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06 Sept 2025

Live updates: Donegal one win from promotion as they face Kildare

Donegal face Kildare in their penultimate outing of the Allianz League Division 2, at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow at 5pm - please refresh the page to see the latest update

Live updates: Donegal one win from promotion as they face Kildare

FULL-TIME - KILDARE 1-8 DONEGAL 0-17 - DONEGAL ARE PROMOTED TO DIVISION 1 AND WILL PLAY ARMAGH IN THE DIVISION 2 FINAL 

70 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-17
Three minutes of injury time has gone up. Donegal are headed for Division 1

69 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-17
Peadar Mogan started today at wing-back and now he's scored five points. Fantastic return

66 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-16
Ronan Gallagher from Downings is on for a first ever Donegal appearance, with Glenfin's Luke McGlynn

64 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-16
Oisin Gallen pops over a mark and it's the MacCumhaill's man's first point, with Kildare's Shane Farrell black-carded for the foul. Donegal have scored that mark, and 15 from play today

58 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-15
Peadar Mogan's hot streak continues as he gallops away to score his fourth of the evening and Donegal are four up, having responded well to Kildare's goal

56 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-14
Niall O'Donnell is on, it's his first appearance of the season, with Aaron Doherty going off

53 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-14
Odhran Doherty from Naomh Conaill, takes a pass from Shane O'Donnell, to score for Donegal with the left foot. It's Doherty's last act as his clubmate  Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí comes on to replace him

49 mins - Kildare 1-8 Donegal 0-13
Goal Kildare -
Alex Beirne palms it into the net following a Daniel Flynn pass

47 mins - Kildare 0-8 Donegal 0-13
Point for Daire Ó Baoill to put Donegal five up

44 mins - Kildare 0-8 Donegal 0-12
Donegal work a gap and Peadar Mogan scores a point. The St Naul's man also three for himself this evening, along with Michael Langan

44 mins - Kildare 0-8 Donegal 0-11
Fourth point from Kevin Feely, with his second mark adding to his two frees earlier

42 mins - Kildare 0-7 Donegal 0-11
Alex Beirne is having a good game for Kildare and he's just slotted over his third point to take Kildare's arrears back to four

40 mins - Kildare 0-6 Donegal 0-11
Donegal continue the fine start to the second half and it's Michael Langan who scores - it's his third from play - and the visitors are looking good for promotion 

38 mins - Kildare 0-6 Donegal 0-10
The gap is now out to four, with Patrick McBrearty now opening his account and all 10 of Donegal's scores have come from play

37 minsKildare 0-6 Donegal 0-9
First score of the second half is Donegal's and Daire Ó Baoill is the scorer, to set up a lead of three

Jamie Brennan has come off the bench for Donegal, in place of Hugh McFadden with the second half about to start

HALF-TIME - KILDARE 0-6 DONEGAL 0-8

35 mins - Kildare 0-6 Donegal 0-8
One minute injury time has been signalled

33 mins - Kildare 0-6 Donegal 0-8
Peadar Mogan gets up the field to score for Donegal, only for Alex Beirne to hit one for Kildare

32 mins - Kildare 0-5 Donegal 0-7
Point for Shane Farrell and Kildare to bring it back to two points

27 mins - Kildare 0-4 Donegal 0-7
Mark Donnellan, the Kildare goalkeeper, has a go from a free from distance. It goes wide and that's two from Kildare and one from Donegal

26 mins - Kildare 0-4 Donegal 0-7
Ciaran Thompson has now scored two for the day, with another top-class effort on the left foot. Great score

23 mins - Kildare 0-4 Donegal 0-6
Michael Langan becomes the first Donegal player to score two on the day, and his team are two in front

21 mins - Kildare 0-4 Donegal 0-5
Aaron Doherty is penalised, looked harsh, for a foot in, and Kevin Feely hits it short to Alex Beirne, who hits Kildare's first point from play

19 mins - Kildare 0-3 Donegal 0-5
Shane O'Donnell drives on for Donegal to break some lines and the ball ends up with Aaron Doherty, who scores Donegal's fifth point

19 mins - Kildare 0-3 Donegal 0-4
Kevin Feely again, his third, this time from a free and Kildare are back to just a point down

18 mins - Kildare 0-2 Donegal 0-4
Donegal have four from play, with four different scorers, while Kevin Feely has hit both of the hosts' scores, one from a mark and then a free

17 mins - Kildare 0-2 Donegal 0-4
Donegal are being patient and with plenty of white jerseys, are thinking on their feet. Following a prolonged move, Caolan McGonagle swings a boot after reclaiming possession and it's over the bar. 

13 mins - Kildare 0-2 Donegal 0-3
Kildare are standing off Shaun Patton's kick-outs and sitting as Donegal go to build up from deep

11 mins - Kildare 0-2 Donegal 0-3

A lovely long-range point from Michael Langan is good. Stylish point from the St Michael's man and Donegal have edged in front for a third time

8 mins - Kildare 0-2 Donegal 0-2
Niall Kelly is fouled by Daire Ó Baoill and from three free, Kevin Feely scores his second point

6 mins - Kildare 0-1 Donegal 0-2
Donegal work the ball up the field and Peadar Mogan strokes over the crossbar

5 mins - Kildare 0-1 Donegal 0-1
Kevin Feely, again, is the man Kildare turn to and he gets in for a decent goal chance, only to drive wide

3 mins - Kildare 0-1 Donegal 0-1
Ciaran Thompson opens the scoring for Donegal, only for Kevin Feely to level with a mark

2 mins -  Kildare 0-0 Donegal 0-0
We're underway in Carlow and Mark Donnellan, the Kildare goalkeeper, makes an early save from Ciaran Thompson

Donegal have made two changes to the team that was named on Friday night, with Ciaran Moore from St Eunan's and Aaron Doherty of Naomh Columba coming in. They are in for Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí and Stephen McMenamin.

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Mark Curran, Ciaran Moore, Peadar Mogan; Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Odhrán Doherty; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Shane O’Donnell, Ciaran Thompson, Aaron Doherty; Patrick McBrearty, Oisin Gallen, Dáire Ó Baoill.

Kildare: Mark Donnellan; Ryan Houlihan, Mick O’Grady, Ryan Burke; Paddy McDermott, Eoin Doyle, Jack Sargent; Aaron Masterson, Kevin O’Callaghan; Alex Beirne, Barry Kelly, Shane Farrell; Kevin Feely, Daniel Flynn, Niall Kelly.

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