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23 Oct 2025

Where are they now? The first Donegal panel to take Sam to the Hills in 1992

Donegal won the All-Ireland SFC for the first time ever back on September 20, 1992, when Brian McEniff's team overcame Dublin on a scoreline of 0-18 to 0-14 at Croke Park

 

Matt Gallagher
Full-back Gallagher was charged with marking Vinny Murphy of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.
The Ballintra native won minor and Ulster U-21 with Aodh Ruadh before the establishment of Naomh Bríd, with whom he took home the Donegal JFC and IFC and later managed. Was part of the Donegal backroom team in Declan Bonner’s first spell from 1998 to 2000 and then with A rep for Robert Roberts Coffee.

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