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06 Sept 2025

St Michael's confirm All-Ireland winners as their new management ticket

will take over as joint player-managers the fortunes of the Dunfanaghy-based club for the new campaign, replacing another joint-management ticket of Raymond McLaughlin and Cathal Sweeney

St Michael's confirm All-Ireland winners as their new management ticket

Martin McElhinney and Daniel McLaughlin are the new management team at St Michael's

Martin McElhinney and Daniel McLaughlin have been ratified as the new management ticket at St Michael's seniors.

The two 2012 All-Ireland winners will take over as joint-player-managers the fortunes of the Dunfanaghy-based club for the new campaign, replacing another joint-management ticket of Raymond McLaughlin and Cathal Sweeney.

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St Michael's were one of only two teams who won all four of their group stage outings in the Donegal SFC last year, along with Glenswilly, and went as far as the semi-finals of the competition before losing out to Dungloe 0-9 to 0-8. The club from the Bridge are also operating in Division 1 of the All-County Football League and both McElhinney and McLaughlin are vital players. McLaughlin stood in as manager in 2021 after Kevin 'Cookie' Gallagher left the club.

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