Donegal v Louth live updates from the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final

Irish Daily Mirror

4 hours ago

Donegal and Louth clash in the last of this weekend's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship preliminary quarter-finals.
Following the earlier meeting of Down and Galway, Donegal host the Wee County in Ballybofey, with throw-in scheduled for 4pm. The match is only being shown live on GAA+.
The winners of this clash will join Dublin, Kerry and the winners of Down v Galway in Monday's quarter-final draw, along with Meath, Tyrone, Monaghan and Armagh.
Here are the teams:
Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan; Ryan McHugh, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Ciaran Moore; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Daire O Baoill, Ciaran Thompson, Shane O'Donnell; Conor O'Donnell; Michael Murphy, Oisin Gallen.
Subs: Gavin Mulreany, Stephen McMenamin, Odhran McFadden Ferry, Mark Curran, Odhran Doherty, Aaron Doherty, Patrick McBrearty, Jamie Brennan, Eoin McHugh, Caolan McColgan, Jason McGee.
Louth: Niall McDonnell; Daire Nally, Dermot Campbell, Donal McKenny; Emmet Carolan, Peter Lynch, Craig Lennon; Tommy Durnin, Dara McDonnell; Conal McKeever, Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes; Ciaran Keenan, Sam Mulroy, Ryan Burns.
Subs: Tiernan Markey, Liam Jackson, Anthony Williams, Sean Callaghan, Kieran McArdle, Ciaran Byrne, Dan Corcoran, Conor Branigan, Ryan Walsh, Daire McConnon, Paul Matthews.
In the other preliminary quarter-final, Down are on the comeback and trail 1-20 to 1-17 after being 10 points behind at the break. There are 14 minutes to go.
Good afternoon and welcome to our live blog for this All-Ireland Senior Football Championship preliminary quarter-final clash between Donegal and Louth.
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Louth have found it challenging to regain their momentum following their remarkable Leinster Championship victory over Meath, suffering losses to Monaghan and Down. However, they did manage to secure a win against Clare last weekend.
Donegal are having difficulties in the forward line, with Michael Murphy being the exception. Nonetheless, young talents Finbarr Roarty and Ciaran Moore are providing them with great energy.
We'll keep you up to date with all the action from Ballybofey right here throughout the afternoon.
There's just over an hour to go until throw-in.