donegal

14 min read 2022-12-03 18:06:27

When Donegal had trains! – The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company

The Lough Swilly railway By John Joe McGinley The first railway in Ireland was planned in 1826 as a link between Limerick and Waterford. However,

10 min read 2022-08-02 20:19:51

Arthur Kingsley Porter By John Joe McGinley This is the story of a Yale educated Professor of art, Arthur Kingsley Porter an archaeologist, art

6 min read 2022-07-08 22:32:14

Seamus O’Rourke (left) and Jim O’Carroll (right) pictured during their recent reunion. The 65th anniversary of a dramatic rescue involving a

1 min read 2022-04-17 00:25:48

Photo: Mayo GAA After last weekend’s opening round shellacking by Kildare, Mayo’s hurlers travelled to Aughrim more in hope than in confidence

1 min read 2022-03-21 04:32:00

The two matches the county was involved in today ended, sadly, in defeat. Starting with the camogie, the Mayo Minors this afternoon contested the

4 min read 2022-03-19 17:55:41

We’re back in National League action this evening, this time up in Healy Park where we take on All-Ireland champions Tyrone. Throw-in at Omagh is

1 min read 2022-03-19 03:09:10

The match day panel for Mayo’s NHL Division 2B clash with Donegal at James Stephens Park on Sunday (throw-in 1pm) was named a bit earlier today.

1 min read 2022-03-15 05:02:00

Photo: Mayo Camogie Right, time to box away the cold and the wet and the wind and the loss to Kerry last weekend and shift the focus instead to

2 min read 2022-03-07 02:04:13

Photo: Ladies Football (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile) Just the two Mayo matches today, with a win for the women footballers, while the hurlers lost

1 min read 2022-03-04 05:42:16

We’ve named our team to play Donegal in Round 3 of the LGFA’s NFL Division 1A on Sunday. The match takes place at the Connacht Centre of

2 min read 2022-03-03 03:54:45

The lads aren’t in action this weekend but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Mayo teams to follow this Saturday and Sunday. There are – three

2 min read 2022-02-06 02:02:30

It’s been another podcast-filled week for our club members on Patreon and, for those of you who haven’t taken the plunge yet, it’s worth

18 min read 2022-02-02 01:08:46

Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll. By John Joe McGinley One of the most notorious Irish gangsters of the prohibition era was Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll. A

2 min read 2022-02-01 04:11:11

Photo: The Irish Sun (Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile) TG4 had already selected Donegal’s Michael Langan as their Man of the Match before the final

1 min read 2022-01-31 15:29:01

The football’s back and so too are the match reports. Here’s a quick gallop through the online coverage of our dramatic draw with Donegal