2015 Donegal season

The 2015 Donegal season was the franchise's 111th season since the County Board's foundation in 1905. The team entered the season, having reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1]

Rory Gallagher was in his first season as the team's manager. He was ratified on 31 October 2014.[2] Ahead of the season Rory Kavanagh announced his retirement, another veteran of the 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, Dermot Molloy, also departed, while Mark McHugh returned.[3][4][5]

Schedule

National League

Donegal advanced to the Division 1 semi-finals.

2015 Division 1 table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A D Pts Notes
2 Dublin 7 4 1 2 7–93 2–78 30 9 Advanced to NFL semi-finals
3 Monaghan 7 4 0 3 4-86 7–84 -7 8
4 Donegal 7 3 1 3 6–75 5–70 8 7
5 Mayo 7 3 1 3 8–79 7–79 3 7
6 Kerry 7 3 1 3 6–88 9-90 -11 7

1Donegal, Mayo and Kerry are ranked by points difference.

31 January 2015
Round 1
Donegal 1-15 - 0-12 Derry
Report

7 February 2015
Round 2
Donegal 2-10 - 0-11 Dublin
Report

1 March 2015
Round 3
Donegal 0-12 - 1-08 Cork
Report

8 March 2015
Round 4
Donegal 1-04 - 0-09 Monaghan
Report
O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny
Referee: P. Hughes (Armagh)

15 March 2015
Round 5
Kerry 2-13 - 2-11 Donegal
Report
Tralee
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)

29 March 2015
Round 6
Donegal 1-13 - 0-06 Tyrone
Report

5 April 2015
Round 7
Mayo 0-12 - 1-09 Donegal
Report

Attendance: 12,304
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

12 April 2015
Semi-final
Cork 4-11 - 0-19 Donegal
Report
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)

Ulster Championship

Donegal advanced to their fifth consecutive Ulster final.

17 May 2015
16:00
Preliminary round
Donegal 1-13 - 1-10 Tyrone
M McElhinney (1-2); M Murphy (0-3, 2 frees, 1 45); C Toye, C McFadden, P McBrearty (0-2 each); F McGlynn, K Lacey (0-1 each). Report S Cavanagh (0-4, 3 frees); D McCurry (1-0); C McAliskey (0-3); Justin McMahon, M Donnelly, R McNamee (0-1 each).
MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Attendance: 17,435
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

14 June 2015
14:00
Quarter-final
Armagh 0-08 - 2-11 Donegal
T Kernan 0-3 (1f), J Morgan, C McKeever, E Rafferty (f), A Findon, C Rafferty all 0-1 each. Report M Murphy 0-5 (5fs), P McBrearty 1-1, M O'Reilly 1-0, O MacNiallais 0-2, N Gallagher, M McElhinney, N Gallagher 0-1 each.
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Attendance: 18,186
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

27 June 2015
19:00
Semi-final
Derry 0-10 - 1-09 Donegal
M Lynch 0-02, 1f, E Bradley 0-02, 2f, C O’Boyle 0-02, C McKaigue 0-01, C McFaul 0-01; N Holly 0-01, B Heron 0-01. Report M O’Reilly 1-00 P McBrearty, 0-02, 1f, M Murphy 0-02, C McFadden 0-02, M McElhinney 0-01; C Toye 0-01, O MacNiallais 0-01.
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 19,237
Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)

19 July 2015
14:00
Final
Monaghan 0-11 - 0-10 Donegal
C McManus 0-6 (4f), K O'Connell, O Duffy, K Duffy, D Mone, O Lennon 0-1 each. Report P McBrearty 0-6 (4f), M Murphy 0-2 (2f), K Lacey, F McGlynn 0-1 each
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 31,997
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

All-Ireland Championship

1 August
6:00 PM
Round 4B
Donegal 3-12 – 0-11 Galway
P McBrearty 1-1, C McFadden 0-4 (1f), R McHugh 1-0, C Toye 1-0, O MacNiallais 0-3, M Murphy 0-3 (2f), L McLoone 0-1 Report G Sice 0-5 (5f), D Cummins 0-1, T Flynn 0-1, A Varley 0-1, P Conroy 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, D Comer 0-1 (1f)

8 August
6:00 PM
Quarter-final
Mayo 2-13 - 0-11 Donegal
Lee Keegan 1-2, Aidan O'Shea 1-0, Jason Doherty 0-3, Cillian O'Connor 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin McLoughlin 0-2, Keith Higgins 0-1, A Freeman 0-1, A Moran 0-1. Report Michael Murphy 0-8 (0-5f), Christy Toye 0-1, Leo McLoone 0-1, Anthony Thompson 0-1.

Management

Team roster

No. Player Position Club
1 Paul Durcan Goalkeeper The Four Masters
2 Paddy McGrath Right Corner Back Ardara
3 Neil McGee Full Back Ghaoth Dobhair
4 Eamon McGee Left Corner Back Ghaoth Dobhair
5 Ryan McHugh Right Half Back Chíll Chartha
6 Anthony Thompson Centre Back Naomh Conaill
7 Frank McGlynn Left Half Back Glenfin
8 Neil Gallagher Midfield Glenswilly
9 Martin McElhinney Midfield Naomh Mícheál
10 Christy Toye Right Half Forward Naomh Mícheál
11 Odhrán Mac Niallais Centre Forward Ghaoth Dobhair
12 Mark McHugh Left Half Forward Chíll Chartha
13 Patrick McBrearty Right Corner Forward Chíll Chartha
14 Michael Murphy (c) Full Forward Glenswilly
15 Colm McFadden Left Corner Forward Naomh Mícheál
No. Player Position Club
16 Mark Anthony McGinley Substitute Naomh Mícheál
17 Eamonn Doherty Substitute Naomh Adhamhnáin
18 Declan Walsh Substitute Malainn
19 Martin O'Reilly Substitute Seán MacCumhaill's
20 David Walsh Substitute Naomh Bríd
21 Hugh McFadden Substitute Na Cealla Beaga
22 Leo McLoone Substitute Naomh Conaill
23 Gary McFadden Substitute Glenswilly
24 Eoghan Gallagher Substitute Na Cealla Beaga
25 Ciarán McGinley Substitute Chíll Chartha
26 Daniel McLaughlin Substitute Naomh Mícheál

Squad as per Donegal v Galway, 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifier, 1 August 2015

Kit

References

  1. ↑ "As it happened: Donegal shock Dublin". RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rory Gallagher confirmed as new Donegal manager". Irish Independent. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rory Kavanagh ends inter-county involvement". RTÉ Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Forward Dermot Molloy quits Donegal panel". BBC Sport. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mark McHugh rejoins the Donegal football squad". Irish Independent. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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