Jim McGuinness has had two spells in charge of Donegal and his players dominate our final selection
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26 Dec 2025
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26 Dec 2025
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Winning: The Rory Kavanagh Autobiography
Rory Kavanagh was at the heart of the Donegal football team that changed Gaelic football forever as they marched to the 2012 All-Ireland title. In ‘Winning’, Kavanagh tells exactly how Donegal, under Jim McGuinness' first tenure, also transformed from being the notorious party boys in the game, to a team with an iron discipline and a desire to win that was simply overpowering.
Written by Liam Hayes and researched by DonegalLive Editor Alan Foley, Winning is a spellbinding and intimate account of the life of a Donegal footballer under the rule of McGuinness. An intriguing insight into understanding the essential difference between losing and winning.
Rory Kavanagh, who played midfield on the Donegal team that won three Ulster titles - and won and lost All-Ireland finals in a breakneck four years, writes an important and revealing book in the modern history of the game.
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