Category: Old Donegal

Letterkenny Rugby Club are through to the Gordan West Cup Semi Final after they beat Strabane 36-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Tries from Ben Hopkins and Keenan Barett alongside two each from Jack Speer and Daniel Faulkner gave Letterkenny a big win.

In the All Ireland League Division 2c, City of Derry earned a 31 to 24 win over Bruff meanwhile Omagh were beaten 22-15 at home to Bangor.

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Donegal’s Under 20 made it back to back wins in the Leo Murphy Cup on Saturday afternoon with a 2-09 to 0-11 win over Roscommon.

Bobby McGettigan with both goals for Gary Duffy’s side.

Tom Comack reports for Highland Radio Sport…

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UCD earned their first point of the season on Friday night with a 0-0 draw at home to Finn Harps.

It was a close encounter with both sides creating only a couple of chances each.

After the game, Chris Ashmore spoke with former Finn Harps defender, Sam Todd…

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Derry’s Jamie McGonigle

Derry City earned a late victory over Premier Division champions Shamrock Rovers at the Ryan McBride Brandywell on Friday night.

A Will Patching penalty gave the hosts the lead on 51 minutes before Dylan Watts levelled the game up.

Jamie McGonigle then pounced on a mistake in the closing minutes of the game to seal the victory for the Candystripes.

After the game, Martin Holmes got the thoughts of the match winner Jamie McGonigle…

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Patrick McEleney also spoke with Martin Holmes…

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Letterkenny Rovers came from behind to beat Finn Harps U21’s in the Ulster Senior League on Friday night.

Harps took the lead on 65 when Jamie McDaid netted before Simon McGlynn levelled the tie up just four minutes later.

Dean McCarry then fired in the winner on 93 minutes to give Rovers all three points.

 

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There was a three-fold increase in confirmed cases of flu last week.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says 113 were recorded – compared to only 37 the previous week.

17 percent of last week’s cases were among hospital inpatients, and their median age was 65.

Donegal GP Ciarán Ó Fearraigh says the increase in cases is linked to Covid restrictions easing.

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The All-Ireland Football Championship is set for a revamp from next year after the green proposal received a strong backing at G-A-A Congress.

Almost 95 per cent of delegates voted in favour of a tiered All-Ireland Championship which will see the eight provincial finalists and the next best eight teams based on league standings compete for the Sam Maguire.

They’ll play in a round-robin series with four groups of four where the table toppers will progress directly to All-Ireland quarter-finals.

The 16 teams who don’t qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Championship will play in the second-tier Tailteann Cup.

While a motion to change the under-20 Championships to under-19 and minor to under-17 failed to reach the 60 per cent required for change.

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North West clubs learned their national competition opponents today as Cricket Ireland  announced the return of the Clear Currency Irish Senior Cup and Clear Currency National Cup after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
 

The Irish Senior Cup began in 1982 and is a 50-over competition for top-ranked clubs in their respective provincial unions. Pembroke Cricket Club was the champions from 2019 when they defeated Waringstown in a thrilling final at The Hills.

 

The National Cup began in 2012 and is a 40-over competition featuring the next tier of clubs across the five provincial unions. Railway Union was the champions from 2019 when they defeated Ardmore in an entertaining final at North County.

The fixtures for the first round have been determined as follows (home team listed first):

 

 

Clear Currency Irish Senior Cup – 1st Round

 

• Clontarf v CSNI

• YMCA v Bready

• Leinster v Eglinton

• Merrion v Coleraine

• Lisburn v Malahide

• Woodvale v Balbriggan

• North Down v Brigade

• Fox Lodge v The Hills

• Newbuildings v Carrickfergus

• Ardmore v Instonians

• Cork County v North Kildare

• Donemana v Cork Harlequins

 

The following clubs received first round byes: Pembroke, Waringstown, Phoenix, CIYMS

 

Irish Senior Cup Schedule

 

• Round 1: 21 May 2022 (reserve date 29 May)

• Round 2: 19 June 2022 (reserve date 26 June)

• Quarter-Finals: 17 July 2022 (reserve date 24 July)

• Semi-Finals: 31 July 2022 (reserve date 7 August)

• Final: 27 August 2022 (reserve date 7 September)

 

 

 

Clear Currency National Cup – 1st Round

 

• Rush v Saintfield

• Laois v St Johnston

• Knockharley v Midleton

• Cliftonville Academy v Terenure

• Cregagh v Killyclooney

• Derriaghy v Ballyhaunis

• Strabane v Civil Service

• Burndennett v North County

• Ballyspallen v Templepatrick

• Glendermott v Athlone

• Limerick v Wexford Wanderers

• County Kerry v Muckamore

• UCC v The Nedd

• Ballaghedreen v County Galway

 

The following clubs received first round byes: Railway Union, Bonds Glen

 

National Cup Schedule

 

• Round 1: 21 May 2022 (reserve date 29 May)

• Round 2: 19 June 2022 (reserve date 26 June)

• Quarter-Finals: 17 July 2022 (reserve date 24 July)

• Semi-Finals: 31 July 2022 (reserve date 7 August)

• Final: 28 August 2022 (reserve date 11 September)

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Finn Harps started their SSE Airtricity Premier Division campaign with a 0-0 draw away at UCD.

Ollie Horgan’s side created the better of the chances at Belfield but couldn’t manage to breach the students goal as both side earned themselves a point.

After the game, Finn Harps assistant manager Gavin Dykes told Chris Ashmore there are a lot of positives in the draw…

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The country’s newest airline is up and running in County Donegal this morning.

Emerald Airlines is starting flights today between Donegal and Dublin airports, with a contract for the route that will last for the next three years.

Junior Transport Minister Hildegarde Naughton says Emerald Airlines will be providing important options for passengers:

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