1-8 after extra

The Derry club championship draws were made on Wednesday evening and senior champions  Glen Maghera will start the defence of their title in Group D. Malachy O’Rourke’s side  have been placed in the same group as Banagher, Claudy and Swatragh. The Slaughtneill hurlers who are chasing a 10th senior title in a row have been

Seamus McEnaney has stepped down as manager of the Monaghan senior footballers. The Farney men exited the championship after losing to Mayo in the first round of the qualifiers. McEnaney has been in charge since 2019, in what is his second stint as manager. He guided the county to last year’s Ulster final, where they

Strabane native Stephen Maguire has been appointed technical director of UK Athletics. Maguire, who rejected a return to the governing board last year, joins from Sport Ireland, where he had been Head of High Performance coaching for almost a year and a half. He will replace Christian Malcolm in September and will be tasked with

Bonagee Utd can be crowned Donegal Youth League champions on Wednesday night when they meet Keadue Rovers at Goose Green. Should Bonagee gain at least a point then they will be crowned champions and will lift the Dick Duffy Memorial Cup in what is a tricky looking tie. Bonagee have won 8 from 8 in

The Donegal Training Centre in Convoy hosted a busy night of underage action on Monday with two Divisional finals at U-17 level. Four Masters and Sean MacCumhaills served up a really close battle in the Division One final with the Donegal Town side eventually winning with just a point to spare, 0-11 v 0-10. In

Ray Dempsey and Mike Solan are among the early favourites to replace James Horan as Mayo senior football manager. Horan brought his second, four-year term to an end after Sunday’s All Ireland quarter-final defeat to Kerry. Dempsey’s won back-to-back Mayo titles with Knockmore, while Solan’s been a selector under Andy Moran with Leitrim.

Derry City picked up their first win in eight games on Friday night beating bottom side UCD at the Belfield Bowl. Will Patching’s second half penalty gave the Candystrips the win and there first full set of points since the victory over St Pats in the 29th April. Derry stay third in the Premier Division

Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins has confirmed that Cameron Dummigan will miss the next number of games having picked up a foot injury this week. That leaves the Candystripes travelling to the Belfield Bowl to play UCD on Friday night minus Dummigan, Eoin Toal, Ronan Boyce plus the two long-term absentees- Michael Duffy and Ciaron

Finn Harps play host to St. Patrick’s Athletic on Friday night, Diarmaid Doherty will have updates on Highland from the 8pm kick off Harps will be hoping to kick start the second half of the season with a home victory while the Saints will look to keep pressure on the sides above them at the

As a mark of respect to Damian Casey, the Tyrone CCC have postponed all games in the County this weekend. The Senior/Reserve ACL games on Friday/Saturday and the Under 17/19 games on Sunday will now not take place this weekend and will be rescheduled with a double round of fixtures later in the summer. The