Keadue Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Keadue, County Donegal, currently playing in the Premier Division in the Donegal Junior League. Founded in 1896, Keadue played their home games at Central Park. Nicknamed "The Gulls", Keadue are the most successful club in the history of the Donegal Junior League. The club's most famous past player is Packie Bonner, who signed for Celtic at the age of 17 from Keadue Rovers. Other famous sons to don the clubs famous candy stripes were Dennis Bonner Galway United, Tony Boyle, All Ireland winner with Donegal in 1992, Adrian Hanlon, All Ireland winner in 2012, Adrian Sweeney, Martin Ferry (formerly of Ayr United and Limavady United), Lee Boyle (formerly of Aston Villa) and Mark Forker (formerly of Hearts and Finn Harps), Carl McHugh who played for Bradford City in the 2013 English League Cup Final. Other names synonymous with the club are its most successful manager, Manus McCole, and groundskeeper, Anthony "Dutch" Doherty. The club celebrated its centenary in 1996 with Celtic playing a game at Central Park. In 2021 Keadue played the first game on their new pitch adjacent to the old pitch in Central Park. The new pitch is among the finest in the country. In August 2023 the club started work on an extension to the club house to facilitate the rapidly growing number of players at the club.
Patrick Joseph Bonner is an Irish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper and spent his entire senior career at Celtic. He earned 80 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team after making his debut on his 21st birthday. He is remembered for his penalty save from Daniel Timofte of Romania at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy during the knockout stage. Commonly known as Pat or Packie, he also played Gaelic football for his native Donegal county team.
The Donegal County Board or Donegal GAA is one of 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Donegal.
Fanad United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Fanad in the north of County Donegal. Their senior men's team currently plays in the Donegal Junior League. In 1986–87 they were both founding members and inaugural champions of the Ulster Senior League. They remain the USL's most successful club, having won fourteen titles. They also field teams in both the Donegal Youth League and the Donegal Women's League. They have previously fielded teams in both the A Championship and the League of Ireland U19 Division. They have also played in the FAI Cup, the League of Ireland Cup and the FAI Intermediate Cup. They have won the latter competition on two occasions, in 1987–88 and 1994–95. In September 2020 the club made the decision to Leave the USL and Intermediate Football and return to Junior Football in the Donegal League.
Buncrana Hearts F.C. is an association football club based in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, that play in the Inishowen Football League. They play in Castle Park in Buncrana. The club was founded in 1961.
CLG Ghaoth Dobhair is a GAA club based in the parish of Gaoth Dobhair in northwest County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. They are one of the strongholds of Gaelic football in County Donegal.
Tommy Ryan(born 1967) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer.
The Inishowen Football League (IOFL) is an amateur league for football clubs in the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. There are three divisions, with a promotion-and-relegation system in operation. This three-division setup, introduced in 2016, replaced a structure that had been in place for twenty years.
CLG na Cealla Beaga is a GAA club based in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland.
Martin McHugh is a former Gaelic footballer, manager and media pundit. He is a native of Kilcar, County Donegal.
Tony Boyle is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for An Clochán Liath and Donegal.
Declan Bonner is an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager. He played at senior level for the Donegal county team, winning an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title in 1992. He later managed the Donegal county team for two spells between 1997 and 2000 and 2017 and 2022, winning two Ulster Senior Football Championship titles during the latter, while playing as goalkeeper for Na Rossa.
Matt Gallagher is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Aodh Ruadh and, later, Naomh Bríd, as well as the Donegal county team. For many years he was Donegal's most capped player until Brian Roper broke his record.
Kevin Rafferty is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Eunan's and, also formerly, for the Donegal county team.
CLG Ard an Rátha is a GAA club based in Ardara in County Donegal. The Ard an Rátha in the club's title is the place name in Irish, while CLG refers to "GAA". They are one of the strongholds of Gaelic football in Donegal.
Keadue is a townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, on the R259 road on the Wild Atlantic Way, about halfway between the fishing villages of Burtonport and Kincasslagh on the Atlantic coast.
Mark Anthony McGinley is an Irish sportsperson. He has played Gaelic football as a goalkeeper for St Michael's and was formerly number one keeper with his county team, Donegal. McGinley has also been involved in the sport of association football and currently plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division with Finn Harps. He is from Ards, County Donegal.
St Catherine's Football Club is an association football club based in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland.
The Donegal county football team represents Donegal in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Donegal GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
The Donegal Intermediate Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA.
Glencar is a district located to the north of Letterkenny, County Donegal, in the parish of Conwal and Leck, Ireland.
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