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19 Jan 2026

Live updates: Donegal v Armagh in the McKenna Cup at MacCumhaill Park

Jim McGuinness - second time around - gets his competitive reign underway as Armagh visit Ballybofey in the Dr McKenna Cup

Live updates: Donegal v Armagh in the McKenna Cup at MacCumhaill Park

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness

A full and comprehensive match report, as well as reaction, will be online shortly....

FULL-TIME: DONEGAL 3-16 ARMAGH 1-6

70 mins+1: Donegal 3-16 Armagh 1-6

Gallen lamps over a routine free to take his tally out to 1-4, 1-3 of that coming from play.

69 mins: Donegal 3-15 Armagh 1-6

Gallen gallops clear and while Odhran Doherty tries to make yards in over the top the MacCumhaills man, on his own patch, opts to play it safe with the late, late over. 

67 mins: Donegal 3-14 Armagh 1-6

Peadar Mogan shows quick feet to engineer the opening and the St Naul's man posts his side's 13th over of the game. 

65 mins: Armagh 1-6 Donegal 3-13

O'Hagan converts another close range free, his third of the contest, five minutes out from the end. 

59 mins: Armagh 1-5 Donegal 3-13

O'Hagan, after missing one previously, nails free from distance as Armagh move to 1-5 for the night. 

Donegal substitutions: Rory O'Donnell and Daithi Roberts for Langan and Patton 

Armagh: Tomas Galvin for C Campbell 

53 mins: Donegal 3-13 Armagh 1-4

Odhran Doherty cuts through to clear the Armagh crossbar as the difference stretches to 15 points. 

Colm McFadden, Neil McGee and Jim McGuinness 

Donegal subs: John Ross Molloy and Domhnaill Mac Giolla Bhride for Mac Ceallbhuí and Roarty 

50 mins: Donegal 3-12 Armagh 1-4

Langan clips over a real peach while Gallen adds another with a fine individual run 

48 mins: Donegal 3-9 Armagh 1-4

Ryan McHugh and Paddy McBrearty, from another free, open up an 11-point gap.

47 mins: Armagh 1-4 Donegal 3-7

Brendan O'Hagan lands a free for Armagh as they open their second-half account. 

45 mins: Donegal 3-7 Armagh 1-3

Unbelievably quick hands in close quarters from Gallen sets up Caolan McGonagle for another Donegal point. 

Michael Langan adds another Donegal point

36 mins: Donegal 3-6 Armagh 1-3 

Oisin Gallen makes an instant impression with Donegal's third goal. 

Donegal half-time substitutions: Odhran Doherty/ Ó Baoill; Peadar Mogan for Moore; Oisin Gallen for A Doherty; Stephen McMenamin for K McGettigan; Caolan McGonagle for J McGee; Jamie Brennan for Carr; Shane O'Donnell for Caulfield

Armagh changes: Blain Hughes for Stevens 

The official attendance for this evening is, we're told, 3,825

HALF-TIME: DONEGAL 2-6 ARMAGH 1-3

34 mins: Donegal 2-6 Armagh 1-3

Langan is afforded far too much time and space and, from almost a standing position, nabs the last score of the half as the hosts head for the dressing rooms six clear. 

31 mins: Donegal 2-5 Armagh 1-3

Callum O'Neill sails over a beauty from the MacCumhaill Park stand side but, quick as a flash Langan strokes that headway out and five remains the gap.


Donegal's Ciaran Moore is blocked out as Armagh get back in numbers 

26 mins: Donegal 2-4 Armagh 1-2

Michael Langan and a Paddy McBrearty free helps Donegal into a five-point lead nine out from the break. 

23 mins: Armagh 1-2 Donegal 2-2 

...However, Armagh go right down the other side and from Paddy Carr's direct ball in (Paddy Carr?), Joe McClelland flicks home.

22 mins Donegal 2-2 Armagh 0-2 

Jason McGee's dinked pass inside is collected by Doherty inside and his quick hands tee up Kevin McGettigan who arrows to the back of the net.

17 mins: Armagh 0-2 Donegal 1-2 

Michael McConville follows that lead up from play and a goal now splits the sides

14 mins: Armagh 0-1 Donegal 1-2

Joe Sheridan converts from a mark to get the Orchard youngsters up and running  

Donegal's white numbers are shockingly bad and extremely difficult, impossible even, to make out

9 mins: Donegal 1-2 Armagh 0-0 

The young and inexperienced visitors go five down on 10 minutes as Aaron Doherty adds another Donegal point 

8 mins: Donegal 1-1 Armagh 0-0

Daire Ó Baoill has an effort touched onto the crossbar by Rhys Stevens but Jeaic Mac Ceallbhuí tidies up from close range 

2 mins: Donegal 1-0 Armagh 0-0 

The contest is barely two minutes old and Michael Langan has crashed in an almost immediate three-pointer for Donegal

Kieran McGeeney is absent tonight with U-20 boss Barry O'Hagan using the fixture to give his players a competitive runout 

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Kevin McGettigan; Ryan McHugh, Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí, Ciaran Moore; Jason McGee, Michael Langan; Oisin Caulfield, Ciaran Thompson, Daire Ó Baoill; Aaron Doherty, Patrick McBrearty, Seanan Carr.

Armagh: Rhys Stevens; Cathal Agnew, Sam McClarnon, Conor Magennis; Emmett Magee, Joe McClelland, Joe Sheridan; Tadhg Grimley, Paddy Carr; Sean Conlon, Brendan O’Hagan, Callum O’Neoill; Cianan Campbell, Daniel Magee, Michael McConville. 

Referee: Maggie Farrelly (Cavan)

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