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An alternative view: Silencing the c-word and beating the All-Ireland champions

Maybe you saw the story or maybe you didn’t. A couple of months ago, at the Alt Bar in Killea which nestles on the Derry border, the fellas who run the show banned the use of the c-word. As a deterrent, a swear-jar type ventricle was plonked on the ...

03 Mar 2022 at 12:10

GAA/LGFA

An alternative view: The Farney and the GPA barney

It’s common enough on the week of Cheltenham to hear plenty who crumple their dockets tell you what they were going to do instead of what they actually did. On the other hand on Sunday, when there was silence from players with the GPA instruction ...

16 Mar 2022 at 19:34

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An alternative view: Returning to Clones and finally shushing the Cavanman

Ever tried Marmite? No? Me neither. It’s this kinda dark brown paste yeast extract type of thing that comes in a yellow-stickered jar that looks a bit like Bovril. It’s gooey and sticky and you’re advised to use it like butter on toast, say, or ...

11 May 2022 at 21:24

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An alternative view: Donegal can't scale Derry's walls - and now the climb steepens

So, one minute and 54 seconds into injury time at the end of 20 minutes of extra-time following 70 minutes of normal time, it had come down to this. In one last ditch attempt to reclaim the Ulster title, with Donegal two points to the bad ...

01 Jun 2022 at 17:37

GAA/LGFA

An alternative view: Sunshine, survival, scraps and suspensions

With Donegal’s record in Letterkenny, well, not the greatest down the years, the scheduling of a must-win last day outing against Armagh in the Allianz League Division 1 was, as the cynics might’ve suggested, a bit like taking Bambi to ...

30 Mar 2022 at 20:04

GAA/LGFA

An alternative view: When you do the talking on the pitch

For a certain generation of Donegal supporters, there was a time when summer tended to consist of that overpriced barbeque you rashly bought without really thinking and used just the once, that fence you meant to paint but didn’t, and ...

28 Apr 2022 at 22:00

GAA/LGFA

An Alternative View: Fulfill Bars, Chicken and Chips and keeping the faith

The last time I travelled to the Athletic Grounds was late November, 2020. The roads were quiet and Donegal supporters, just like their Cavan counterparts at the time, were prohibited from making that same journey. It was Ulster ...

09 Mar 2023 at 09:04

GAA/LGFA

An Alternative View: Donegal broke a rule but punishment just doesn't fit crime

I’d finished my first ‘Alternative View’ assignment of 2024 early Monday morning but, given the dramatic events of later that evening, I’ve had to quickly revisit it. With Jim McGuinness back in tow, Donegal had just strung ...

10 Jan 2024 at 09:37

GAA/LGFA

An alternative view: A bump in the road as Donegal return to earth in Omagh

The road to Omagh was paved with good intentions. And it was a busy road on Sunday last as Donegal supporters answered the call of new manager, Paddy Carr, and travelled in numbers not seen for a number of years. Sitting ...

10 Feb 2023 at 22:02

GAA/LGFA

The Alternative View: Jimmy’s winning matches again

Even though St Tiernach’s Park hosted its first Ulster final as far back as 1905, for those few seconds after Shaun Patton had stopped Armagh’s sixth penalty the old ground had never seen scenes like it. The ...

15 May 2024 at 06:05

GAA/LGFA

An Alternative View: A confidence-booster after the long long trip from Clare to here

Fair play to the old Google, which, after a wait of just 0.59 seconds produced 10,300,000 results to inform us that, in fact, Ralph McTell wrote ‘From Clare to Here’. Apologies to Foster and Allen, who ...

24 May 2023 at 19:41

GAA/LGFA

The Alternative View: Comebacks, rumours, fitness tests and programme mayhem

It’s a difficult period for Donegal, on and off the field . . . and not just for the county senior team. Defeat was the name of the game for the footballers (U-20s and seniors), hurlers and Ladies ...

24 Feb 2023 at 19:22

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