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25 Dec 2025

Ten top books for the Donegal sports fan to read at Christmas

With time at hand during the Christmas Holidays, a look into some of the sports books specifically written about some of the greats from Donegal

Ten top books for the Donegal sports fan to read at Christmas

We are the Harps

Written by lifelong supporters Bartley Ramsay and Joe Doherty, the book profiles every player who has played a competitive game for Finn Harps Football Club over their first fifty-five seasons in senior football up until 2024. 

All 628 players who featured from the club’s first game in senior football in August 1969 against Shamrock Rovers until the final game of the 2003 season against Bray Wanderers last October are included. Whether they have played just one minute for the first-team, or 485 times, as is the case with record appearance holder Jonathan Minnock, all have contributed to the history of the club over its first fifty-five years in senior football.

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