Deaglan BuntingRECENT events sparked a discussion among friends regarding the soccer vs GAA debate? Can you play both at a high level? Is it disloyal to your club to be playing and making a few quid at...
Johnny FoleyMANY Irish kids will have had some sort of GAA involvement as a part of their upbringing. Growing up in Letterkenny, I was no different. After all, people around my age would’ve started playing in the...
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THE recent release of the much-anticipated NI census figures caused quite a stir. Unsurprisingly, headlines across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland produced a furore focused on the fact that Catholics...
Johnny FoleyI RECENTLY took a wander down memory lane and discussed with you what it was like growing up in the Gortlee area of the town back in the 1990s. It rekindled memories of neighbourhood games, playing...
President Michael D HigginsAR AN gcéad dul síos is mian liom traoisliú leis na hEalaióntoírí. Tragóideach a bhí ár gCoga Catharga, agus a dtorthaí, ní h’amháin d’íadsa a bhí go díreach i gceist ach a gclainn agus...
Johnny FoleyUSUALLY when books are written with a rural Donegal setting, they tend to generally fill up with the usual tropes—a thatched cottage, the straw roof with a donkey and cart thrown in somewhere along the way....
ALL-Ireland GAA finals are the centrepiece events for people across the 32 counties and among the Irish diaspora. A packed Croke Park awaiting the summer’s best hurling or football teams are the pinnacle moments in our sporting...
Ciara Gallagher-MurphyTHE Mary from Dungloe International Festival 2022 was one of the best experiences of my life so far. I remember when I was younger looking up to all the Marys when I was over in Dungloe...
DAVID Clifford, Gearóid Hegarty, TJ Reid and Shane Walsh. Who had better individual performance? Does it carry more weight if you are on the winning team? Does that matter?With the conclusion of the inter-county season peaking with...
Johnny FoleyHAVING spent the last eight months doing a daily commute from Letterkenny to Carrick—a journey that takes approximately 90-minutes to and fro—I have to confess that my morning mood of frustration before setting out each day...