Donegal GAA

National Football League permutations: Who can make league finals and who can be relegated?

Five teams in contention to make Division One final while four remain in danger of relegation

Tyrone claim important points as Donegal ring the changes

Jim McGuinness keeps focus on championship preparations while Red Hand still battling to secure their Division One status

Jim McGuinness: ‘We will not be thinking about the league final. We will be thinking about what’s best for us'

As the leagues come to the decisive weeks, teams start to consider whether it’s worth their while trying to win silverware

Grandstand finish by Donegal saves tired display and leaves Derry in major relegation trouble

Michael Murphy’s second-half performance provides spark for Jim McGuinness’s side

Gaelic football previews: Expect feistiness as Armagh host Dublin

The bad news for Mayo is new rules seem to play to Kerry and David Clifford’s strengths

Seán Kelly’s two-pointer tally helps Galway breeze past Donegal in Salthill

Tribesmen had Matthew Tierney sent off just before the break but led by 16 points at half-time

GAA Sunday as it happened: David Clifford bagged a hat-trick as Kerry beat Tyrone

Follow all the action in the hurling and football leagues

Weekend Gaelic football previews: Galway and Donegal ready to rumble

Two unbeaten teams collide in a rematch of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final

Return of the magical Michael Murphy bodes well for Donegal

‘If Sunday felt like a dream, you’d forgive any Donegal person for indulging in a bit more dreaming of what 2025 could hold'

Aidan Forker set for two-game suspension after red card for headbutt on Michael Murphy

Armagh captain was sent off for incident during which Forker shoved head at Donegal player’s chest

Michael Murphy makes impactful return for Donegal in win over Armagh

All-Ireland champions reduced to 14 early in second half after straight red for captain Aidan Forker

GAA weekend previews: Kerry seek to lay down a marker against Dublin in Tralee

UL look primed to deny DCU a third-level double in hurling decider

Five things we learned from the weekend: GAA can’t afford to stick their head in sand on disciplinary issues

Not all managers will step up like John Kiely; Michael Coleman’s ‘profound effect’ on Galway GAA; football’s new kickout lottery

Donegal weather Kerry storm to earn Division 1 win in Killarney

Jack O’Connor: ‘It was obvious that Donegal were a fair bit ahead of us’

Dublin leave Donegal battered and bruised as injuries pile up for Dessie Farrell

NFL Division One: Donegal keep Michael Murphy in reserve but still have enough to beat the Dubs in Ballybofey

Dublin braced for tough test at fortress Ballybofey

Since their breakthrough All-Ireland win in 2011 Dublin have failed to win in Donegal

NFL Division One: Tyrone could shine as elite counties get to grips with new rules

Dublin and Armagh could struggle in what promises to be an evenly matched league

Ciarán Murphy: Let’s not lose faith now in the need to reboot our game

A couple of good games last weekend in no way undermines the work of the Football Review Committee

No sporting comeback is entirely risk-free, but always worth the gamble

Donegal’s decorated Michael Murphy the latest sporting talisman to roll the dice a successful return

Michael Murphy ends intercounty retirement to rejoin Donegal footballers

All-Ireland winning captain announced his intercounty retirement in November 2022

Ulster SFC: Ben McDonnell has the last say as Errigal Ciarán march on

Midfielder scores three late points as Tyrone champions get past Donegal’s St Eunan’s in Omagh

St Eunan’s late scoring burst sees them over the line against Dungloe

The Donegal final ended in heartbreak for the underdogs, who were chasing a first title since 1958

Gaelic football year in review: Armagh the biggest surprise in a season of upsets

The best players, games and moments along with the biggest surprises and disappointments, as chosen by Irish Times writers

Tactical analysis: How Armagh gained the edge over Kerry

Kieran McGeeney’s side showed some real innovation in attack, while Galway’s defensive shape caused problems for Donegal’s shooters

Michael Murphy: Kerry need to find a better way of managing David Clifford

Donegal will see their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Galway as a lost opportunity

Tougher road to final meant Armagh and Galway were that bit more battle-hardened

Perhaps surprisingly, both Donegal and Kerry found the pace too hot during the crucial final period of their respective semi-finals

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Galway and Armagh’s clean sheet record gives them vital edge

The finalists know how to shut up shop; Kerry have an issue with Ulster teams; Donaghy’s split loyalties; and the value of supporters

Galway kick on to make the All-Ireland final as Donegal run out of steam

‘The batteries ran a wee bit lower,’ says Jim McGuinness as Donegal miss out on their chance to face Armagh in the All-Ireland final in two weeks’ time

Paul Conroy was the hinge for Galway, and not one of his passes failed to find its man

The Galway player’s longevity and resilience have been extraordinary, and it is 17 years since he captained the Galway minors to win the All-Ireland

Joyce believes Galway got over the line as they were more battled-hardened

Donegal manager feels his team ran out of steam in the final stretch

Galway outlast Donegal to seal final place after epic contest

Connacht champions Galway hold out fast-moving opposition and finish strongly to reach All-Ireland where they will play Armagh

FT Galway 1-14 Donegal 0-15: All-Ireland semi-final as it happened

Follow all the action as both teams look to book a place in the final to play Armagh

Jim McGuinness and Pádraic Joyce have a history of shared success, but only one of them can win this weekend

McGuinness and Joyce know each other well. As Donegal and Galway face off this weekend, their time playing together in Tralee must be consigned to the past

Malachy Clerkin: All four teams know there is an All-Ireland on offer, if they can reach out and grab it

Everybody was wrong about the football championshiop being a three-horse race. The upshot is that each of the semi-finalists are legitimate contenders for Sam Maguire

Dean Rock: Donegal’s hard work and territory game will cause a predicament for Galway

Donegal defenders will go up the field at every chance they get and pose a dilemma for Galway’s forwards – stick or twist?

Donaghy and Armagh benefit from blurring GAA’s unwritten rules; and they’re not the only ones

The unreasonable men involved in this weekend’s All-Ireland semi-finals welcome external help

Darragh Ó Sé: No team is thinking about bonus territory but I still think it will be a Kerry v Galway final

It’s hard to remember a time when the semi-final teams were managed by such big characters as these four

All-Ireland football semi-finals: Throw-in times, TV details, ticket and team news

Everything you need to know ahead of Armagh v Kerry and Donegal v Galway, and the Tailteann Cup final

Michael Murphy: Football semi-finalists prioritise not losing, but hurling semi-finalists went out to win

Contrast between the two weekends will be stark but the race for Sam Maguire is remarkably open

Michael Murphy: Galway’s direct action leaves four semi-finalists trying to resolve vulnerabilities

Michael Murphy: The four counties still standing won’t have to cope with Dublin’s ruthless box-ticking but they all still have their own issues to address

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