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Four teams and four Championship games – all inside seven days

written by Chris McNulty August 24, 2016
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THE FLAWS of the GAA’s fixtures programme were highlighted in Donegal this week with a player seeing four teams scheduled for Championship games in the space of seven days.

Niall O’Donnell, the joint captain of the Donegal minor football team, played for his county in Sunday’s All-Ireland MFC semi-final loss to Galway at Croke Park.

Last night, the St Eunan’s minors played a Northern Board MFC game against Gaoth Dobhair, but O’Donnell did not line out.

Another two St Eunan’s squads, of which O’Donnell is a member, will be in Championship action on Friday and Saturday evenings, the senior hurlers facing Burt in a semi-final on Friday and the senior footballers taking on Killybegs in a group game on Saturday.

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The Championship congestion is not solely confined to O’Donnell.

Brian McIntyre and Kevin Kealy played for the minors last night and could also feature in both hurling and football championship matches later in the week.

Conor Parke, Sean McVeigh, Sean Halvey and Conor Flood will play both hurling and football championship within 24 hours on Friday and Saturday.

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St Eunan’s tabled a request to the Donegal Competitions Controls Committee (CCC) to have their senior football championship game with Killybegs put back to Sunday, but it was turned down..

O’Donnell sat out his club’s 1-12 to 1-7 MFC win over Gaoth Dobhair last night and earlier in the summer his county commitments meant that he missed St Eunan’s Under-21 Championship win over St Michael’s.

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Four teams and four Championship games – all inside seven days was last modified: August 24th, 2016 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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