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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 15, 2011
MacCumhaill Park
Donegal 0-14
UUJ 0-10

Donegal got both the defence of their Dr McKenna Cup title and the reign of Jim McGuinness as manager off to a winning start with a four-point win over battling UUJ at a stormy Sean Mac Cumhaill Park.

Leo McLoone stood out for Donegal, who led 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time, with another Naomh Conaill man, Dermot Molloy, scoring five points in the victory. Donegal then lost to Tyrone 1-13 to 0-13 in Edendork, in a match that marked the return of Tyrone manager Mickey Harte to the sidelines following the death of his daughter Michaela. Fermanagh beat Doengal 0-12 to 0-7 in the final outing in Ballybofey. Derry would defeat Tyrone in the final.

Donegal: Peter Boyle; Paddy McGrath, Neil McGee, Frank McGlynn; Kevin Mulhern, Leo McLoone (0-2), Karl Lacey (0-2); Rory Kavanagh, Ryan Bradley (0-1, 1f); David Walsh, Dermot Molloy (0-5, 2f), Luke Keeney (0-1); Adrian Hanlon (0-2), Ryan McErlean (0-1), Barry Dunnion. Subs: Conor Classon for Bradley (34); Kevin Cassidy for McGlynn (half-time); Frank McGlynn for Walsh (59).

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