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06 Sept 2025

Senior Championship: Guide through the 16 teams in the hunt for the Dr Maguire Cup

Sixteen teams participate in the Donegal SFC opening rounds which gets underway this weekend, with the reigning champions Naomh Conaill hoping to win their third senior title in-a-row. Is there any side that can stop them?

AODH RUADH

Manager: Maurice McLaughlin

Last year championship: Defeated by St Eunan’s at the quarter-final stage.

This year’s AFCL: Lost the relegation play-off to Termon

First two opponents: Downings (H), Dungloe (A).

Prospects: After a turbulent league campaign, and with Conor Cunningham stepping away, it’s hard to know where the Ballyshannon men are at. But Maurice McLaughlin will see both their opening games as winnable.

Star man: Eamonn McGrath.

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