Donegal are Eirgrid Ulster Under-21 champions for the first time since Jim McGuinness was manager and Michael Murphy was captain in 2010, after beating Derry 3-17 to 0-13 in the decider last night.
While waiting around the tunnel area for Donegal manager Declan Bonner after his side's Ulster U21 title triumph last night, the dressing room door flew open once or twice to give the techno beats a chance to reach a larger audience.
Antrim cruised to a comfortable 20 point victory over Donegal in the Ulster Championship semi-final on Saturday afternoon.
Donegal cruised into the Ulster U21 final with a convincing win over Cavan in Brewster Park. Fielding six of the side that turned out against Mayo in the National League last Sunday, they took control early on and will be favourites to take the Ulster title.
Donegal finally shook off the challenge of Tyrone to seal their passage into the Eirgrid Ulster U21 Championship semi-finals.
Tyrone and Donegal must do it again after extra-time couldn't separate them in their Ulster U21 quarter-final at Healy Park. David Mulgrew, Paul Donaghy and Liam Rafferty helped the hosts to a 0-3 to 0-1 lead but Donegal led 0-5 to 0-4 at the break.
Donegal might be in 'transition', but the spring hasn't been at all bad for Rory Gallagher's team, who are now all-but safe in Division 1.
Cavan are in pole position in Section C of the McKenna Cup after defeating Donegal by 11 points in Ballybofey yesterday.
The GAA appears to be awash with irony right now. And Donegal certainly provide more than their fair share of it in the build-up to the start of the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup competition on Sunday.
Eoin McHugh had not quite bargained for lining up against his county colleagues when the draw for the McKenna Cup competition was made.
Glenswilly are Donegal champions, winning their third Dr Maguire Cup in six years as they beat the highly-fancied Kilcar.
Donegal captain Michael Murphy has hailed the agreement that locks Rory Gallagher into a four-year arrangement as the county manager as "necessary" as he begins a rebuilding job in the north-west.
Brothers Ryan and Mark McHugh along with their cousin Eoin certainly made their mark in Donegal's colours this year, their consistency helping to take the side into the Ulster final where they lost to Tyrone before exiting the All-Ireland series to Dublin at the quarter-final stage.
Donegal manager Rory Gallagher is expected to learn tonight if he will be given an extended term in charge.
Can Mayo win a first All Ireland title in 65 years by beating a Dublin side regarded by many as the greatest the game has ever seen? We want you to tell us who you believe will leave Croke Park as champions on Sunday.
Donegal manager Sean Paul Barrett cut a forlorn figure as he surveyed the debris of his team's All-Ireland minor football championship title dream deep in the bowels of Croke Park yesterday.
The last Ulster team standing at any level in the All-Ireland Football Championship intends to do the province proud this weekend.
Former Derry football and hurler Gregory McGonigle certainly had plenty on his mind as he supervised a recovery session for his Dublin ladies football team in the sea at Dollymount Strand yesterday following their 1-13 to 2-17 All-Ireland quarter-final victory over Donegal 24...
Saturday evening was a balmy one in Croke Park, where veteran journalists confessed they had never felt as warm in what is usually a micro-climate of the open press box.
The curtain did not just come down on Donegal's albeit flimsy All-Ireland title aspirations in this shattering quarter-final setback at a throbbing Croke Park.
Donegal defender Paddy McGrath has listened to all the talk surrounding the 'formality' of Dublin taking delivery of the Sam Maguire Cup.
Donegal will have the opportunity to repeat their 2014 Championship victory over Dublin when they face the defending champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals this Saturday, after rediscovering their mojo to defeat Cork 0-21 to 1-15 in a Round 4B qualifier in Croke Park.
Donegal's master of reinvention, Frank McGlynn, has denied there is an ill-feeling between his side and Ulster final opponents Tyrone ahead of Sunday's Clones showdown.
Donegal ace Odhran MacNiallais has received the perfect boost ahead of Sunday's Ulster championship football final against Tyrone.
With under a week to go until the Ulster final in Clones, Donegal manager Rory Gallagher is playing politician as he attends to the pre-match media duties.
The biggest disappointment was that it had to end some time. A fascinating and ferocious replay that was every bit as gripping as the first instalment concluded with Donegal - having been much the better side throughout - prevailing by just a point to book a berth in their...
The concerted bid by the Ulster Council to nurture hurling in the province is certainly not eliciting the desired response from some quarters.
Donegal manager Rory Gallagher has stated that he will again attempt to have Neil McGee's two-game suspension rescinded.
Donegal minor football team manager Sean Paul Barrett certainly believes in telling it like it is.
The final whistle went but the recriminations continued after Joe McQuillan punctuated the latest instalment of this spiteful conflict and summoned them to do it all over again next weekend, same place, same time.
Fermanagh manager Peter McGrath has certainly touched on a raw nerve following his assertion that Donegal deployed cynical tactics in overcoming his side in Sunday's Ulster Championship quarter-final at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey.
It wasn't quite trickery to rival Houdini, but Donegal left themselves chained into a box at the bottom of River Finn before systematically escaping their binds to comfortably dismiss Fermanagh from the Ulster Championship.
Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath has accused Donegal of gamesmanship after their defeat in Ballybofey.
Donegal full-back Neil McGee has admitted his side succumbed to the danger of switching off against a lethal Dublin attack, after the mighty Dubs registered a goal in the first minute of the second-half to put the result of Sunday's league semi-final beyond doubt.
Not to single out Mark Anthony McGinley, Peter Boyle or anyone who has tended goal for Donegal in the absence of Paul Durcan since he packed his bags for Qatar, but they will know they are in for a shorter summer without the former Four Masters custodian.
There was a nasty melee at the end of an Ulster Under-21 semi-final that was definitely a game of two halves in Celtic Park as Tyrone reached the decider.
Roscommon have undoubtedly been the story of the season in the Allianz football league Division One, with Kevin McStay and Fergal O'Donnell's men adding another chapter to their impressive tale by smashing Donegal's long unbeaten home record in the league with a 1-19 to 0-16 win in Letterkenny.
Donegal skipper Michael Murphy feels that manager Rory Gallagher's decision to inject new talent into the line-up has brought "added freshness" to the side.
St Mary's College stunned Donegal as Ryan Johnston's late goal helped fire Paddy Tally's students to a deserved win. Donegal were left to rue a glut of missed chances at the start of the second half and the sending off of Paddy McGrath, for a second yellow card in the 52nd minute, didn't help their cause a great deal either.
Former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has spoken about two family tragedies that turned his life upside down and ultimately made him into the successful person he is today.
Donegal's Karl Lacey has admitted that his participation next season is dependent on manager Rory Gallagher allowing him to sit out some or all of the National League.
Donegal boss Rory Gallagher may have a battle on his hands to keep a number of his squad from opting for retirement after their heavy loss to Mayo in Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final.
Just where Donegal captain Michael Murphy will be positioned in tomorrow's All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo remains one of the more intriguing questions in advance of a game that many are predicting will be one of the best in the Championship to date.
They haven't gone away you know.
After the draw for the Ulster Championship was made, ex-Donegal ace Martin McHugh said that if his former side were going to win the All-Ireland this year, then it would be easier for them to do it through the back door.
Donegal manager Rory Gallagher has warned his players to ensure that they have their shooting boots packed for Croke Park this evening.
Rory Gallagher rejected all suggestions that Donegal might have been tired from the three games it took to reach this final, pointing instead to the serious effort his players made in the second half that with a little more composure would have been enough to bring home another Anglo-Celt title, instead of conceding it to Monaghan.
Donegal quartet Paddy McGrath, Paul Durcan, Martin Reilly and Declan Walsh have long since absorbed the belief that the road to success can be particularly hard.
Donegal skipper Michael Murphy has received the perfect pre-Ulster Final boost with confirmation that he is the winner of the Ulster GAA Writers' Association June monthly merit award.
It was never going to be the kind of display that broke out in the sunshine and the heat of the Athletic Grounds, but in the end Donegal could lean on the ropes, pick their moments and rely on an experienced jab to keep Derry at bay.
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