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2006
After going down in 2005, Donegal were back up to Division 1 in 2006 when they defeated Westmeath in a league semi-final. They went on to lose the Division 2 final to Louth after a replay with both sides promoted. After drawing their opening game against Leitrim, they defeated Carlow, London, Clare, Limerick, Longford and Roscommon.
The team which lost league final replay (1-12 to 1-9) was: Paul Durcan; Raymond Sweeney, Paddy Campbell, Karl Lacey; Damien Diver, Barry Monaghan (0-1), Barry Dunnion (0-1); Brendan Boyle, Neil Gallagher; Christy Toye (0-1), Ciaran Bonner, Rory Kavanagh; Adrian Sweeney (0-3,2f), James Gallagher, Michael Doherty (1-3,pen,2f). Subs: Stephen McDermott for B Boyle; Michael Hegarty for J Gallagher; Frank McGlynn for Monaghan; Conall Dunne for Bonner.
The Donegal team who lost out to Louth in the Division 2 final but were promoted to Division 1 Picture: Sportsfile
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