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06 Sept 2025

Donegal's last five managers and their first match in charge in the McKenna Cup

Paddy Carr is in the manager's dugout for Donegal for the first time tomorrow when his side take on Down in Newry in the Dr McKenna Cup - here's a reminder of how the last five Donegal managers got on in their opening fixture and the teams they went with

January 3, 2015
Owenbeg

Derry 1-16
Donegal 0-9

Rory Gallagher fielded an experimental Donegal side for his first match in charge against Derry at Owenbeg.

They trailed 1-5 to 0-5 behind at half-time after Emmet McGuckin's 16th-minute goal and the Oak Leaf County pulled away comfortably in the second period. Despite a 2-16 to 1-8 win over Queen’s in Ballybofey and then a 0-12 to 2-5 success over Fermanagh in Ballybofey, Donegal exitted at the first round and Tyrone won the trophy thanks to a 1-13 to 0-10 victory over Cavan. 

Donegal: Michael Boyle; Eamonn Doherty, Eamon Ward, Conor Parke; Cory Gallagher, Mark McHugh, Ciarán McGinley; Martin McElhinney, Gary McFadden (0-2, 2f); Eunan Doherty, Eoin McHugh, Dermot Molloy (0-2, 1 ’45); Willie Gillespie (0-1), Hugh McFadden, Martin O’Reilly (0-3, 3f). Subs: Joe Gibbons for Gallagher (39), Ryan Malley for M McHugh shy 47 mins), Malachy  McDermott for Molloy (57). 

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