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Amy Boyle-Carr joins ever-growing Donegal contingent in Ireland senior squad 6 years ago

Amy Boyle-Carr joins ever-growing Donegal contingent in Ireland senior squad

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The Glenties woman has been named in a panel for a friendly double header against Portugal in January.

Boyle-Carr joins Amber Barrett, Roma McLaughlin and Tyler Toland in …
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Nakita Burke: Letterkenny athlete’s green dream after a golden run 6 years ago

Nakita Burke: Letterkenny athlete’s green dream after a golden run

When Nakita Burke first laced up her runners to start into the local 5k circuit – seven or eight years ago, she ventures – running was little more than a pastime. Read More

Amber earns a hat-trick of soccer awards 6 years ago

Amber earns a hat-trick of soccer awards

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Amber Barrett was the star of the Continental Tyres Women’s National League awards as she scooped the Player of the Year and Golden Boot honours.

Barrett, a …
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Letterkenny Olympian is the fifth woman across finish line at Dublin Marathon 6 years ago

Letterkenny Olympian is the fifth woman across finish line at Dublin Marathon

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Letterkenny Olympian Caitriona Jennings put on a fantastic performance at today’s SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon.

Caitriona finished fifth in the women’s category, crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 42 …
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‘A woman I can barely remember, but a mother I’ll never forget’ 6 years ago

‘A woman I can barely remember, but a mother I’ll never forget’

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Agnes Given died of lung cancer in 1981.

Shay Given was just four years of age and the fifth of six children under 11 at the time.

The former Republic …
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Donegal athletes secure silver at Road Relay Championships 6 years ago

Donegal athletes secure silver at Road Relay Championships

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A record total of 179 teams took part at the Championships which were hosted by Orangegrove AC at Victoria Park in Belfast.

Maria Ní Mhaolagáin, Noeleen Scanlan and Nakita Burke …
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Teen rugby talent Mya retains Ulster place for crucial game 6 years ago

Teen rugby talent Mya retains Ulster place for crucial game

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Letterkenny Rugby Club’s Mya Alcorn has been named on the Ulster Under-18 side for a big game against Munster this weekend in the deciding games of the Women’s Under-18 Inter-Provincial …
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Five Donegal Ladies make the 2017 All-Star shortlist 6 years ago

Five Donegal Ladies make the 2017 All-Star shortlist

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It was announced this week that Glenfin duo Karen Guthrie and Yvonne McMonagle, Moville sisters Niamh and Ciara Hegarty and Termon sharpshooter Geraldine McLaughlin are included among the Ladies All-Star …
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Nevermind couch to 5k… why not try 555k! 6 years ago

Nevermind couch to 5k… why not try 555k!

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Arthur McMahon, Team Donegal’s founder, recently held an open evening to encourage and inspire local women to join an 8 person ladies only team for Team Donegal Oil and take …
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Ciana kicks tonsil terrors aside for Women’s Cup Final 7 years ago

Ciana kicks tonsil terrors aside for Women’s Cup Final

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Brogan had her tonsils removed recently but last Tuesday, upon her return to Loreto Secondary School in Letterkenny, Brogan had to be rushed to hospital for surgery.

“I was sitting …
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Nora Stapleton: A decade in rugby and a half-century in the Irish green 7 years ago

Nora Stapleton: A decade in rugby and a half-century in the Irish green

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Stapleton retired from international rugby this week after winning 50 Irish caps and making a decade of memories in the green.

The Fahan woman was working with Bank of Ireland …
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Donegal schoolgirl to lead Liverpool out for top Premier League game! 7 years ago

Donegal schoolgirl to lead Liverpool out for top Premier League game!

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The ten-year-old from Raphoe will lead out Liverpool for the big Premier League game at Anfield.

Cara, who plays for Raphoe Town Under-10s and Under-12s, also plays for Raphoe Hockey …
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It was a ‘sweet 16’ as soccer ace Tyler Toland makes history at Galway Cup 7 years ago

It was a ‘sweet 16’ as soccer ace Tyler Toland makes history at Galway Cup

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Toland – who celebrated her 16th birthday on Tuesday – was the only female playing at the prestigious Galway Cup this week.

But the gifted midfielder took the tournament by …
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Despair motivates woman to take on extreme Donegal challenge 7 years ago

Despair motivates woman to take on extreme Donegal challenge

Tara McCormack, aged 27, is setting out to conquer her 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th marathon in four days next week. However, the student nurse from Dublin will be conquering …
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Letterkenny woman shows her dedication, plays through pain barrier for Irish Banshees! 7 years ago

Letterkenny woman shows her dedication, plays through pain barrier for Irish Banshees!

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After embarking on the trip Down Under with The Irish Banshees, the teak tough Leona Russell wasn’t going to allow the small matter of a dislocated finger stop her from …
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Donegal duo named in Irish team to face Australia at Women’s Rugby World Cup 7 years ago

Donegal duo named in Irish team to face Australia at Women’s Rugby World Cup

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Tournament hosts Ireland host Australia at the UCD Bowl.

Donegal duo Stapleton and Muldoon, who have 86 caps between them, will lead an exciting back-line.

Stapleton hails from Fahan while …
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Donegal women called to Irish squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup 7 years ago

Donegal women called to Irish squad for Women’s Rugby World Cup

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Fahan native Stapleton and Cappry’s Muldoon have been regulars on the Irish selection in recent seasons and have made the cut for the 28-strong squad, confirmed today by Head Coach …
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Whatever you’re able to do, there’s going to be something for you at this Sports Day 7 years ago

Whatever you’re able to do, there’s going to be something for you at this Sports Day

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The No Barriers Sports Day and Fun Walk in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny on 15th July 2017 gives everyone a chance to take part in some activities – irrespective …
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GAA camp for girls aims to produce future county stars 7 years ago

GAA camp for girls aims to produce future county stars

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Aoife McDonnell and Yvonne McMonagle were part of the side which landed a second Ulster title in three years for the county last weekend.

The duo will be joined by …
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McLaughlin magic drives Donegal ladies to Ulster title 7 years ago

McLaughlin magic drives Donegal ladies to Ulster title

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Donegal 4-11 Monaghan 0-15

Geraldine McLaughlin (pictured above by Geraldine Diver) played a skipper’s role with 2-6, while her sidekick Yvonne McMonagle was also in superbly creative form. Roisin Friel’s goal set Donegal …
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Donegal boxers in Sofia for European Championships 7 years ago

Donegal boxers in Sofia for European Championships

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Carndonagh lightweight Clarke and Illies Golden Gloves featherweight McDaid are competing in Bulgaria.

Clarke competes in the youth competition at 57kgs with McDaid in the junior ranks at 54kgs.

Clarke …
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New Mexico-bound Arlene Crossan leads the way for Donegal’s golden girls 7 years ago

New Mexico-bound Arlene Crossan leads the way for Donegal’s golden girls

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Crossan has turned her season around in some style in the last week.

Having had a frustrating time at the recent Schools’ Championships, Crossan is back on form again.

Last …
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Donegal Women’s League squads enjoy fine Gaynor Cup weekends 7 years ago

Donegal Women’s League squads enjoy fine Gaynor Cup weekends

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Both sides lost just one game in what was a superb four days of action on the UL campus.

Shannon Cunningham and Caoimhe Heron scored the Donegal Under-14s’ goals in …
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Julianne Herrity is named ‘Woman of the Year’ from her soccer career in America 7 years ago

Julianne Herrity is named ‘Woman of the Year’ from her soccer career in America

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Herrity has since returned home and the midfielder is playing with Sion Swifts in Northern Ireland.

The 27-year-old from Kiltoy in Letterkenny has just returned from two years at Carson-Newman …
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Team Tri Quads become first women’s team to complete Donegal Ultra race! 7 years ago

Team Tri Quads become first women’s team to complete Donegal Ultra race!

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Their team, Team Tri Quads, won the ladies’ section overall, and are the first ladies’ team to complete the enormous 555km cycle around Donegal’s rugged coastline.

Speaking to Donegal Woman, …
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Roma McLaughlin named in Irish panel for Scotland friendly 7 years ago

Roma McLaughlin named in Irish panel for Scotland friendly

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The game takes place at Stark Park, the home of Raith Rovers and will be the final game before the 2019 World Cup qualifying campaign begins in September.

Colin Bell, …
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Girl power: Boyle sisters to be only all-female crew in Donegal Rally 7 years ago

Girl power: Boyle sisters to be only all-female crew in Donegal Rally

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Rallying is nothing new in the Boyle household. Their father, Martin, and their uncles, Liam and John, are well-known around the rallying circuits of Donegal and beyond.

On Friday morning, …
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Radiologist Grania zooms in on an ultra fitness challenge 7 years ago

Radiologist Grania zooms in on an ultra fitness challenge

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Grania MacGinty a Radiologist at Letterkenny General Hospital and a busy mum, didn’t get much time to do exercise outside her working hours and looking after her family, that was …
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Listen: Karen Guthrie’s emotion said it all as Donegal ladies reach Ulster final 7 years ago

Listen: Karen Guthrie’s emotion said it all as Donegal ladies reach Ulster final

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The Donegal ladies came from eleven points down after a first half in which they failed to score to topple Armagh and reach the Ulster final.

“Absolutely crazy,” Guthrie, her …
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Gender-based terms such as “playing like a girl” may soon be banned in rugby 7 years ago

Gender-based terms such as “playing like a girl” may soon be banned in rugby

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The Victorian Rugby Union is piloting a new programme, ‘Quilt’, designed to empower women on and off the pitch by stamping out gender-based discrimination and promoting gender equality.

The organisation …
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Reverend Alison runs a successful campaign for church hall 7 years ago

Reverend Alison runs a successful campaign for church hall

Donegal Methodist Minister Rev. Alison Gallagher made two great achievements when she completed the Walled City Marathon in Derry on Saturday.

Rev. Gallagher took on the marathon challenge to raise funds …
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Super run sees Ann-Marie McGlynn win Vhi Women’s Mini-Marathon in Dublin 7 years ago

Super run sees Ann-Marie McGlynn win Vhi Women’s Mini-Marathon in Dublin

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McGlynn, a native of Offaly, who previously competed for Lifford AC, came home in the 10k event an impressive time of 33 minutes and 55 seconds.

Runners, joggers and walkers …
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Donegal girls kick out at barriers in sport 7 years ago

Donegal girls kick out at barriers in sport

Young girls of Donegal have said that girls aren’t praised, supported or encouraged enough when it comes to sports, but the importance of girls in sport must not be underestimated, …
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Donegal mum is having a go at an Ultra Race… and she’s only been cycling a year! 7 years ago

Donegal mum is having a go at an Ultra Race… and she’s only been cycling a year!

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Sheral Hetherington, aged 44, has always been interested in keeping fit, but the challenge she is about to take on could be compared to a mid-life crisis.

On Friday June …
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Future soccer starlets are off to entertain at the Aviva 7 years ago

Future soccer starlets are off to entertain at the Aviva

The event kicks off at 11.30am in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, where 26 schools are competing in six sections.

Woodland NS, hailed as the ‘Woodlands Wonder Women’ by their coach Michael O’ …
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Mary McAteer: The ‘First Lady’ of Donegal soccer 7 years ago

Mary McAteer: The ‘First Lady’ of Donegal soccer

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There were times when Mary McAteer was the very definition of a one-woman club in Rathmullan.

The White Heart Bar in the seaside village was Rathmullan Celtic’s administrative office, changing …
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Dedicated U13 ladies face back-to-back battles this weekend 7 years ago

Dedicated U13 ladies face back-to-back battles this weekend

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The U13s is a new competition open to the province.

After a first-game loss to Antrim, the girls knew they had to win every other game to guarantee a …
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Tyler Toland is off to Czech Republic with Irish U17s for European Championships 7 years ago

Tyler Toland is off to Czech Republic with Irish U17s for European Championships

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The St Johnston woman, a midfielder with Maiden City, has become a key part of the Dave Bell-managed Irish squad.

Ireland will face England, Norway and the Netherlands next week …
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Letterkenny AC senior women swap bronze medals for silver! 7 years ago

Letterkenny AC senior women swap bronze medals for silver!

Athletes Nakita Burke, Annmarie McGlynn and Noeleen Scanlan finished third in their event at the highly prestigious Irish Life Health National Road Relay Championships in Raheny, Dublin on Sunday.

However, in an unprecedented turn …
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Donegal girls to rediscover the fun of fitness at new roadshow 7 years ago

Donegal girls to rediscover the fun of fitness at new roadshow

The Donegal Youth Council will launch their Sports Recognition for Girls Roadshow in the Aura Leisure Centre, Letterkenny on Wednesday 26th April.

The Roadshow will continue throughout the month …
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Letterkenny women break records at National Road Relays 7 years ago

Letterkenny women break records at National Road Relays

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The experienced combination of Irene McFadden, Ann Marie McGlynn and Monica McGranaghan took gold for Letterkenny Athletic Club at the highly prestigous Irish Life Health National Road Relay Championships in …
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Donegal ladies reach Division 1 final after emphatic win over Galway 7 years ago

Donegal ladies reach Division 1 final after emphatic win over Galway

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Donegal 5-11 Galway 1-7

By Jackie Cahill at Markievicz Park, Sligo

McLaughlin scored an incredible 4-4 and McMonagle added 1-4 as Donegal, Division 2 champions last year, qualified for their …
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Raphoe Town’s schoolgirls on a mission to find equality in Donegal soccer 7 years ago

Raphoe Town’s schoolgirls on a mission to find equality in Donegal soccer

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Ella McCarron, Áine O’Flanagan and Hannah McCarron play for Raphoe Town’s Under-10s in the East Donegal Schoolboys League, but the trio have led calls for the league to be re-named …
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Picture special: North West Women’s Super League is launched 7 years ago

Picture special: North West Women’s Super League is launched

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The North West Women’s Super League is a coming together of what had been the Donegal Women’s League and the Inishowen Ladies League.

It is the first amalgamation between the …
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Success for Mulroy Under-12s at Easter Tournament in Kilkenny 7 years ago

Success for Mulroy Under-12s at Easter Tournament in Kilkenny

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It was their first time to take part in the tournament, run by the Kilkenny Woman’s Football Club.

Mulroy topped their group, winning six out of six in the group …
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‘Exciting venture’ for women’s soccer with launch of North-West Women’s Super League 7 years ago

‘Exciting venture’ for women’s soccer with launch of North-West Women’s Super League

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Details of the new League, an amalgamation of the Donegal Women’s League and the Inishowen Ladies League, will be unveiled at a press conference on Easter Monday evening at the …
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New Donegal Women’s League season starts this week 7 years ago

New Donegal Women’s League season starts this week

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The first teams to kick off in 2017 will be the Under-14s. The first round of games in the Under-14 Terry Leyden League are pencilled in to take place on …
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Pictures: Rundonegal Women’s 5K brings pink power to the Finn Valley 7 years ago

Pictures: Rundonegal Women’s 5K brings pink power to the Finn Valley

The RunDonegal Women’s 5K aimed to raise vital funds for the Brid Carr Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

The Brid Carr Ovarian Cancer Research Fund was established in honour of Glencolmcille …
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Aoife brings home gold after impressive shot put win! 7 years ago

Aoife brings home gold after impressive shot put win!

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Cranford Athletic Club’s Aoife Giles won gold in the U14 girl’s shot put at the National Indoor Track and Field Championships in Athlone.

Hundreds of athletes from around Ireland traveled …
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Boxers Labhaoise Clarke and Chloe McDaid in Irish finals this week 7 years ago

Boxers Labhaoise Clarke and Chloe McDaid in Irish finals this week

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Carndonagh ABC’s Clarke, who celebrated her 18th birthday this week, is aiming for a tenth Irish title, while Little Miss Dynamite McDaid, from the Illies Golden Gloves, goes to win …
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