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06 Sept 2025

Introducing the Donegal Sports Star Awards 1980 winners 40 years on one-by-one

The Donegal Sports Star Committee caught up on the 40-year anniversary presentations on Monday night in Letterkenny, having sat out two years during the pandemic, and re-introduced the 1980 and 1981 winners - these are the stories of the 1980 winners

The fifth Donegal Sports Star Awards which were held in the Milford Inn on November 28, 1980. The Awards were presented by the Special Guest Tom Walsh, the President of the Handball of Association of Ireland. The schools’ presentations were made by Donegal County Council Chairperson J.J Reid.

CLICK ON THE ARROWS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE 1980 AWARD WINNERS

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