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26 Oct 2025

How did Donegal's win over Clare rank in terms of their record championship wins?

Donegal ran up a 24-point winning margin against Clare at MacHale Park in Castlebar on Saturday and not only did it concrete their place in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, it also got us thinking about how it ranked in terms of their biggest championship winning margins

Joint-fourth biggest ever championship win (16 points)
Donegal 3-19 Antrim 1-9
May 20, 2017
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Rory Gallagher’s Donegal had lost Ulster SFC finals in 2015 and 2016 and set off his third championship season with an emphatic 16-point win over Antrim.
Jamie Brennan, Paddy McGrath and Patrick McBrearty grabbed the goals as Donegal progressed to the provincial semi-final, where they lost 1-21 to 1-12 against Tyrone before bowing out of the qualifiers, 4-17 to 0-14 against Galway in Sligo.

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