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07 Jan 2026

A look at the nine new faces named in the Donegal panel for the McKenna Cup

While the match against Derry was postponed, and a point awarded to each team with no time for the match to be replayed, fans missed out on a first glimpse of the side, but the panel named gave us plenty of insight to the new look squad

A look at the nine new faces named in the Donegal panel for the McKenna Cup

Termon's Cormac Gallagher and Eoin McGeehin of St Eunan's were both named in the panel for Sunday's game

 

While we didn’t get to see the first glimpse of Jim McGuinness’ 2026 Donegal squad in action on Sunday against Derry as the game was called off due to safety concerns, we did get a sneak preview of what the panel may look like come springtime.

Big names were still missing, with the likes of Shaun Patton, Eoghan ‘Ban’ Gallagher, Oisin Gallen, Michael Murphy and the injured Ciarán Thompson not named. McGuinness still had a strong starting 15 named, with twelve of the side named to start featuring in the All-Ireland final against Kerry.

But there were also nine new faces brought in to the panel for the 2026 McKenna Cup, and the bench looked almost completely different from last year.

Toggle the arrows to scroll through the new additions.

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