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Irish Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Donegal vs Kerry LIVE score updates from All-Ireland SFC final at Croke Park
The only certainty today is that the Sam Maguire Cup will be heading west at the conclusion of the All-Ireland Football Final between Donegal and Kerry. Will it be paraded around Letterkenny or Listowel in the coming weeks? Dungloe or Dingle? Killybegs or Killarney? Two passionate football counties at either end of the Wild Atlantic Way with one shared goal. Donegal are aiming to bring Sam to the Hills for only the third time in their history. The Kingdom of Kerry seek to rule again and plunder a 39th senior crown. Both managers know what it takes to lead their teams to the summit. This will be Jack O'Connor's eighth All-Ireland final as Kerry senior football manager and he'll be hoping to win a fifth title. Donegal have only been in four finals in their history and Jim McGuinness has been there for all four, in 1992 as a member of the panel and in 2012 as manager. While they lost the 2014 final to Kerry, McGuinness has led his side back to the decider in the second year of his second stint. He also managed to coax Michael Murphy out of retirement for the 2025 campaign. Today will be their 11th Championship outing in a campaign that began with a 10-point win over Derry in Ballybofey in April. Kerry have played one more game than they planned following their shock loss to Meath in the group stages, but they looked like a different team against Armagh and Tyrone and David Clifford appears to be a man on a mission to win a second Celtic Cross. How Jim McGuinness will set up his side to try and nullify the Fossa star is just one fascinating sub-plot to today's final. We'll have all the build-up and team news ahead of throw-in at 3.30pm.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
From Croker to the Hills: how one song defines Donegal GAA pride
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012. I'm freshly fifteen years old, and standing in the lower Davin stand. I'm with my older sister, and we're alone in a crowd of eighty thousand people. The final whistle was blown, but we couldn't hear it in the sound vacuum we had discovered in Croke Park. It was only when we saw a sea of green and gold raise their arms that we knew that Donegal had won the Sam Maguire for only the second time in the (at that time) 128-year history of the GAA. The overwhelming joy I felt was immediately replaced with anger; why the hell were they playing Hall of Fame by the Script, and not Las Vegas In The Hills Of Donegal by Goats Don't Shave when the match had finished? Watch, via RTÉ Archives: Goats Don't Shave perform Las Vegas In The Hills Of Donegal, circa 1991 Since the song's release in 1992, it's come to define the county, and what it means to those who live there. I can't remember the first time I ever heard the track, because it feels like I was born with the words in my mouth. Being a Rosses man (Rann na Feirste mother, Dungloe father; like a modern day Montague and Capulet), the Goats were the soundtrack to many a trip along the N56. Highland Radio on in the Honda Civic, Charlie Collins providing pre-match commentary, plain ham sandwiches in the tinfoil to be ate in Ballybofey when we arrived. And of course, we had no idea what a "chicken ranch" was. Listen: Goats Don't Shave frontman Pat Gallagher on Las Vegas In The Hills Of Donegal The more time that passes from the track's first play to now, the more incredulous I get at how the lyrics don't seem to age at all. Of course, not every cultural touchstone has remained; you'll be hard pressed to find someone in their twenties who has any idea of who Neil Blaney and Brigitte Nielson are. Donald Trump did find his "chunk to live in solitaire" in Ireland, but found it in Doonbeg, rather than Inishowen. But the general feeling of being from Donegal has not changed vastly in the past 30 years. "The Forgotten County" isn't a nickname that appears out of thin air. Lonely nights on the Atlantic coast can feel like where you are is "still a mystery" to the rest of the county, where even getting public transport seems like too much of an ask for some. It could be easy to feel ignored when issues like poor building regulations, road safety, and access to important public services don't feel prioritised. But why kick yourself when you're down? Why not embrace the positives of living in one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, with a rich cultural history and the friendliest communities in the country? One phrase that's been bandied about in regards to Jim McGuinness' Donegal team is a "siege mentality". They've built a wall around Donegal, and are embracing the riches within. Of the 2012 team, only Paddy McBrearty and Michael Murphy remain in the squad, with the Glenswilly man returning in a fashion not unlike another successful Michael. It's not only the squad that have a hunger for Sam to return to the hills - there's over 160,000 people supporting their every move. Eventually, Goats Don't Shave played over the speakers in 2012 - I hope I hear it again this Sunday.
Irish Times
4 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Rare sighting of humpback whale in Donegal Bay caught on camera
Locals in Dungloe have nicknamed a local abandoned housing estate as "the Titanic", as it has been sinking since being completed in 2007. Video: Joe Dunne
Irish Times
5 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Cyprus wildfires: 'We'll no longer have this paradise'
Locals in Dungloe have nicknamed a local abandoned housing estate as "the Titanic", as it has been sinking since being completed in 2007. Video: Joe Dunne
Irish Times
7 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Trump accuses Obama of 'treason' and 'trying to lead a coup'
Locals in Dungloe have nicknamed a local abandoned housing estate as "the Titanic", as it has been sinking since being completed in 2007. Video: Joe Dunne
