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22 Oct 2025

Live Updates: Donegal take on Tyrone in the Dr McKenna Cup

Jim McGuinness's side are taking part in their second match in the Dr McKenna Cup, against Tyrone at Healy Park with a 1pm start - please refresh the page for the latest

Live Updates: Donegal take on Tyrone in the Dr McKenna Cup

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness before the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Group A match against Tyrone

That's it for the live updates. Report and reaction to follow here on DonegalLive

Full-time: Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-15 - Oisin Gallen has scored four second half points and that's what helped Donegal over the line. Donegal were 0-9 to 0-4 up at the break and were value for it and more. In the second half, Tyrone made a good fist of it on their first outing of the season and they can be satisfied with their day's work. All in all though, on a date when the fog might've forced a postponement or a an abandonment, it's two from two for Donegal

70+2 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-15 - Oisin Gallen scores again and Aaron Doherty is on for Donegal

70 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-14 - Into injury-time, and Donegal playing keepball. It's progressive, though, moving the ball up the field

Stephen McMenamin is on for Brendan McCole with two to play

66 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-14 - Tyrone have everyone in the Donegal half as they press to get level. Niall Devlin's shot goes wide

The fog has lifted here in Omagh for the closing stages as Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí comes in for Ryan McHugh

63 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-14 - Seven to play in Omagh with the fog lifted. Tyrone have really made a contest of this in the second half with a young side. Donegal still lead by a single point

62 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-14 - Shane O'Donnell gets onto a Gallen pass and punches over, before the St Eunan's man is replaced by first-timer Sean Martin from Sean MacCumhaill's

60 mins - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-13 - Oisin Gallen wins a free and then scores the free and Donegal are back on terms with 10 to play

59 mins  - Tyrone 1-10 Donegal 0-12 - GOAL FOR TYRONE: Ciaran Daly scores and Tytone are in front for the first time

57 mins - Tyrone 0-10 Donegal 0-12 - A good breakaway move is finished off by Oisin Caulfield 

Luke McGlynn is on for Donegal, taking the place of Jamie Brennan

55 mins - Tyrone 0-10 Donegal 0-11 - Mark from Lorcan McGarrity is in turn put over the crossbar and Tyrone's fine start to the second half continues

53 mins - Tyrone 0-9 Donegal 0-11 - Niall Devlin scores thanks to a good assist from Darragh Canavan, who was surrounded by Donegal players

49 mins - Tyrone 0-8 Donegal 0-11 - And just like the London bus, here comes another. Gallen scores again, this time following a great break from Peadar Mogan

48 mins - Tyrone 0-8 Donegal 0-10 - Oisin Gallen scores his first point of the day in Omagh, from a free in front of the posts

46 mins - Tyrone 0-8 Donegal 0-9 - Tyrone, who were six down at one stage, are back to the minimum with Darragh Canavan's third pointed free of the second half

Ciaran Thompson and Oisin Caulfield are on for Donegal, replacing Jason McGee and Odhran Doherty

43 mins - Tyrone 0-7 Donegal 0-9 - Another free for Tyrone, scored by Darragh Canavan, means there's just two in it

40 mins - Peter Harte, from another free, scores and Tyrone have scored the first two points of the second half
Tyrone 0-6 Donegal 0-9

39 mins - Visibility is not good here but Darragh Canavan has no bother slotting over a free and Tyrone, who have brought on Conn Kilpatrick, are back to four down  
Tyrone 0-5 Donegal 0-9

Teams are coming back out so it looks like we're going ahead

The fog has got much worse at half-time and there is a chance this match may be abandoned

Half-time - Tyrone 0-4 Donegal 0-9
Good first half from Donegal who created at least three goal chances and looked solid at the other end. They'll feel they should be more than four in front. The defensive intensity is certainly commendable. Although, a bit like Wednesday, this comes against an inexperienced opposition, with Tyrone with a mix. From their point of view though, Donegal can only play what's in front of them and look in very good shape for the first Sunday in January. 

35+3 mins - the last kick of the half is a Peter Harte free that splits Shaun Patton's uprights. Tyrone 0-4 Donegal 0-9

There's a documentary on Netflix about René Higuita, the former Colombia goalkeeper who loved to join the play outfield called 'The Way of the Scorpion'. You'd hedge a bet that Niall Morgan and Shaun Patton would love it, with both frequently appearing out the field

31 mins - Naomh Conaill's Odhran Doherty kicks through the fog for his first of the afternoon
Tyrone 0-3 Donegal 0-9

30 mins - Tyrone's Michael McKernan grabs a score for the hosts
Tyrone 0-3 Donegal 0-8

29 mins - Huge let-off for Tyrone as, from a Donegal turnover, Brendan McCole and Michael Langan had Niall Morgan backpedalling. However, Langan overlays for pass back to McCole and the chance comes and goes
Tyrone 0-2 Donegal 0-8

25 mins - Patrick McBrearty pops over his second pointed free of the afternoon to put Donegal six in front
Tyrone 0-2 Donegal 0-8

24 mins - Jason McGee in space, drives for goal and it flies over the crossbar.
Tyrone 0-2 Donegal 0-7

23 mins - A stylish point for Tyrone from Darragh Cavanagh to put an end to Donegal's four-in-a-row streak
Tyrone 0-2 Donegal 0-6

22 mins - Four in a row for Donegal, with Jamie Brennan punching over after Donegal won Niall Morgan's kick-out and broke forward at speed
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-6

21 mins - A pointed free from Patrick McBrearty puts Donegal four up
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-5

It's a little brighter in Omagh now

19 mins - A Donegal score from Jamie Brennan after Ryan McHugh made the break and Ciaran Moore laid off
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-4

18 mins - A good Donegal move down the right ends up with Jamie Brennan shooting wide. 
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-3

16 mins - Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan, from the sideline, strikes a long-range free well only to see it drop short
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-3

The scene from the pressbox at a fresh Healy Park in Omagh

10 mins - A well-worked mark by Shane O'Donnell, on the left, sees the St Eunan's forward spilt the posts with the sun in his eyes.
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-3

9 mins - Tyrone midfielder Brian Kennedy comes in from the byline and punches this side's opening score. 
Tyrone 0-1 Donegal 0-2

7 mins - Almost a goal for Donegal when Oisin Gallen plays in Jamie Brennan, whose shot gets past Niall Morgan in goal only for Nathan McCarron to clear off the line
Tyrone 0-0 Donegal 0-2

Tyrone have three debutants in their opening McKenna Cup outing - Conall Devlin, Tralach Quinn, James Donaghey

3 mins - Paddy McBrearty doubles the Donegal advantage with a free
Tyrone 0-0 Donegal 0-2

2 mins - Peadar Mogan scores into the fog to put Donegal into an early lead
Tyrone 0-0 Donegal 0-1

0 mins - We're underway 

The pitch had to be inspected before throw-in and although it's extremely cold, we're good to go in Omagh.

From the team announced last night, there are two changed with Mark Curran coming in for Odhran Ban Gallagher, while Odhran Doherty replaces Ciaran Thompson. On the bench, Sean Martin and Luke McGlynn replace Daire Ó Baoill and John Ross Molloy

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Mark Curran, Brendan McCole, Kevin McGettigan; Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Peadar Mogan; Jason McGee, Michael Langan; Shane O’Donnell, Odhran Doherty, Ciarán Moore; Paddy McBrearty, Oisin Gallen, Jamie Brennan

Welcome to Healy Park in Omagh, where Tyrone take on Tyrone in the Dr McKenna Cup. Throw-in is 1pm.

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