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Donegal Sports Star Awards

Plans underway for 2020 Donegal Sports Star Awards

written by Chris McNulty September 10, 2021
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THE Donegal Sports Star Awards committee will hold their Annual General Meeting on Monday 20th September at 6pm in the Mount Errigal Hotel.

Plans for the 46th Awards will formally commence after the AGM. For the first time since the Donegal Sports Star Awards started in 1976 the event was held virtually last January.

Jockey Oisin Orr was the overall winner and the Rathmullan man also scooped the Professional Sport Achievement Award on the night.

The other winners at the Donegal County Council sponsored virtual awards were:

Team Award: Clonmany ‘B’ Tug-of-war team

Primary School Award: St Bernadette’s Special School, Letterkenny

Secondary School Award: St Eunan’s College, Letterkenny

Hall of Fame Award: Patsy McGowan (Finn Harps)

Coach/Manager Award: Kevin McLaughlin (Clonmany B Tug-of-war team)

Brendan McDaid Memorial Special Achievement Award: Siobhan Coyle (Gaeil Fhánada)

International Achievement Award: Rhys Irwin

Special Recognition Award: Mickey McCann (Donegal hurlers)

Appreciation Award: Danny McGonigle (Clonmany)

Youth Award: Adrienne Gallen (Lifford/Strabane AC)

Plans underway for 2020 Donegal Sports Star Awards was last modified: September 10th, 2021 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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