Archives of the Donegal Athletic Association Board

Donegal County Archives / Cartlann Chontae Dhún na nGall Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board

Cartlann Choiste Contae Dhún na nGall de Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board

Donegal County Archives / Cartlann Chontae Dhún na nGall Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board

Cartlann Choiste Contae Dhún na nGall de Chumann Lúthchleas Gael

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CONTENTS GAA/3 Clubs (1979 - 2004) 39 3.1 Árd an Ratha C.L.G. (c.1980) Foreword: Dr. Niamh Brennan, Archivist, Donegal County Council 08 3.2 Gaoth Dobhair C.L.G. (1988) 3.3 Naomh Micheal C.L.G. (1979 - 1983) Acknowledgements 09 3.4 Cill Charta C.L.G. (1984 - 2000) 3.5 Aodh Ruadh C.L.G. (1986) The Foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association 10 3.6 Naomh Columba C.L.G. (1984 - 2003) 3.7 Naomh Naille C.L.G. (2004) The Gaelic Athletic Association in Donegal 17 3.8 Na gCeithre Máistir C.L.G. (2004)

The Archives of the Donegal GAA County Board: An Introduction 26 GAA/4 Rules and Regulations (1928-1995) 40 4.1 Record and -laws (1928 - 1932) 4.2 Rule 17 Bye-laws (c.1930s) ARCHIVES OF THE DONEGAL GAA: CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE 32 4.3 Rules for Insurance Scheme (1932) 4.4 Regulations Covering Media (1961) GAA/1 Donegal County Board (1927 - 2009) 32 4.5 County Bye Laws (1969) 1.1 Minutes of the County Board (1933 - 1996) 4.6 County Bye Laws (1971) 1.2 Board Administration (1933 - 1958) 4.7 County Bye Laws (c.1980) 1.3 Annual Convention/Comhdháil (1950 - 1998) 4.8 County Bye Laws (1981) 1.4 Convention (1970 - 2000) 4.9 County Bye Laws (1982) 1.5 Finance (1935-2000) 4.10 Treoraí Oifigiúil (1992) 1.6 Correspondence (1927 - 1955, ) 4.11 Treoraí Oifigiúil Reiteora (1995) 1.7 Reports (1954, 1996 - 1998) GAA/5 Fixtures and Players Lists (1933-2008) 40 GAA/2 Boards and Committees (1933 - 2009) 35 5.1 Fixtures (1971 - 2006) 2.1 Eastern Divisional Board (1955 - 1973) 5.2 Ulster and National Fixtures (1971 - 2009) 2.2 South Western Divisional Board (1963 - 1973) 5.3 Players Lists (1933 - 2008) 2.3 Southern Divisional Board (1943 - 1954) 2.4 Northern Divisional Board (1972 - 1974) GAA/6 Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta (1975 - 2006) 42 2.5 Western Divisional Board (1933) 6.1 Official Programmes/Clár (1975 - 2004) 2.6 County Minor Board (1976 - 1991) 6.2 Cruinniú Chinnbhliana/AGM (2006) 2.7 County Board (1933 - 2009) 6.3 Player List (1985) 2.8 Parks Committee (1979 - 1986) 6.4 Fixtures/Socraithe (1976 - 1991) 2.9 Oifigeach na Gaeilge (c.1980 - 1993) 6.5 Torthaí Chomórtas Peile na Gaeltachta (c.1990) 6.6 Aeraíocht an Údaráis (1981)

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GAA/7 Programmes and Tickets (1948-2009) 43 GAA/14 Handball (1933 - 1985) 58 7.1 Programmes (1948 - 2009) 14.1 Reports (1981 - 1982) 7.2 Tickets (1988 - 2009) 14.2 Correspondence (1933) 14.3 The Story of the game (c.1985) GAA/8 Posters and Notices (1954 - c.1993) 55 GAA/15 Ladies Football / Peil Gael na mBan (c.2002) 58 GAA/9 Newspapers (1930s - 2009) 55 GAA/16 (1933 - 1963) 58 GAA/10 Publications (1939 - 2006) 55 16.1 Minutes of the Marion Club, Ballybun (1956 - 1962) 10.1 GAA Annuals and Yearbooks (1939, 1973) 16.2 Correspondence (1933 - 1963) 10.2 Donegal GAA Yearbooks (1978 - 2006) 16.3 Secretary’s Report (1961) 10.3 Histories and Facts (1979 - 2004) 16.4 Photographs (Undated) 10.4 Newsletters (1974) 16.5 Finance (1954 - 1963) 10.5 Magazines (1975 - 1995) 16.6 Players List (1934) 10.6 Published Reports (1971) 16.7 Newspaper Cuttings ( - ) 10.7 Commemorative Publications (1972 - 2005) 16.8 Dramatic Club Cash Book (1959 - 1960) 10.8 Non-Donegal Club Publications (1987 - 1998) GAA/17 History (1984 - 1990s) 59 GAA/11 Training and Education (2000 - 2004) 56 17.1 History of the GAA in Donegal ( - 1990s) 11.1 Referee Education and Training (2000) 17.2 Centenary Celebrations (1984) 11.2 Coaching Programme (2003)

GAA/12 Social Events and Fundraising (1933 - 2006) 57 12.1 Appeals for Funds (1933 - 1996) 12.2 Dances and Banquets (2000 - 2006) 12.3 County Draws and Fundraisers (1954 - 2004) 12.4 Club Fundraisers and Dances (1982 - 2004) 12.5 Classics (2003 - 2004) 12.6 Scór na nÓg (1991 - 2003) 12.7 Invites (1933 - 2004) 12.8 Ulster GAA Annual Merit Award (2004)

GAA/13 Photographs (1992-2004) 57

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Foreword: Acknowledgements:

Donegal County Archives has been fortunate to receive donations and loans of archives The Archives Service, Donegal County Council would like the thank the County Board of both local and national significance over the years. The decision by the Donegal of the GAA for the deposit of their archives with the Archives Service with special Board of the GAA to deposit its large collection of historical material to the County thanks to Charlie O’Donnell, former secretary of the Donegal County Board. Archives was a foresighted and generous one. Donegal County Archives is all the richer in receiving its first major sporting collection which is of significance for the twentieth Produced by Ms Ciara Joyce for The Archives Service, Donegal County Council century history of Donegal and Irish sport. Furthermore, it must be acknowledged Three Rivers Centre, Lifford. that this collection is also of great importance to people or institutions interested in Tel: 074 91 72490 Fax: 074 91 42290 studying the social history of the county through turbulent and crucial periods in Irish E-mail: [email protected] life over many decades. The collection’s contents are many and varied, from financial Web: www.donegalcoco.ie/archives records to minutes of meetings, from photographs to posters and programmes, and are from all parts of the county. A detailed catalogue to the Archival Collection is available for consultation in the Archives Service. Access to the Archives Service is by appointment only. Donegal County Archives is delighted to be the recipient of this collection and would particularly like to acknowledge the generosity of the Donegal Board of the GAA in Images used in this publication are part of the archival collections of The Archives depositing the archives. The Archives Service would like to acknowledge the hard Service, Donegal County Council and are subject to copyright. © Donegal County work put into this project by Ms Ciara Joyce who researched and wrote the booklet Council. and listed the entire collection. Photograph of Michael Cusack appears courtesy of NUI, , Special Collections. Dr Niamh Brennan The project has been funded by The Heritage Council & Donegal County Council Donegal County Archives Lifford Author’s Note: July 2011 The following essay is only an introduction to the GAA in Donegal. More detailed accounts have been comprehensively researched and told by local historians and published in local and in national publications. I am heavily indebted to those authors for some of the information contained in this booklet.

Only a small number of GAA officials have been mentioned in the text, those whose service is noted due to the number of years serving in a senior position. The GAA of course has been served diligently by large numbers of dedicated volunteers over the years, too numerous to mention in this brief introduction.

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THE FOUNDATION OF THE GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION During this period there was a general fear of the anglicisation of and that native On the 1st of November 1884 a meeting took place in Hayes Commercial Hotel, Thurles, traditions were being lost. Organised sport County Tipperary. In attendance were men of varying backgrounds and interests, emerged in England in the late . who all had the desire to establish a national sporting body for the preservation and With migration back and forth between promotion of . This historic meeting resulted in the establishment of the Ireland and Britain, English codes and games Gaelic Athletic Association for the Preservation and Cultivation of National Pastimes, began replacing traditional games in Ireland. An Cumann Lúthchleas Gael. Soccer and were popular among the middle classes and the native style of football Ireland in the late 19th Century: was in decline. It was against this background A number of issues dominated politics during the later 19th century in Ireland: the Land that the GAA was formed in November 1884. War, Parnell and the Irish Parliamentary Party, Home Rule and the rise of Nationalism. Michael Cusack had long been involved with Hand in hand with events in the political arena a cultural renaissance was taking place Gaelic games in Dublin and called for the Irish in Ireland. This movement, called the , included aspects of Gaelic culture, to take ownership of their own games. With from language and literature, folklore and history to music and traditional sports. the support of they called the first meeting. The formation of this national identity, which had its roots in ancient Ireland was Michael Cusack (NUIG) generally romanticised by the literary movement of the time spearheaded by writers Cusack (1847-1906) was a school teacher such as W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. This image was of Ireland as a Gaelic nation with from County Clare and himself a good its own traditions, and would lead to the establishment of a number of organisations athlete. While living in Dublin he became disillusioned with the established sports promoting this ideal in 19th century Ireland. organisations, which excluded working people and did not include traditional sports. He himself was a native Irish speaker and a member of the Gaelic Union. In 1883, he The Gaelic Union was established in 1880 by Ulick Bourke (1829-87), one of the helped establish the Dublin Hurling Club and later the Metropolitan Hurling Club. new idealists who sought to preserve Irish identity through the . The He increasingly began to believe that Irish sport needed its own organisation and Gaelic Union would go on to form the foundations of the Gaelic League established drew support for his belief from a number of people including Maurice Davin. Davin by and Eoin MacNeill in 1893. The League aimed to promote the Irish (1842-1927) was a well known and successful athlete, born in County Tipperary. He language but also to unite of different religions and political loyalties in supported Cusack’s call for a Gaelic games organisation and chaired the first meeting cultural activity. They believed that all members of Irish society, regardless of religion in Thurles, becoming the GAA’s first president. A natural administrator, he drafted the or political persuasion could be united under the common banner of language first constitution of the new body as well as drawing up early rules for football and and culture. The Gaelic League spread successfully throughout Ireland and it is not hurling. Davin’s fame as an athlete (he had dominated Irish athletics from 1875-9) no surprising that many members of the GAA in the early years were also members of the doubt helped the organisation in those early months. Davin was also a moderate in his Gaelic Union and League, with many of its members becoming founders of county views on national politics, which helped balance out Cusack’s strong and sometimes boards of the GAA across the country. Many of the founding members of the GAA also overwhelming personality. There were also a number of I.R.B. members at the first had fenian sympathies or were supporters of the Home Rule movement. meeting, despite an effort to keep politics out of the organisation and to make it all- inclusive. In attendance in Hayes hotel were: John Wyse-Power (County Kildare, editor of the Leinster Leader), P.J. O’ (County Kilkenny, Solicitor), John McKay (Reporter

10 11 Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board with the Cork Examiner), J.K. Braken (County Tipperary, Building Contractor), Thomas The first All-Ireland Championship took place in 1887, with Limerick winning the St. George McCarthy (Inspector in the RIC) and Patrick Duffy (County Mayo). The group football title and Tipperary the hurling. also received 60 letters of support from people who could not attend the meeting including one from Michael Davitt. The early years of the organisation and the spread of the GAA were not without its problems. Cusack’s confrontational manner had a tendency to alienate people and he At the first meeting it was decided that the new sporting organisation would be was removed as secretary of the organisation in 1886. Davin also resigned in 1889 due open to all Irishmen, regardless of political persuasion, although its choice of patrons to the increasing influence of the I.R.B. in the Association. He later served as a member clearly indicated its political leanings. Thomas William Croke (1824-1902), Archbishop of the Tipperary County Board in 1897. The organisation also came under criticism for of Cashel and Emly; Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), MP and member of the Irish its nationalist leanings. , a ban on British security forces playing Gaelic games, Parliamentary Party and Michael Davitt (1846-1906) founder of the Land League, were was instituted in 1886 and not lifted until 2001. invited to become patrons of the Association and undoubtedly their support helped greatly with its success in the early years. The biggest blow to the organisation in the 19th century however was the Parnell ‘split’ in the Irish Parliamentary Party, demonstrating how closely the fortunes of the The GAA spread quickly and by 1887 there were 600 clubs affiliated, with Cusack Association were linked to politics. Parnell’s naming in a divorce petition by Captain travelling widely to promote the organisation. One of the reasons for the success of O’Shea against his wife Katherine caused a huge scandal in Ireland. There was a split in the organisation was Davin’s decision to divide the organisation along county and the party between those who supported him and those who sought his resignation. parish boundaries in 1887. This led to county and parish rivalries which helped bolster This split extended to members of the GAA and caused a rift in the organisation that support for teams and promote pride in the successes of local teams. Clubs were based was slow to heal. A number of Parnell supporters left the Association, which meant in local communities, giving them a strong footing from the beginning. Players played that progress was slow in the 1890s, even after Parnell’s death in 1891. for fun, to escape the stress of everyday life, but also for the honour of representing their parish, becoming local heroes in the process. The support of the Catholic Church Early years of the : and Archbishop Croke’s patronage also helped. In the early years of the 20th century Gaelic games continued to increase in popularity and the games themselves took on a more familiar format, closely resembling the Early games held by the organisation showed up regional differences in Gaelic games modern games. In 1905 the Railway Cup began followed by the (University and the need to standardise rules. The long tradition of hurling in Ireland had been Football Championship) and the Fitzgibbon Cup (University Hurling Championship) in in decline since the famine, and was still badly affected by emigration. 1911. In 1910 side posts (small posts five yards on either side of the goal posts) were was an amalgamation of a variety of traditional games, which was standardised for the abolished, followed in 1913 by the reduction of the number of players to 15 a-side. first time by the Association. To turn traditional games into modern sports rules were Most significantly, in 1913, the GAA purchased a field on Jones Road, Dublin, for the drawn up, which were gradually accepted by teams across the country. Although development of its headquarters, which they decided to name after the Association’s athletics and handball were included in the GAA intended programme of games, first patron, Archbishop Croke. they became overshadowed by hurling and football. Eventually athletics in Ireland were taken over by the National Athletic and Cycling Association (NACA) which The growth of the organisation in the 20th century was again stifled by social and was established in 1922, and the GAA focused on its more popular games. Ongoing economic factors beyond its control and external politics with the beginning of World championships encouraged pre-existing teams to join the GAA, as they needed to be War I in 1914. Many members were also members of the Irish Volunteers and supported affiliated to participate in competitions, therefore the numbers increased. Growth was John Redmond’s call to join the British army in support of Home Rule for Ireland, so rapid that by 1887 there was a need to set up county committees. leaving the playing field for the front. Despite this a national day of demonstration of

12 13 Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board the games was organised to help promote the Association. This was held on the 4th of August 1918 and became known as ‘Gaelic Sunday’.

The spread of the railways, with the opening of new lines also helped the growth of clubs. It enabled clubs to travel for inter-county games and to access remoter parts of the country with greater ease. This was especially true in Donegal. Railway companies provided special trains, laid on for matches, enabling people to travel, with special fares offered as an enticement.

Later 20th century: Despite the years of unrest brought by the War of Independence (1919-21) and the Civil War (1922-23), support for the GAA remained strong. In 1924 the Tailteann Games were held in Dublin to celebrate national independence. Croke Park was completely refurbished for the event and the games were a great success, the two week programme of Gaelic games drawing in huge crowds.

In 1926 national leagues at inter-county level for football and hurling were introduced and by 1935, 1600 clubs were affiliated. However, the GAA continued to be criticised for what was seen as the promotion of a sectarian ethos. In the 1930s increasing efforts were made to enforce , which forbade members of the GAA from playing in or even attending ‘foreign’ games (This rule was not abolished until 1971). Vigilance Suggestions for promoting the Irish language in the Club committees were established by county boards, to report on members breaking this rule. In 1938 Douglas Hyde, , was removed as patron of the Women and the GAA: organisation for attending a soccer match in his official capacity as President. This Women have been involved in Gaelic games from the early years, although not in an ban only helped to alienate sections of the community and to further associate the official capacity. Many of these women were members of the Gaelic Union, similar to organisation with extreme nationalism. Many officials over the years objected to the their male counterparts. exclusion of foreign games. Aspects of these excluding rules were relaxed in 1971 Camogie clubs were established in Ireland in the early years of the 20th century with but it was not until 2007 that the ban on playing of games other than Gaelic games practices taking place in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. By 1904, five camogie clubs were on GAA grounds was temporarily lifted (), allowing the playing of rugby and playing in an organised league in Dublin. soccer at Croke Park. On the 25th of February 1905 An Cumann Camógaíochta was established, at North Fredrick Street, Dublin, with Máire Ní Chinnéide elected as its first president. The Irish Language: spread of the organisation was slow and it was decided to re-launch the Cumann From the beginning the GAA has been associated with the Irish language with a in 1911 when Eleanor Dowager Countess of Fingal was appointed President and the crossover of membership with the Gaelic Union. Cusack’s insistence on the use of game spread with greater success. the language by the Association has created a relationship at official level which has The first official inter-county game was played in the summer of 1912 between Dublin also been encouraged at club level by officials and players. Irish is used in reports, and Louth, and the , the oldest camogie competition, was established correspondence, at functions and by players accepting trophies. in 1915.

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Although the organisation was THE GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN DONEGAL growing it was badly funded and progress was slow. It was Long before the famous meeting at Hayes Hotel in County Tipperary, Gaelic games had not until the second re-launch been played in Donegal. The origins of these games are uncertain but the presence of the Cumann Camógaíochta of a 15th century grave slab in Clonca, near Carndonagh, depicting a camán and ball in 1932 that the organisation indicate a long tradition of the original forms of the game. really established itself as a national body. The first camogie There are reports of clubs in East Donegal as early 1888 in Burt and All-Ireland championship Newtowncunningham. These clubs played regional variations of the games different took place in 1932 and was from the other clubs that also existed in the west of the county in places like Ardara, won by Dublin. By the 1960s Inver, and Donegal Town. In these areas camán, an early variation on the modern camogie was well established hurling game, was more popular than football. Camán, in east Donegal used a special as a national sport, with leagues, Ladies Camogie Team type of hurley stick, known as the Burt hurley which had a narrow boss and ridge championships, school and along the heel, whereas in the southern areas of the County a broad boss hurl was university competitions. used.

Ninety years after the establishment of the GAA the Ladies Gaelic Football Association The earliest clubs established included the Burt Hibernians in 1888 as well as Cahir O’s was established on the 18th of July 1974, in Hayes Hotel, Thurles. Ladies Gaelic football in Buncrana. In 1899 a Gaelic football club was established in called Irish has gone from strength to strength with growing support for the games, helped no Hearts. These early teams looked to Derry, where a County Board had been established doubt by the sponsorship and televising of the games by TG4. in 1888; in fact the Burt Hibernians took part in the Derry hurling championship in 1889. The GAA today: The GAA is Ireland’s largest and most successful sporting organisation, which now The foundation of the GAA in 1884 had little impact in Donegal. Thurles was a long has a worldwide presence, with clubs established by the throughout way from the North West and with poor communication and infrastructure Donegal the world. Many would say that the Association is intrinsic to Irish identity and most had closer links to Scotland than it did to Munster. communities. Clubs are based in the communities and survive only because of the hard work of an army of volunteers with the GAA providing a social outlet for the community The First County Board in return. GAA clubs are open to all, and the amateur nature of the organisation means Like the GAA nationally, the foundation of the GAA in Donegal had its roots in the Gaelic that there are teams for all levels of ability. The social life that surrounds the clubs also League. Seumas MacManus of Mountcharles, the well known writer and secretary of means that those not interested in playing the games themselves become involved the Donegal Town branch of the Gaelic League, began a press campaign to bolster in events such as Scór (cultural competition established in 1969 for clubs to promote support for the establishment of the GAA in Donegal. His campaign was supported Irish culture, dancing and singing) and the under-age competitions, bringing children by the local clergy, which helped greatly. MacManus called the first meeting, which and their families in contact with the Association. Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta also was held in MacIntyre’s Hotel (known as Cassie Mac’s), Mountcharles, on the 23rd brings together people from areas, to share their common love of the games of October 1905. MacManus chaired the meeting and the board were elected. The and the Irish language. newly formed GAA chose the Rev. Dr. Patrick O’Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe as patron, Dr. Edward Maguire P.P. was elected president of the board. Other officials included

16 17 Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board secretaries Alex McDyre, N.T. Kilraine (Glenties) and J. Dowds (Stranorlar), treasurer Rev. Charles Boyce C.C. and board members Edward Daly (Bundoran), John McGahern (Donegal Town) and P.M. Gallagher (Donegal Town).

The County Board was divided into two for administrative purposes, east and west, and teams were given three weeks to affiliate with the newly established Board before leagues were drawn up. The west division included the areas of Croagh, Ardaghy, Inver, Mountcharles, Bundoran, Killybegs, and Donegal Town. The east division included Newtowncunningham, Burt, , Fahan, Cresslough, and Churchill. MacManus had rules for playing Gaelic games published in the local press on the 28th of October 1905, with the Board issuing its manifesto a short while later.

Initially the Association did quite well and early games were well attended. Support for the organisation was strong in particular in the south west of the county in Mountcharles, Donegal Town, Bundoran and and in areas where there was already good support for organisations such as the Gaelic League, Cummann na nGaedheal (est. 1900, a nationalist political organisation) and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The first football championship was held in 1906 and won by Lámh Deargs of Letterkenny. The Burt Hibernians won the County Hurling final and went on to win the Ulster Championship.

Despite the initial good start to the Association, Gaelic games in the county could not compete with the popularity of soccer. Many Donegal people worked seasonally in Britain and brought the interest in soccer home with them. The county also presented many practical problems for the Association. It is physically a large county and transport was a problem. Board members also found it difficult to find time to attend meetings, the lifestyle at the time involving long working hours and little leisure time. Donegal also had other economic problems, with large numbers emigrating, especially among the youth of the county and the GAA lost these young potential players and supporters. This is a problem that would always affect the GAA in Donegal. Communication was also lacking between the two divisional boards in the county and a lack of cohesion between the activities of the two boards developed. Support from the clergy was also declining. Dr. Maguire became head of the newly established Saint Eunan’s College in Letterkenny and due to his commitments there was unable to devote the same time to the Association. The Rev. Hugh Maguire of Kilcar, who also had other commitments, replaced him as patron. The GAA, as an official body, began to go into decline. List of Inter-county Matches

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Seumas MacManus was elected president of the County Board in 1907 but spent Garda Síochána brought young men much of his time in America, eventually becoming a Professor at the University of from around the country to Donegal, Notre Dame in 1908. Donegal GAA therefore lost one of its most influential supporters. many of them Gaelic games players The County Board had joined the Ulster Council in 1905 but it is unclear if the board or supporters, bringing with them received any real guidance from the council. this tradition. New Clubs were formed in the county during this decade Gaelic games continued as before at local level but without the guidance of a strong including Ardara (1921), Glenties County Board. Competition at county level virtually ground to a halt and a number of (1921), Maghery (1923), Kilcar (1924) clubs were disbanded. By 1909 the County Board seems to have ceased to exist. and Donegal Young Tír Conaills (1924). Aodh Ruadh’s of Ballyshannon was For ten years it looked like the GAA would remain dormant indefinitely in Donegal. The also re-launched in 1924 (originally First World War (1914-1918) did not help the situation, as many young Donegal men established in 1909), having been one First Ballyshannon Team to win the Donegal Senior Championship, 1929 joined up. of the more prolific clubs during the years the County Board was dormant. The involvement of national school teachers The Reconvened County Board also bolstered the numbers in the Association. At a meeting of the County Board in The Ulster Council/Comhairle Uladh had been established in 1903 in Armagh, part 1937 an appreciation of teachers’ ‘promotion and fostering of our gaelic games’ is of the overall restructuring of the GAA and the establishment of Provincial Councils. recorded, demonstrating the value of their contribution which was recognised by the In 1919 it held its annual convention in Derry and a number of Donegal delegates Board. The re-establishment of the Association was also helped by improvements in attended, sparking an interest in the Association in the county. The County Board communications and transport links in the county. This enabled more people to travel was reconvened and held its first meeting in Letterkenny. Seán O’Flaherty, a native to games, bringing Gaelic games to a wider audience and establishing it as a popular of Castlefin was elected chairman of the Board and John Curran of Letterkenny was pastime. appointed secretary. At the same time a Letterkenny man, Dr. McGinley, was elected vice - president of the Ulster Council. The foundation of the Seán MacCumhaill newspaper in 1919 helped bolster support for the reformed County Board and its Two teams were established in the twin towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar in the early reporting of the Association’s activities helped raise its profile in the county. years of the GAA, Éire Ógs in Ballybofey and Sarsfields in Stranorlar. The teams joined together in 1926 to form Erin’s Hopes, winning the Dr. McGinley cup in 1932 and 1940. Bundoran won the first County Championship of the reconvened County Board in In 1944 the club made efforts to secure a permanent home for its team by purchasing 1919, having beaten Killygordan after two rematches. Killygordon however were a field which was in the town boundary of Ballybofey, but the owner was unwilling to victorious in the 1920 championship and apart from a break in 1950 and 1966 the sell. During Civic Week celebrations in 1946, a friendly match was played on the site championship has run successfully every year since. between Sligo and Donegal. The match was such a success that a Park Committee was set up to secure the field from its owner Mark Byrne, who eventually agreed to sell the The War of Independence and the Civil War slowed progress of the Association and site to the GAA. the backlog of games that built up over this period was not cleared until 1924. In the later 1920s however the GAA in Donegal really took off. There was an upsurge In May 1949, Seán MacCumhaill, the then secretary of the County Board died. in nationalist feeling during this period and soccer was seen by many as a ‘foreign’ MacCumhaill, a former teacher from Stranorlar, had become involved in national politics game, with people turning to Gaelic games for the first time. A number of other factors after witnessing the Bloody Sunday massacre in Croke Park in 1920. This involvement helped the Association gain a foothold in the community. The establishment of the would continue for the rest of his life. He spent numerous periods in prison for his

20 21 Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board Archives of the Donegal Gaelic Athletic Association County Board activities and went on hunger strike in the Curragh. He was held in Drumboe Castle during the War of Independence and was again jailed from 1936-1941 for trying to resurrect a campaign against partition. MacCumhaill brought his high idealism to his involvement with the GAA in the county. He served as county secretary from 1946 until his death in 1949 at the age of 48. A local hero, it was decided to name the acquired grounds in Ballybofey after MacCumhaill. In 1956, the President of the GAA, Mr. Seán Mac Fearain, officially opened the grounds and a plaque in memory of the late Seán MacCumhaill was unveiled. Erin’s Hopes also changed its name to MacCumhaills. MacCumhaill Park is now Donegal GAA’s main grounds along with Fr. Tierney Park, Ballyshannon and O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny.

Hurling in Donegal Growing interest in Gaelic football gradually eclipsed the popularity of hurling in Donegal in the 20th century. Despite this the game survived in the areas where it had Donegal County Board letterhead always been strongest, in the east of the county. followed by Seán Cassidy who served from 1925-1930, by which time the GAA was Over the years these 19th and early 20th century clubs continued to dominate firmly established in the heart of the community in Donegal. In 1933, the County Board the county Hurling club championships, and title holders included Aodh Ruadh’s reorganised the divisional boards. The County was divided into West Donegal, East (Ballyshannon), which won the championship 1924 and 1925, Letterkenny which won Donegal, South-West Donegal, North Donegal and South Donegal, each with its own numerous times in the 1920s and 1930s and Burt, which dominated in the 1950s and divisional board, demonstrating how complex the administration of the Association 1960s. In more recent times it is Inishowen clubs that have fielded the strongest teams, had become, growing continuously in the ten years since the War of Independence. including Burt, Naomh Mura and Carndonagh, with Setanta from Killygordon also Members of the board who were prominent in the 1930s include Seán Kennedy coming to the fore. The most recent winners of the County Championship were Seán (Secretary 1934-1937, Chairman 1939-1940) and Donal Ward (Secretary 1938-1943) MacCumhaills, Ballybofey, which won the title in 2010. At inter-county level Donegal followed by men such as Seán MacCumhaill in the later 1940s. Hugh Daly would take has had small but no less noteworthy success, particularly at junior level. Burt began over as secretary after the death of Seán MacCumhaill and remains the longest serving by beating Antrim in the 1906 Hurling championship (the county club champions secretary of the County Board, seeing to the administration of the board until his death representing the county at the time). The Donegal team would again beat Antrim in in 1973. Seán Conaghan (Glenties) and Seán Cassidy (Dungloe) were both long serving the Ulster final in 1923 and 1932 and win Ulster titles in 1947, 1948, 1972, 1989, 2001 treasurers of the board from 1926 to 1946. They were followed in the 1950s and 1960s and 2003. Donegal continues to play in Division 3 of the National Hurling League and by other dedicated members, Conall Ferry (Gweedore) and Danny Boyle (Glenties). The in the . In 2011, after reaching the final for the third consecutive year, first woman to serve as secretary of the board was Noreen Doherty, who took over the Donegal won the Lory Meagher Cup, beating Tyrone in the final, on the 4th of June position in 1991. with a final score of 2-12 to 0-17. Championships Members of the Board In 1926 the County Board decided to set up the Dr. Maguire Cup, which from 1927 was The County Board and Donegal GAA were driven forward by a number of officials in presented to the County Champions. The Donegal Democrat also presented a league the 1920s, including Seán O’Flaherty, P.J. Ward and John Curran. P.J. Ward of Killybegs championship cup to the County Board in 1926. In 1931 the minor championship served as chairman of the County Board for this period of growth from 1923-24, began. The Dr. McKenna Cup (Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith) began in 1927. This football

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competition was played between Ulster Anthony Molloy, beat Dublin, 18 points to 14 in the All-Ireland final. The momentous Counties (and later also by the Universities reception that the Sam Maguire Cup and the victorious team received upon their in the ). The cup had been donated arrival in Donegal is an indication of what the win meant to GAA supporters in Donegal to the Ulster Council in 1924 by the Rev. Dr. and how much the Association has become part of the fabric of the community. More McKenna. Donegal had to wait until 1963 to recently the county team won the National Football League Division 1 title, the first bring the cup home, but has since won the senior Donegal team to win the title, beating Mayo at Croke Park on the 22nd of April competition numerous times. The Dr. Lagan 2007. In 2011 Donegal also won its first Ulster Senior Football Championship in nearly Cup (Corn Dochtúir Uí Lagáin) was another two decades. The county team broke a nineteen year drought in the championship by inter-county football competition in Ulster, beating Derry with a final score of Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-8. limited to five Ulster Counties. Donegal won the cup four times, in 1952, 1965, 1966 and 1967, Role of the GAA after which the competition was discontinued. It is impossible to sum up in a few short lines what the GAA means to people across In club football, over three decades the game the county. It is an intrinsic part of Irish society, in existence for a relatively short 127 went from strength to strength. Successful years but so embedded is it in local communities it gives the impression of always teams included Ardara in the 1920s with having been there. It is perhaps better to rely on the words of a Donegal man who Ballyshannon and Dungloe dominating in the clearly held Gaelic games close to his heart. 1930s. Gweedore won the championship four Match Programme, 1957 years in a row from 1944-1947. Dungloe and St. ‘They are more than mere games played for relaxation or amusement, although they Eunans, Letterkenny dominated in the following decade before MacCumhaill’s came adequately fulfil both these desirable purposes. They are an expression of the characteristics to the fore in 1959. of our race, the motivating spirit of our being, and it is in that spirit they should be played – that spirit of rivalry, combined with the sense of comradeship of the Gael. We are the In 1969 a new competition got off the ground, spearheaded by Anthony O’Carroll Guardians of great treasures – treasures that are of the spirit rather than of material things. from Gweedore and his friend from Kerry, Anthony de Bairéad. The two college friends, Let us do all we can to promote the games, the language, the music, the traditions – the in a desire to bring football teams from Gaeltacht areas together, arranged a match culture of the Gael. By doing so we can live up to the high ideals set up by the illustrious between Gweedore and Ballyferriter, County Kerry, to be played in Gweedore in founders of the G.A.A.’ January 1969. The meeting was such a success that it was decided there and then to Sean MacCumhaill (1901 –1949) set up a competition for Gaeltacht teams, and Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta began, with Gweedore man Seán Delap elected president. To date Gweedore has won the competition a total of seven times.

The county team has had numerous successes over the years, including winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship in the , 1980s and 1990s as well as a number of victories in the Dr. McKenna Cup and titles in the Minor league, Under 21 and school competition level. All-Ireland titles were won in the Vocational Schools Football Championship in 1984, 1985, 1995, 1996 and in 2002 as well as Under 21 football championships in 1982 and 1987. The GAA in Donegal however, had to wait until 1992 for an All-Ireland Senior Football title. Donegal, captained by Ardara player

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The Archives of the Donegal GAA County Board : An Introduction correspondence and yearbooks from Ardara, St. Michaels (Dunfanaghy) Kilcar, Red The Archives of the Donegal GAA County Board were deposited with the Archives Hughs (Ballyshannon), Saint Nauls (Inver) and Four Masters (Donegal Town). Service of Donegal County Council in July 2006. This significant collection dating from 1927 was in the care of the then County Secretary, Charlie O’Donnell, who, recognising Material produced by the GAA at national level also forms part of the collection. This the value of the collection sought a permanent home for the archives. includes circulars, rule books, fixtures booklets, programmes and reports. Most notable is the report of the GAA commission set up under the 1969 convention motion, to With funding from the Heritage Council, the collection has now been catalogued and investigate all aspects of the affairs of the Association with special reference to: the is available for research at the Archives Service in Lifford. structure of the Association at all levels, financial management, youth, grounds, communications, hurling, discipline and sponsorship (GAA/10/6). The Collection: This collection, dating from 1927 to 2009, contains a wide variety of material, reflecting Programmes for matches are the most numerous of documents in the collection, the range of activities of the GAA in the county. The records of administration include amounting to over 300 items. These programmes cover club matches, for leagues and minute books, correspondence, financial records and numerous reports, which reflect championships as well as programmes for Ulster and All-Ireland matches and from the the inner working of the board. A large number of records also exist from the various National football league. A small number of programmes covering hurling matches committees of the County Board, including the regional boards, minor and hurling are also preserved in the collection. As well as providing details of individual matches boards and also the Parks Committee and Oifigeach na Gaeilge. these programmes also tend to publish additional information, for example histories of clubs or the games in a given area or time period as well as biographical details about The earliest document in the collection is a correspondence book with copies of players and officials. Early programmes generally consist of one printed page but the outgoing correspondence written by Secretary Seán Ó Caiside, covering the period programmes become more detailed over the years. Other ephemera includes tickets 1927-1937 (GAA/1/6/2). Letters include references to fixtures, teams, players and for matches and officials’ passes, invites, posters and souvenirs of dinner dances and grievances. fundraising events. Other publications include yearbooks and annuals, newsletters and magazines, histories and books of GAA facts as well as commemorative publications The GAA in Donegal really took root in the 1920s and the bulk of administrative produced to mark anniversaries, openings of club grounds, winning teams and of material in the collection dates from the 1930s onwards. It is unfortunate that no course the centenary of the GAA in 1984. material from the early years of the Association in the county has survived as part of the official collection, especially from the years 1905-1907 when the first County Board The collection also contains was established. It is possible that this material was lost when the Association went into material relating to Comórtas decline in Donegal. Archives from the turbulent years of 1919-27 are also missing. It is Peile na Gaeltachta, the Marion possible that material from this period survives in private hands and will come to light Camogie Club, (Ballybun, at a later date. A large amount of material has survived from the 1930s, particularly Castlefin) Handball, Scór na from 1933. This material relates primarily to Seán Conaghan, treasurer of the County nÓg as well as a large selection Board from 1925-1933, and includes invoices and correspondence. A large amount of of newspapers, including financial material from the later 1930s and 1940s, relating to Seán Ó Caiside’s term as special supplements produced treasurer, has also survived. to mark the All-Ireland Senior Football title win in 1992. As well as administrative material at a county level the collection also contains a small amount of material from eight clubs in Donegal. Material includes programmes, Anthony Molloy receives the Sam Maguire Cup, 1992

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Also of interest is the substantial amount of financial material from the 1930s. Invoices from this period show the day to day workings of the organisation. The sheer number of invoices for transport demonstrates how difficult it was to transport players and officials to matches. The majority of these invoices are from local businesses providing a picture of services available in the towns at this time. One document of particular interest is a letter from the Garda Síochána in Letterkenny from the 16th of November 1933 stating that the GAA owes money to a number of businesses in the town and the merchants are looking to be paid. This letter also includes a full list of businesses and the money owed to them (GAA/1/5/3/2/2(20)).

Arrangement This collection has been arranged with the original order and structure in mind. Where possible the collection has been left as officials of the board created them, for example correspondence for the treasurer of the board is separate from the general correspondence, which would have been received by the county secretary. This is how Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta Programme / Ardara Yearbook / Centenary Programme the collection came to the Archives and when possible little or no changes have been made. In the same vein, material has been arranged by its creating committee or board Unfortunately less than a dozen photographs are preserved in the collection. The or by function. Within these groups documents are arranged by document type and Archives Service is hopeful of acquiring donations of photos from GAA enthusiasts in then placed in chronological order. the future. The majority of the documents relate to football. A small number of items relating Archives of note include the County Board minute books dating from 1933-1996. These to other games have been separated out and listed under hurling, camogie, ladies minute books are of key importance to the history of the County Boards. Information football and handball. recorded includes reports of the divisional secretaries, finances, fixture lists, election of officers to the board, training and referees’ reports. Also of interest are the Annual As Irish is the official language Convention reports, detailing the annual progress of each committee and plans for of the organisation, a significant the continued development of the Association. These reports were an opportunity for amount of the collection is committee members to highlight their successes and also to voice their frustrations in Irish. Published material is over things that needed improving. generally in both English and Irish although some material is Other items of importance include printed bye-laws of the Donegal GAA dated 1928- in Irish only. There is a variation 1932, published by the Donegal County Board. This document includes an article in the spelling of certain entitled ‘Our Gaelic Games’ from the Derry People, a list of officials of the County Board placenames or clubs in the Irish as well as a list of affiliated clubs and their kit colours. It also contains a detailed list of language material. Where this is rules and bye-laws and also a list of inter-county matches participated in since the re- the case the material has been organisation of the Association in 1919 (GAA/4/1). listed with the name as it appears Young Camogie Players on the document. Material has

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The research potential of this collection is inherent. The documents contained in the archives give a unique insight into the working of the organisation at county level and show its development over time. They are also a valuable piece of local history, recording the activities of local members, teams, clubs, volunteers and businesses which provided services or sponsorship to the Association.

July 2011

Bibliography: • Crawford Joe, McCool Dan, Golden Memories, A History of Gaelic Games around the Twin Towns 1916 - 1966 • Cronin, Duncan & Rouse Eds., The GAA, A People’s History, Collins Press, 2009 • Curran Conor, Sport in Donegal, A History, The History Press, 2010 • Mac a’Ghoill, Padraig, Idir Peíl agus Pobal, A History of the G.A.A. in the Parish of Ardara, Black Lion Books, 2004 • Ó Gallchóir, An tAth. Seán, The Book of Donegal G.A.A. Facts.

Donegal Supporters Vigilance Committee Letter, 1933

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Title PAPERS OF DONEGAL GAELIC ATHLETIC GAA/1/1/3 Minute Book January 1963 - ASSOCIATION COUNTY BOARD 25 February 1969 Creation Dates 1927-2009 GAA/1/1/4 Minute Book 26 January 1969 - 1 August 1978 Level of Description Fonds GAA/1/1/5 Minute Book, 1 March 1982 - Extent 821 items 14 May 1986 GAA/1/1/6 Minutes 7 April 1986 - 5 December 1988, May - June 1989 GAA/1/1/7 Minute Book 4 February 1991 - 6 March 1995 GAA/1/1/8 Minute Book 20 March 1995 - 2 November 1996 GAA/1/1/9 Minute Book 18 November 1996 - 16 December 1996 GAA/1/2 Board Administration 1933 - 1958 GAA/1/2/1 Agendas and Notifications 1933 - 1958 GAA/1/2/2 County Secretaries 1937 GAA/1/2/3 Club Secretaries Undated GAA/1/2/4 Inter-county transfer form Undated GAA/1/2/5 Officers Attendance List Undated GAA/1/2/6 Central Council 1939 GAA/1/2/7 Recommendations to referees conference 1953 GAA/1/2/8 Affiliations 1933 1933 GAA/1/3 Annual Convention/Comhdháil Bhliantúil 1950 -1998 GAA/1/3/1 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisí don Bliain 1949 29 January 1950 GAA/1/3/2 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisí don Bhliain 1952 12 January 1953 GAA/1/3/3 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisi don Bliain 1953 24 January 1954 Donegal County Board Archives GAA/1/3/4 Tuairiscí agus cunntaisí don Bhliain 1954 30 January 1955 GAA/1/3/5 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisí don Bhliain 1955 29 January 1956 GAA/1 DONEGAL COUNTY BOARD 1927 - 2009 GAA/1/3/6 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisí don Bhliain 1957 26 January 1958 GAA/1/1 Minutes of the County Board 1933 - 1996 GAA/1/3/7 Miontuairiscí Crunniugh Cinn Bhliain 1959 25 January 1959 GAA/1/1/1 Minute Book 17 September 1933 - GAA/1/3/8 Tuairiscí agus Cunntaisí don Bhliain 1959 31 January 1960 19 July 1942 GAA/1/3/9 Representation at Convention, 1960 1960 GAA/1/1/2 Minute Book 31 January 1943 - GAA/1/3/10 Proposals for Rehabilitation 1971 1971 22 February 1948 GAA/1/3/11 Tuairiscí agus Cuntaisí don Bhlian 1972 28 January 1973

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GAA/1/3/12 Tuairiscí agus Cuntaisí don Bhlian 1973 17 December 1973 GAA/1/5/1/1 Miontuairisc Gnaith Coisde an Airgid 7 April 1935 - GAA/1/3/13 Annual Congress 1974 1975 13 December 1936 GAA/1/3/14 Tuairiscí agus Cuntaisí don Bhlian 1975 17 December 1975 GAA/1/5/1/2 Finance Sub-Committee Report 1954 GAA/1/3/15 Tuarascáil, Cuntaisí an Iniúchóir agus Rúin don 12 January 1979 GAA/1/5/1/3 Finance Special Report 1972 January 1973 Chomdhail Bhliantuil 1978 GAA/1/5/2 Auditor’s Reports 1950 - 1989 GAA/1/3/16 Tuarascáil, Cuntaisí an Iniúchóir agus Rúin don 20 January 1980 GAA/1/5/2/1 Auditor’s Report 1950 31 December 1950 Chomdhail Bhliantuil 1979 GAA/1/5/2/2 Auditor’s Report 1972 3 January 1973 GAA/1/3/17 Miontuaraiscí an Chomdhail deirigh 1980 16 January 1981 GAA/1/5/2/3 Auditor’s Report 1972 6 January 1973 GAA/1/3/18 Tuarascálacha agus Rúin don Chomhdháil Bhliaintiúil 17 January 1982 GAA/1/5/2/4 Auditor’s Report 1979 16 January 1980 1981 GAA/1/5/2/5 Auditor’s Report 1982 12 January 1983 GAA/1/3/19 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí an Iniuchoir agus Rúin don 16 January 1983 GAA/1/5/2/6 Auditor’s Report 1989 19 January 1990 Chomhdhail Bhliantuil 1982 GAA/1/5/3 Income and Expenditure 1933 - 1959 GAA/1/3/20 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí and Iniuchoir agus Ruin don 16 January1984 Chomhdhail Bhliantuil 1983 GAA/1/5/3/1 Balance Sheets & Statements 1928 - 1937 GAA/1/3/21 Motion for Convention & Insurance Scheme 1984 GAA/1/5/3/2 Treasurers Correspondence 1932 - 1959 GAA/1/3/22 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí an Iniuchoir agus Ruin don 26 January 1986 GAA/1/5/3/2/1 Outgoing Correspondence 1927 - 1939 Chomhdhail Bliantuil 1985 GAA/1/5/3/2/2 Incoming Correspondence 1933 - 1941, 1949, GAA/1/3/23 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí an Iniuchoir agus Rúin don 24 January 1988 1959 Chomhdhail Bhliantuil 1987 GAA/1/5/3/3 Expenses 1933 - 1941 GAA/1/3/24 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí an Iniuchoir agus Rúin don 22 January 1989 GAA/1/5/4 Invoices and Receipts 1933 - 1941 Chomhdhail Bhliantuil 1988 GAA/1/5/4/1 Gate Receipts 1933 - 1941 GAA/1/3/25 Tuarascail, Cuntaisí an Iniuchoir agus Rúin don 21 January 1990 GAA/1/5/4/2 Receipts 1933 - 1341 Chomhdhail Bhliantuil 1989 GAA/1/5/4/3 Invoices 1933 - 1941, 1972, GAA/1/3/26 Tuairisc an Runaí 1991 1992 1973 GAA/1/3/27 Tuairiscí Bhliantúil 1992 24 January 1993 GAA/1/5/4/4 Cheque books 1936 - 1941 GAA/1/3/28 Comhaill Bliantúil 1993/94 16 January 1994 GAA/1/5/5 Insurance Schemes 2000 GAA/1/3/29 Comhaill Bliantúil 1995/96 21 January 1996 GAA/1/6 Correspondence 1927 - 1955, 1990s GAA/1/3/30 Comhaill Bliantúil 1996/97 19 January 1997 GAA/1/6/1 Incoming Correspondence 1932 - 1955, GAA/1/3/31 Comhaill Bliantúil 1997/98 18 January 1998 1993 - 2009 GAA/1/3/32 Comhaill Bliantúil 1998/99 13 December 1998 GAA/1/6/2 Outgoing Correspondence 1927 - 1933 GAA/1/4 Ulster Convention 1970, 2000 GAA/1/7 Reports 1954, 1996, 1998 GAA/1/4/1 Ulster Convention 1970/1971 6 March 1971 GAA/1/7/1 Referee’s Reports 1954, 1996 GAA/1/4/2 Ulster Council 1980 1980/81 GAA/1/7/2 Report on workings of County Committee 26 October 1998 GAA/1/4/3 Ulster Convention 2000 26 February 2000 GAA/2 BOARDS AND COMMITTEES 1933 - 1993 GAA/1/5 Finance 1935-2000 GAA/2/1 Eastern Divisional Board 1955 - 1973 GAA/1/5/1 Finance Committee 1935-1972 GAA/2/1/1 Minutes of Eastern Divisional Board 21 March 1962 - 1 October 1973

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GAA/2/1/1/1 Minute Book 21 March 1962 - GAA/2/6/1 Minor Board Convention 1991, 1997 1 October 1973 GAA/2/6/2 Vocational Schools Committee 1976 - 1991 GAA/2/1/2 Finance 1955 - 1972 GAA/2/6/2/1 Post Primary Schools’ Football Competition 1976 GAA/2/1/2/1 Furnished Accounts of Eastern Division 16 November 1933 GAA/2/6/2/2 Reports: C.L.C.G. na nGairm Scoileanna 1987 - 1991 GAA/2/1/2/2 Income and Expenditure Register 1955 - 1972 GAA/2/6/3 Cumann na mBunscoileanna 1976 - 1988 GAA/2/1/2/3 Donation to Patients Comfort Fund 28 Nov 1968 GAA/2/6/3/1 Primary Schools Football Competition 1976 GAA/2/1/2/4 Balance Statement 28 Nov 1968 GAA/2/6/3/2 Cumann na mbunscoileanna report 1988 GAA/2/1/3 Correspondence 21 April 1933 GAA/2/6/4 South Divisional Minor Board 1988 GAA/2/1/4 Fixtures 1960 GAA/2/6/5 Reports 1981 - 1994 GAA/2/2 South Western Divisional Board 29 June 1963 - GAA/2/6/5/1 Minor board report c. 1982 28 June 1973 GAA/2/6/5/2 Uimhir Cláraithe gach bhliain c. 1981 GAA/2/2/1 Minutes of South Western Divisional Board 29 June 1963 - GAA/2/6/5/3 Tuarascáil an Claraitheoir 1985 1985 28 June 1973 GAA/2/6/5/4 Proposed Five Year Plan 1994 GAA/2/2/1/1 Minute Book 29 June 1963 - 28 June 1973 GAA/2/6/5/5 Match Report U-21s 18 March 2009 GAA/2/3 Southern Divisional Board 1943-1954 GAA/2/6/6 Finance 1978 - 1985 GAA/2/3/1 Agendas 17 July 1946 - GAA/2/6/6/1 County Minor Team Expenses 1977 23 November 1947 GAA/2/6/6/2 Minor Committee Financial Report 3rd April 1978 GAA/2/3/2 Annual Convention 1933 - 1954 GAA/2/6/6/3 Income and Expenditure Account 1985 15 November 1985 GAA/2/3/2/1 Annual Report 1933 17 December 1933 GAA/2/6/7 Correspondence 1933-1941, 1976, 1981 GAA/2/3/2/2 Tuairiscinn Bliadhna 1947 GAA/2/6/8 Hurling 1986 GAA/2/3/2/3 Agenda 1947 GAA/2/6/9 Fixtures 1980 - 1993 GAA/2/3/2/4 Agenda 1952 GAA/2/6/9/1 Lamh-Leabhar Bliantúil 1980 GAA/2/3/2/5 Annual Convention 1954 1954 GAA/2/6/9/2 Centenary Year Fixtures 1984 GAA/2/3/2/6 Tuairisic an Runaí Coisde Deisceart 1954 GAA/2/6/9/3 Completion Dates Bord na Mionur 1992 GAA/2/3/3 Fixtures List 1943 GAA/2/6/9/4 Underage Fixtures 1992 GAA/2/3/4 Balance Sheet 30 November 1952 GAA/2/6/9/5 Completion Dates Coiste Board na Mionur 1993 GAA/2/3/5 Warning to Clubs Undated GAA/2/6/9/6 Fixtures Book 1994 GAA/2/4 Northern Divisional Board 1972 - 1974 GAA/2/6/9/7 Underage Fixtures and Information 2003 GAA/2/4/1 Referee’s Report 1972 GAA/2/6/9/8 Underage Fixtures and Information 2004 GAA/2/4/2 Notifications and Agendas May - November 1972 GAA/2/6/9/9 Underage Fixtures and Information 2004 GAA/2/4/3 Nomination Papers November 1972 - GAA/2/6/10 Players Lists 1973 - 1976, 1984 November 1973 GAA/2/6/11 Donegal Youth Seminar 1984 GAA/2/4/4 Annual Convention 1973 1974 GAA/2/7 County Hurling Board 1933 - 2009 GAA/2/5 Western Divisional Board 1933 GAA/2/7/1 Committee Registration Book 1934 - 1936 GAA/2/6 County Minor Board 1976 - 1991 GAA/2/7/2 Correspondence 1933, 1937

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GAA/2/7/3 Players Lists 1954, 2009 GAA/2/8/1/5 Cuntás Bhórd na bPáirc 1983 GAA/2/7/3/1 Fuireann Carn Domhnach 21 November 1954 GAA/2/8/1/6 Cuntás Bhórd na bPáirc 1984 GAA/2/7/3/2 Dhún na nGall V. Tír Eoghan 9 May 2009 GAA/2/8/1/7 Cuntás Bhórd na bPáirc 1 1986 GAA/2/7/3/3 Dhún na nGall V. Ardmacha 17 May 2009 GAA/2/8/2 Correspondence re: grants 1979 - 1985 GAA/2/7/3/4 Dún na nGall V. Muineacháin 30 May 2009 GAA/2/9 Oifigeach na Gaeilge c.1980 - 1993 GAA/2/7/3/5 Dhún na nGall V. An Cabhán 6 May 2009 GAA/2/9/1 Plan Forbartha Oifigeach na Gaeilge c.1980 GAA/2/7/3/6 An Longfort V. Dún na nGall 13 June 2009 GAA/2/9/2 Tuairisc Bhliantúil Oifigeach na Gaeilge 1981 GAA/2/7/3/7 Fermanagh V. Dún na nGall 21 June 2009 GAA/2/9/3 Tuairisc Bhliantúil Oifigeach na Gaeilge 24 January 1988 GAA/2/7/3/8 An Dún Theas V. Dhún na nGall 28 June 2009 GAA/2/9/4 Plean Forbartha Oifigigh na Gaeilge 25 November 1988 GAA/2/7/3/9 Dhún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 11 July 2009 GAA/2/9/5 Tuairisc Bhliantúil Oifigeach na Gaeilge 22 January 1988 GAA/2/7/3/10 Annual Performance Scheme Undated GAA/2/9/6 Tuairisc Bhliantúil Oifigeach na Gaeilge 21 January 1990 GAA/2/7/4 Regional Hurling League Letter 15 March 1954 GAA/2/9/7 Tuairisc Bhliantúil Oifigeach na Gaeilge 24 January 1993 GAA/2/7/5 Appeal for funds 1933 GAA/3 CLUBS 1979 - 2004 GAA/2/7/6 Hurling Report 1982 GAA/3/1 Ardara GAA c.1980 GAA/2/7/7 Hurling Programmes 1993 - 2005 GAA/3/1/1 Ardara History File Undated GAA/2/7/7/1 Senior Hurling Championship 1993 - 2005 GAA/3/1/2 Ardara Yearbook 1980 GAA/2/7/7/1/1 Setanta V. Burt 1993 GAA/3/2 Gaoth Dobhair GAA 28 November 1988 GAA/2/7/7/1/2 Beart V. Naomh Adhamhain 11 September 2002 GAA/3/3 St. Michael’s GAA 1979 - 1983 GAA/2/7/7/1/3 Dhún an nGall V. Fear Manach 9 July 2005 GAA/3/3/1 Outgoing Correspondence 1979 - 1983 GAA/2/7/7/2 National Hurling League 2000 - 2005 GAA/3/3/2 Tuarascáil an Chisteora 31 December 1979 GAA/2/7/7/2/1 An Longfort V. Dún na nGall 9 April 2000 GAA/3/4 C.L.G. Cill Charta 1984 - 2000 GAA/2/7/7/2/2 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 23 February 2003 GAA/3/4/1 Cill Chartha Yearbooks 1999 - 2000 GAA/2/7/7/2/3 Dún na nGall V. Sligeach 29 March 2003 GAA/3/4/1/1 C.L.G. Chill Chartha 1999 1999 GAA/2/7/7/2/4 Dún na nGall V. Maigh Eo 1 May 2005 GAA/3/4/1/2 C.L.G. Chill Chartha 2000 2000 GAA/2/7/7/3 Junior Hurling Championship 2001 - 2004 GAA/3/4/2 Fhoilsiúchán Stairiúil 1984 GAA/2/7/7/3/1 Dún an nGall V. An Dúin 6 May 2001 GAA/3/4/3 Curiadh na Condae Faoi 21 1998 GAA/2/7/7/3/2 Dún na nGall V. Londain 5 August 2001 GAA/3/4/4 Kilcar Kit Undated GAA/2/7/7/3/3 An Dún V. Dún na nGall 15 June 2003 GAA/3/4/5 Féile Chill Chartha 1984 GAA/2/7/7/3/4 Dún na nGall V. Laois 3 July 2004 GAA/3/4/6 Ceannas Mionúr 1998 GAA/2/8 Parks Committee 1979 - 1986 GAA/3/5 Aodh Ruadh GAA 1986 GAA/2/8/1 Report/Cuntas Choisde na bPairc 1979 - 1986 GAA/3/6 Naoimh Columba C.L.G. 1984 - 2003 GAA/2/8/1/1 Cuntás Choisde na bPáirc 1979 1979 GAA/3/6/1 Historical Magazine 1984 GAA/2/8/1/2 Park projects 1980 GAA/3/6/2 Oscailt Aras Sheáin Uí Éinne 2003 GAA/2/8/1/3 Cuntás Bhórd na bPáirc 1981 GAA/3/7 Naomh Naille C.L.G. 2005 GAA/2/8/1/4 Cuntás Bhórd na bPáirc 1982 GAA/3/8 Na gCeithre Máistir C.L.G. 2004

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GAA/4 RULES AND REGULATIONS 1928 - 1995 GAA/5/2/1 Ulster Council 1971 1971 GAA/4/1 Record and Bye-Laws 1928 - 1932 GAA/5/2/2 Lory Meagher Cup 2009 2009 GAA/4/2 Rule 17 Bye Laws c.1930s GAA/5/2/3 GAA Hurling National League 2009 GAA/4/3 Rules for Insurance Scheme April 1932 GAA/5/2/4 Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Undated c.2009 GAA/4/4 Regulation Governing Media March 1961 GAA/5/2/5 Ulster Senior Football Championship & MFC Draw 13 October 2005. GAA/4/5 County Bye-Laws April 1969 GAA/5/3 Players Lists 1933 - 2008 GAA/4/6 County Bye-Laws April 1971 GAA/5/3/1 Club Matches 1933 - 2006 GAA/4/7 County Bye-Laws c.1980 GAA/5/3/2 National League and Championship 1933 - 2009 GAA/4/8 County Bye-Laws 1981 GAA/5/3/2/1 Donegal Football Team 1933 GAA/4/9 County Bye-Laws 1982 GAA/5/3/2/2 Under 21 Football Championship 18 May 1971 GAA/4/10 Treoraí Oifigiúil 1992 GAA/5/3/2/3 Senior County Football 6 June 1972 GAA/4/11 Treoraí Oifigiúil - Reiteora 1995 1995 GAA/5/3/2/4 Sraith Náisiúinta Foireann Dún na nGall 2006 GAA/5 FIXTURE & PLAYERS LISTS 1933 - 2008 GAA/5/3/2/5 Sraith Náisiúinta Foireann Dún na nGall 2006 GAA/5/1 Fixtures 1971 - 2006 GAA/5/3/2/6 Cluiche Ceannais Sraith Naisiúnta Peile 30 April 2006 GAA/5/1/1 County Fixtures Year Book 1971 GAA/5/3/2/7 Craobh Uladh Sinsear 4 June 2006 GAA/5/1/2 Fixtures for Dr. McGinley Cup July - September 1972 GAA/5/3/2/8 Cluiche Ceannais, Babhta 4 30 July 2006 GAA/5/1/3 County Fixtures Year Book 1973 GAA/5/3/2/9 Cluiche Ceannais na nÉireann 5 August 2006 GAA/5/1/4 Fixtures Notebook March - GAA/5/3/2/10 Dr. McKenna Cup 28 January 2007 November 1975 GAA/5/3/2/11 Sraith Náisiúnta Babhta 2 11 February 2007 GAA/5/1/5 Fixtures List 23 March - GAA/5/3/2/12 Sraith Náisiúnta Babhta 4 10 March 2007 13 July 1975 GAA/5/3/2/13 Sraith Náisiúnta Cluiche Leath Cheannais 15 April 2007 GAA/5/1/6 Láimh - Leabhar Bliantuil 1976 1976 GAA/5/3/2/14 Croabh Uladh 27 May 2007 GAA/5/1/7 Clar na gcluichí 1983 1983 GAA/5/3/2/15 Cluiche Ceannais, Craobh Uladh Sinsear 9 July 2007 GAA/5/1/8 Fixtures List 1985 1985 GAA/5/3/2/16 Sraith Náisiúnta Babhta 4 15 March 2008 GAA/5/1/9 Fixtures List 1986 1986 GAA/5/3/2/17 Craobh Uladh 1 June 2008 GAA/5/1/10 Championship Games and Results 1987 GAA/5/3/2/18 Cluich Ceannais na hÉireann, Cáilitheoirí - Babhta 1 19 July 2008 GAA/5/1/11 Letter re: Fixture Dates May 1992 GAA/5/3/2/19 Cluich Ceannais na hÉireann, Cáilitheoirí - Babhta 2 26 July 2008 GAA/5/1/12 Laimh - Leabhar Bliantúil 1995 1995 GAA/5/3/2/20 Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 4 January 2009 GAA/5/1/13 Fixtures Booklet 1996 GAA/5/3/2/21 Gaelic Life Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 11 January 2009 GAA/5/1/14 Fixtures Booklet 1997 GAA/5/3/2/22 Gaelic Life Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 18 January 2009 GAA/5/1/15 Fixtures Booklet 1998 GAA/5/3/2/23 Gaelic Life Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 21 January 2009 GAA/5/1/16 Fixtures Booklet 1999 GAA/5/3/2/24 Gaelic Life Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 24 January 2009 GAA/5/1/17 Fixtures Booklet 2000 GAA/5/3/2/25 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 1 February 2009 GAA/5/1/18 Fixtures Booklet 2006 GAA/5/3/2/26 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 14 February 2009 GAA/5/2 Ulster and National Fixtures 1971 - 2009 GAA/5/3/2/27 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 8 March 2009

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GAA/5/3/2/28 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 15 March 2009 GAA/6/6 Aeraíocht an Údaráis 1981 GAA/5/3/2/29 Craobh Uladh Faoi -21 18 March 2009 GAA/7 PROGRAMMES & TICKETS 1948 - 2009 GAA/5/3/2/30 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 29 March 2009 GAA/7/1 Programmes 1948 - 2009 GAA/5/3/2/31 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 21 March 2009 GAA/7/1/1 National Football League 1952 - 2009 GAA/5/3/2/32 Craobh Uladh Faoi 21 1 April 2009 GAA/7/1/1/1 Armagh V. Donegal 9 March 1952 GAA/5/3/2/33 Allianz Sraith Náisiúnta Peile Roinn 1A 12 April 2009 GAA/7/1/1/2 Dún na nGall V. Sligo 23 March 1952 GAA/5/3/2/34 Craobh Uladh Peil 14 June 2009 GAA/7/1/1/3 Corcaigh V. Tír Chonaill 6 April 1952 GAA/5/3/2/35 Craobh Peil Sinsear 4 July 2009 GAA/7/1/1/4 Donegal V. Monaghan 29 September 1954 GAA/5/3/2/36 Craobh Peil Sinsear 11 July 2009 GAA/7/1/1/5 Dún na nGall V. Doire 1 October 1961 GAA/5/3/2/37 Craobh Peil 18 July 2009 GAA/7/1/1/6 Donegal V. Tyrone 17 October 1965 GAA/5/3/2/38 Craobh Peil, Babhta 4 25 July 2009 GAA/7/1/1/7 Dún na nGall V. Longfort 3 April 1966 GAA/5/3/2/39 Craobh Peil, Cluiche Ceathrú Cheannais 2 August 2009 GAA/7/1/1/8 Dún na nGall V. Sligeach 15 April 1979 GAA/5/3/2/40 McKenna Cup 2009 2009 GAA/7/1/1/9 Donegal V. Mayo 27 October 1985 GAA/5/3/2/41 Corn Dr. Mhic Cionnaith 2009 2009 GAA/7/1/1/10 Áth Cliath V. Dún na nGall 24 November 1985 GAA/5/3/3 Liostaí Foirne - Teams Outside Donegal 2006 - 2008 GAA/7/1/1/11 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 2 February 1986 GAA/5/3/3/1 Liostaí Foirne 2006 GAA/7/1/1/12 Donegal V. Tyrone 30 November 1986 GAA/5/3/3/2 Liostaí Foirne 2007 GAA/7/1/1/13 Donegal V. Cork 16 November 1986 GAA/5/3/3/3 Liostaí Foirne 2008 GAA/7/1/1/14 Donegal V. Cavan 8 February 1987 GAA/6 COMÓRTAS PEILE NA GAELTACHTA 1975 - 2006 GAA/7/1/1/15 Dún na nGall V. Laois 8 March 1987 GAA/6/1 Official Programmes/Clár 1975 - 2004 GAA/7/1/1/16 Dún na nGall V. An Clár 13 December 1987 GAA/6/1/1 Gaoth Dobhair 1975 1975 GAA/7/1/1/17 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 13 February 1988 GAA/6/1/2 Indreabhán 1981 1981 GAA/7/1/1/18 An Mhí V. Dún na nGall 6 November 1988 GAA/6/1/3 Béal An Mhuirthid 1987 1987 GAA/7/1/1/19 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 4 December 1988 GAA/6/1/4 Gleanncholmcille 1989 1989 GAA/7/1/1/20 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 12 February 1989 GAA/6/1/5 Corca Dhubhne 1990 1990 GAA/7/1/1/21 Dun na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 22 October 1989 GAA/6/1/6 Béal - Átha’n - Ghaorthaidh 1991 1991 GAA/7/1/1/22 Dun na nGall V. Ciarraí 19 November 1989 GAA/6/1/7 Gaoth Dobhair 1994 1994 GAA/7/1/1/23 Dún na nGall V. Doire 4 February 1990 GAA/6/1/8 Rinn Ua gCuanach 1999 1999 GAA/7/1/1/24 Dún na nGall V. Áth Cliath 4 March 1990 GAA/6/1/9 Gaoth Dobhair 2002 2002 GAA/7/1/1/25 Roscommáin V. Dún na nGall 10 March 1991 GAA/6/1/10 Chill Chartha May 2004 May 2004 GAA/7/1/1/26 Dún na nGall V. Uíbh Fháilí 14 April 1991 GAA/6/1/11 Cill Chartha 2004 2004 GAA/7/1/1/27 Dún na nGall V. Liatroim 24 November 1991 GAA/6/2 Cruinniú Chinnbhliana/AGM 15 February 2006 GAA/7/1/1/28 Dún na nGall V. Ros Comáin 8 March 1992 GAA/6/3 Players List 6 April 1985 GAA/7/1/1/29 Áth Cliath V. Dún na nGall 5 April 1992 GAA/6/4 Fixtures/Socraithe 1976 - 1991 GAA/7/1/1/30 Dún na nGall V. Liatroim 15 November 1992 GAA/6/5 Torthaí Chomórtas Peile na Gaeltachta c. 1990 GAA/7/1/1/31 Donegal V. Kildare 18 October 1992

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GAA/7/1/1/32 Dún na nGall V. Corcaigh 28 February 1993 GAA/7/1/1/67 Dún na nGall V. Ros Comáin 15 April 2001 GAA/7/1/1/33 Longfort V. Dún na nGall 14 March 1993 GAA/7/1/1/68 An Lú V. Dún na nGall 4 November 2001 GAA/7/1/1/34 Dún na nGall V. Doire 11 April 1993 GAA/7/1/1/69 Dún na nGall V. Gaillimh 3 February 2002 GAA/7/1/1/35 Dún na nGall V. Mhaigh Eó 6 February 1994 GAA/7/1/1/70 Áth Cliath V. Dún an nGall 10 February 2002 GAA/7/1/1/36 Dún na nGall V. An Clár 20 February 1994 GAA/7/1/1/71 Tír Chonaill V. An Iarmhí 10 March 2002 GAA/7/1/1/37 Dún na nGall V. Laois 3 April 1994 GAA/7/1/1/72 Dún na nGall V. Corcaigh 24 March 2002 GAA/7/1/1/38 Dún na nGall V. Doire 30 October 1994 GAA/7/1/1/73 Gaillimh V. Dún na nGall 2 February 2003 GAA/7/1/1/39 Dún na nGall V. Cill Dara 27 November 1994 GAA/7/1/1/74 Dún na nGall V. Baile Átha Cliath 9 February 2003 GAA/7/1/1/40 Dún na nGall V. Doire 14 May 1995 GAA/7/1/1/75 Tír Eoghain V. Dún na nGall 2 March 2003 GAA/7/1/1/41 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 29 October 1995 GAA/7/1/1/76 Roscomáin V Dún na nGall 7 March 2004 GAA/7/1/1/42 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 26 November 1995 GAA/7/1/1/77 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 9 March 2003 GAA/7/1/1/43 Dún na nGall V. Doire 11 February 1996 GAA/7/1/1/78 Dún na nGall V. Ros Comáin 6 April 2003 GAA/7/1/1/44 Dún na nGall V. Cill Dara 25 February 1996 GAA/7/1/1/79 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 16 February 2003 GAA/7/1/1/45 Doire V. Dún na nGall 5 May 1996 GAA/7/1/1/80 Corcaigh V. Dún na nGall 22 March 2003 GAA/7/1/1/46 Dún na nGall V. Corcaigh 13 October 1996 GAA/7/1/1/81 Dún na nGall V. Uíbh Fháilí 1 February 2004 GAA/7/1/1/47 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 17 November 1996 GAA/7/1/1/82 Liatroim V Dún na nGall 8 February 2004 GAA/7/1/1/48 Dún na nGall V. An Mhí 2 February 1997 GAA/7/1/1/83 Dún na nGall V. An Clár 21 March 2004 GAA/7/1/1/49 Dún na nGall V. Doire 2 November 1997 GAA/7/1/1/84 Dún na nGall V. Ceatharlach 4 April 2004 GAA/7/1/1/50 Corcaigh V. Dún na nGall 5 April 1998 GAA/7/1/1/85 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 6 February 2005 GAA/7/1/1/51 Dún na nGall V Uíbh Fhailí 12 April 1998 GAA/7/1/1/86 Maigh Eo V. Dún na nGall 13 February 2005 GAA/7/1/1/52 Dún na nGall V. An Iar Mhí 15 February 1998 GAA/7/1/1/87 An Iarmhí V Dún na nGall 6 March 2005 GAA/7/1/1/53 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 1 November 1998 GAA/7/1/1/88 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 13 March 2005 GAA/7/1/1/54 Dún na nGall V. Corcaigh 29 November 1998 GAA/7/1/1/89 Áth Cliath V. Dún na nGall 20 March 2005 GAA/7/1/1/55 Dún na nGall V. Athol Cliath 28 February 1999 GAA/7/1/1/90 Dún na nGall V. Uibh Fhaili 27 March 2005 GAA/7/1/1/56 Uibh Fhaili V. Dún na nGall 14 March 1999 GAA/7/1/1/91 Dún na nGall V. Corcaigh 3 April 2005 GAA/7/1/1/57 Dún na nGall V. Liatriom 28 March 1999 GAA/7/1/1/92 Ceatharloch V. Dhún na nGall 21 February 2006 GAA/7/1/1/58 Dún na nGall V. Gailimh 14 November 1999 GAA/7/1/1/93 London V. Donegal 12 March 2006 GAA/7/1/1/59 Áth Cliath V. Dún na nGall e5 March 2000 GAA/7/1/1/94 Dún na nGall V. Longfort 2 April 2006 GAA/7/1/1/60 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 28 March 2000 GAA/7/1/1/95 Ros Comáin V. Dún na nGall 9 April 2006 GAA/7/1/1/61 Roscomáin V. Dún na nGall 9 April 2000 GAA/7/1/1/96 Dún na nGall V. An Iarmhí 16 April 2006 GAA/7/1/1/62 Dún na nGall V. Uíbh Fháilí 29 October 2000 GAA/7/1/1/97 An Lú V. Dún na nGall 30 April 2006 GAA/7/1/1/63 Dún na nGall V. An Lú 26 November 2000 GAA/7/1/1/98 An Clár V. Dún na nGall 19 March 2006 GAA/7/1/1/64 Tír Eoghain V. Dún na nGall 11 February 2001 GAA/7/1/1/99 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 2 February 2008 GAA/7/1/1/65 Dún na nGall V. Áth Cliath 25 February 2001 GAA/7/1/1/100 Dún na nGall V. Liatroim 5 February 2006 GAA/7/1/1/66 Ciarraí V. Dún na nGall 8 April 2001 GAA/7/1/1/101 Corcaigh V. Dhún na nGall 3 February 2007

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GAA/7/1/1/102 Dún na nGall V. Baile Átha Cliath 25 February 2007 GAA/7/1/2/14 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 2 June 1991 GAA/7/1/1/103 Tír Eoghain V. Dún na nGall 10 March 2007 GAA/7/1/2/15 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 23 June 1991 GAA/7/1/1/104 Dún na nGall V. Ciarraí 25 March 2007 GAA/7/1/2/16 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 27 July 1991 GAA/7/1/1/105 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 8 April 2007 GAA/7/1/2/17 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 21 June 1992 GAA/7/1/1/106 Cill Dara V. Dún na nGall 15 April 2007 GAA/7/1/2/18 Dún na nGall V. Doire 19 July 1992 GAA/7/1/1/107 Dún na nGall V. Maigh Eo 22 April 2007 GAA/7/1/2/19 Dún na nGall V. Maigh Eo 16 August 1992 GAA/7/1/1/108 Maigh Eo V. Dún na nGall 17 February 2008 GAA/7/1/2/20 Aontroim V. Dún na nGall 5 May 1994 GAA/7/1/1/109 Cill Dara V. Dún na nGall 2 March 2008 GAA/7/1/2/21 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 26 June 1994 GAA/7/1/1/110 Gaillimh V. Dún na nGall 15 March 2008 GAA/7/1/2/22 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 21 May 1995 GAA/7/1/1/111 Dhún na nGall V. Luímneach 26 March 2006 GAA/7/1/2/23 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 18 June 1995 GAA/7/1/1/112 Tír Eoghain V. Dún na nGall 29 March 2008 GAA/7/1/2/24 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 26 May 1996 GAA/7/1/1/113 Dún na nGall V. Laois 6 April 2008 GAA/7/1/2/25 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 22 June 1997 GAA/7/1/1/114 Dún na nGall V. Doire 13 April 2008 GAA/7/1/2/26 Aontroim V. Dún na nGall 24 May 1998 GAA/7/1/1/115 Ciarraí V. Dún na nGall 1 February 2009 GAA/7/1/2/27 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 21 May 1998 GAA/7/1/1/116 Dún na nGall V. Maigh Eo 14 February 2009 GAA/7/1/2/28 Doire V. Dún na nGall 19 July 1998 GAA/7/1/1/117 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 21 March 2009 GAA/7/1/2/29 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 6 June 1999 GAA/7/1/1/118 Dún na nGall V. Baile Átha Cliath 8 March 2009 GAA/7/1/2/30 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 3 June 1999 GAA/7/1/1/119 Gaillimh V. Dún na nGall 15 March 2009 GAA/7/1/2/31 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 11 June 2000 GAA/7/1/1/120 Dún na nGall V. Tir Eoghain 21 March 2009 GAA/7/1/2/32 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 13 May 2001 GAA/7/1/1/121 An Iarmhí V. Dún na nGall 29 March 2009 GAA/7/1/2/33 Fear Manach V. Dún na nGall 19 May 2001 GAA/7/1/1/122 Doire V. Dún na nGall 12 April 2009 GAA/7/1/2/34 Dún na nGall V. Fear Managh 16 June 2001 GAA/7/1/2 All Ireland Championships 1949 - 2009 GAA/7/1/2/35 Cill Dara V. Dún na nGall 23 June 2001 GAA/7/1/2/1 Donegal V. Down 16 June 1957 GAA/7/1/2/36 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 12 May 2002 GAA/7/1/2/2 An Cábhan V. Dún na nGall 19 June 1966 GAA/7/1/2/37 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 26 May 2002 GAA/7/1/2/3 Dún na nGall V. Muineachan 22 July 1979 GAA/7/1/2/38 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 7 July 2002 GAA/7/1/2/4 Dún na nGall V. Árd Macha 30 May 1982 GAA/7/1/2/39 An Mhí V. Dún na nGall 20 July 2002 GAA/7/1/2/5 Dún na nGall V. Árd Mhacha 12 June 1983 GAA/7/1/2/40 Baile Átha Cliath V. Dún na nGall 5 August 2002 GAA/7/1/2/6 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 26 June 1983 GAA/7/1/2/41 Baile Átha Cliath V. Dún na nGall 17 August 2002 GAA/7/1/2/7 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 24 March 1983 GAA/7/1/2/42 Dún na nGall V. Fermanagh 1 June 2003 GAA/7/1/2/8 Dún na nGall V. Gaillimh 14 August 1983 GAA/7/1/2/43 An Longfort V. Dún na nGall 7 June 2003 GAA/7/1/2/9 Muineachán V. Dún na nGall 16 June 1985 GAA/7/1/2/44 Dún na nGall V. Sligeach 22 June 2003 GAA/7/1/2/10 Doire V. Dún na nGall 1989 GAA/7/1/2/45 Dún na nGall V. Tiobraid Árann 5 July 2003. GAA/7/1/2/11 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 1989 GAA/7/1/2/46 Dún na nGall V. Gallimh 4 August 2003 GAA/7/1/2/12 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 20 May 1990 GAA/7/1/2/47 Dún na nGall V. Gaillimh 10 August 2003 GAA/7/1/2/13 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 1990 GAA/7/1/2/48 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 31 August 2003

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GAA/7/1/2/49 Dún na nGall V. Aontroim 30 May 2004 GAA/7/1/3/9 Ard an Rátha V. Na Ceithre Máistrí 26 August 1984 GAA/7/1/2/50 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 20 June 2004 GAA/7/1/3/10 Cill Chartha V. Na Ceithre Máistrí 8 September 1985 GAA/7/1/2/51 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 11 July 2004 GAA/7/1/3/11 Cill Chartha V. Chloic Ceann Fhaola 23 May 1987 GAA/7/1/2/52 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 24 July 2004 GAA/7/1/3/12 Aodh Ruadh V. Cill Chartaigh 30 August 1987 GAA/7/1/2/53 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 12 June 2005 GAA/7/1/3/13 Na Cealla Beaga V. Ard an Rátha 14 August 1988 GAA/7/1/2/54 Cill Mhantáin V. Dún na nGall 25 June 2005 GAA/7/1/3/14 Cill Chártha V. Na Cealla Beaga 28 August 1988 GAA/7/1/2/55 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 3 July 2005 GAA/7/1/3/15 Aodh Ruadh V. Cill Chartha 24 September 1989 GAA/7/1/2/56 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 4 June 2006 GAA/7/1/3/16 Na Rossa V. Naomh Ultan 8 October 1989 GAA/7/1/2/57 Dóire V. Dún na nGall 18 June 2006 GAA/7/1/3/17 Naomh Columba V. Na Cealla Beaga 23 September 1990 GAA/7/1/2/58 Armagh V. Dún na nGall 9 July 2006 GAA/7/1/3/18 MacCumhaills V. Red Hughs 17 August 1991 GAA/7/1/2/59 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 30 July 2006 GAA/7/1/3/19 Na Cealla Beaga V. Naomh Columba 18 August 1991 GAA/7/1/2/60 Corcaigh V. Dún na nGall 5 August 2006 GAA/7/1/3/20 Aodh Rua (Cuil na gCuirdin) V. Na Cealla Beaga 8 September 1991 GAA/7/1/2/61 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 27 May 2007 GAA/7/1/3/21 Árd a’ Rátha V. Naomh Columba 21 August 1994 GAA/7/1/2/62 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 17 June 2007 GAA/7/1/3/22 Aodh Rua V. Na Cealla Beaga 28 August 1994 GAA/7/1/2/63 Liatroim V. Dún na nGall 7 July 2007 GAA/7/1/3/23 Na Cealla Beags V. Naomh Columba 10 September 1995 GAA/7/1/2/64 An Iarmhí V. Dún na nGall 14 July 2007 GAA/7/1/3/24 Na Cealla Beaga V. Naomh Columba 28 September 1996 GAA/7/1/2/65 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 28 July 2007 GAA/7/1/3/25 Naomh Adhamhnan V. Aodh Ruadh 7 September 1997 GAA/7/1/2/66 Dún na nGall V. Doire 1 June 2008 GAA/7/1/3/26 Árd an Rátha V. Cloch Cheann Fhaola 16 August 1998 GAA/7/1/2/67 Dún na nGall V. Aontroim 14 June 2009 GAA/7/1/3/27 Aodh Ruadh V. Naomh Columba 20 September 1998 GAA/7/1/2/68 Dún na nGall V. Ros Comáin 19 July 2008 GAA/7/1/3/28 Naomh Naille V. Cill Chartha 10 July 1999 GAA/7/1/2/69 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 26 July 2008 GAA/7/1/3/29 Cill Chartha V. Naomh Naille 17 July 1999 GAA/7/1/2/70 Dún na nGall V. Ceatharlach 4 July 2009 GAA/7/1/3/30 Naomh Columba V. Na Cealla Beaga 25 July 1999 GAA/7/1/2/71 Dún na nGall V. An Clár 11 July 2009 GAA/7/1/3/31 Naomh Columba V. Na Cealla Beaga 2 August 1999 GAA/7/1/2/72 Dún na nGall V. Doire 18 July 2009 GAA/7/1/3/32 Aodh Ruadh V. St. Eunans 12 September 1999 GAA/7/1/2/73 Gaillimh V. Dún na nGall 25 July 2009 GAA/7/1/3/33 Aodh Ruadh V. Naomh Adhamhnán 19 September 1999 GAA/7/1/2/74 Corcaigh V. Dún na nGall 2 August 2009 GAA/7/1/3/34 Árd an Rátha V. Naomh Naille 16 July 2000 GAA/7/1/3 Donegal Clubs Championship 1961 - 2005 GAA/7/1/3/35 Naomh Columba V. St. Eunan’s 12 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/1 Dungloe V. Gweedore 10th September 1961 GAA/7/1/3/36 Ardara V. Four Masters 13 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/2 Gweedore V. S. MacCumhaills 2 September 1962 GAA/7/1/3/37 Gaoth Dobhair V. An Clochan Liath 13 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/3 Naomh Iosaif V. na Ceithre Maistrí 15 August 1976 GAA/7/1/3/38 Killybegs V Naomh Chonaill 13 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/4 Árd an Rátha V. Naomh Cholumba 4 March 1979 GAA/7/1/3/39 Gaoth Dobhair V. An Clochan Liath 19 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/5 Ard an Rátha V. Na Ceithre Máistrí 30 August 1981 GAA/7/1/3/40 Killybegs V. St. Eunan’s 26 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/6 Aodh Rúa (Cul na gCuirrudin) V. Cill Cartha 13 September 1981 GAA/7/1/3/41 Gaoth Dobhair V. Árd an Rátha 26 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/7 Cill Charthaigh V. Na Ceithre Máistrí 29 August 1982 GAA/7/1/3/42 Robert Emmets V. Urris 26 August 2000 GAA/7/1/3/8 Ard an Rátha V. Naomh Adhamhnán 25 September 1983 GAA/7/1/3/43 Naomh Adhamhnán V. Árd a Rátha 17 September 2000

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GAA/7/1/3/44 An Tearmann V. Naomh Mícheál 20 September 2000 GAA/7/1/3/79 Buncrana V. St. Nauls 10 October 2004 GAA/7/1/3/45 An Tearmann V. Naomh Mícheál 8 October 2000 GAA/7/1/3/80 Naomh Adhamhnain V. Sean MacCumhaill 24 October 2004 GAA/7/1/3/46 Robert Emmetts V. Naomh Brid 2001 GAA/7/1/3/81 Gaoth Dobhair V. Árd an Rátha 21 November 2004 GAA/7/1/3/47 Dungloe V. St. Eunan’s 28 July 2001 GAA/7/1/3/82 Sean MacCumhaill V. Cill Chartha 2004 GAA/7/1/3/48 Aodh Rua V. Killybegs 29 July 2001 GAA/7/1/3/83 Cill Chartha V. Naomh Columba 17 July 2005 GAA/7/1/3/49 Aodh Ruadh V. Killybegs 12 August 2001 GAA/7/1/3/84 Naomh Columba V. Cill Chartha 24 July 2005 GAA/7/1/3/50 Naomh Chonaill V. Saint Eunan’s 19 August 2001 GAA/7/1/3/85 Gleann Fhinne V. Na gCeithre Maistirí 20 August 2005 GAA/7/1/3/51 Four Masters V. Killybegs 25 August 2001 GAA/7/1/3/86 Árd an Rátha V. Gaoth Dobhair 21 August 2005 GAA/7/1/3/52 Naomh Adhamhnáin V. Four Masters 16 September 2001 GAA/7/1/3/87 Naomh Conaill V. Na Ceithre Maistirí 2 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/53 Malin V. Glenfin 30 September 2001 GAA/7/1/3/88 Gaoth Dobhair V. Naomh Adhamnhain 11 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/54 An Clochan Liath V. St. Eunan’s 25 November 2001 GAA/7/1/3/89 Chloich Cheann Fhaola V. Gleann tSuili 18 September 2005 GAA/7/1/3/55 Aodh Ruadh V. Mac Cumhaills 7 September 2002 GAA/7/1/3/90 Naomh Conaill V. Naomh Adhamhnáin 2 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/56 Naomh Columba V. Four Masters 2 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/91 Naomh Conaill V. Naomh Adhamhnáin 9 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/57 Naomh Ultan V. Bun Crannaigh 27 October 2002 GAA/7/1/3/92 Cloich Cheann Fhaola V. Iorras 16 October 2005 GAA/7/1/3/58 Naomh Chonaill V. St. Eunans 24 October 2004 GAA/7/1/4 All-Ireland Club Football Championship 1993 - 2005 GAA/7/1/3/59 Gaoth Dobhair V. Clochán Liath 16 March 2003 GAA/7/1/4/1 Eireagal Ciaráin V. Cill Cártha 28 November 1993 GAA/7/1/3/60 Aodh Ruadh V. Naomh Adhamhnain 16 March 2003 GAA/7/1/4/2 Árd an Rátha V. Loch Gamhna 1 October 2000 GAA/7/1/3/61 Gaoth Dobhair V. Naomh Adhamhain 13 April 2003 GAA/7/1/4/3 Na gCeithre Maistrí V. Fág an Bealach 19 October 2003 GAA/7/1/3/62 Tearmann V. Seán MacCumhaill’s 20 September 2003 GAA/7/1/4/4 Na gCeithre Maistrí V. Gaeil an Chabháin 9 November 2003 GAA/7/1/3/63 Árd an Rátha V. Na Ceithre Máistrí 21 September 2003 GAA/7/1/4/5 St. Michaels V. Ilen Rovers 25 April 2004 GAA/7/1/3/64 Na Céithre Máistirí V. An Tearmann 12 October 2003 GAA/7/1/4/6 Droichead Mhaigh Eo V. Árd an Rátha 14 November 2004 GAA/7/1/3/65 Naomh Conaill V. Gaoth Dobhair 26 October 2003 GAA/7/1/5 Junior League and Championship 1954, 1992 GAA/7/1/3/66 Iorras V Naomh Mícheal 2 November 2003 GAA/7/1/5/1 Junior Club League 27 July 1996 GAA/7/1/3/67 Gaoth Dobhair V. Naomh Conaill 9 November 2003 GAA/7/1/5/2 Junior Championship 12 August 1954 GAA/7/1/3/68 Carndomhnaigh V. Naomh Michael 9 November 2003 GAA/7/1/6 Minor Ulster and All Ireland Championship 1949 - 2006 GAA/7/1/3/69 Robert Emmetts V. Naomh Brid 15 September 2001 GAA/7/1/6/1 Armagh V. Donegal 31 July 1949 GAA/7/1/3/70 Árd an Rátha V. Na Ceithre Maistri 8 August 2004 GAA/7/1/6/2 Leitrim V Donegal 19 August 1956 GAA/7/1/3/71 Árd a’Rátha V. Naomh Conaill 28 August 2004 GAA/7/1/6/3 An Cabhán V. Dún na nGall 21 July 1985 GAA/7/1/3/72 Seán Mac Cumhaill V. Cill Chartha 11 September 2004 GAA/7/1/6/4 Dún na nGall V. Muineachain 31 May 1996 GAA/7/1/3/73 Árd an Rátha V. Naomh Adhamhnain 12 September 2004 GAA/7/1/6/5 Aontroim V. Dún na nGall 7 July 1996 GAA/7/1/3/74 Gleann tSuile V. Naomh Naille 18 September 2004 GAA/7/1/6/6 Doire V. Dún na nGall 28 July 1996 GAA/7/1/3/75 Sean MacCumhaill V. Gaoth Dobhair 19 September 2004 GAA/7/1/6/7 Dún na nGall V. Laois 18 August 1996 GAA/7/1/3/76 St. Eunans V. Aodh Ruadh 9 October 2004 GAA/7/1/6/8 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 1 August 1999 GAA/7/1/3/77 Baile na nGalloglach V. Naomh Mhuire 5 September 2004 GAA/7/1/6/9 Doire V. Dún an nGall 4 July 1999 GAA/7/1/3/78 Sean MacCumhaills V. Árd an Rátha 2 October 2004 GAA/7/1/6/10 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 1 August 1999

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GAA/7/1/6/11 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 28 May 2000 GAA/7/1/10/2 Cavan V. Donegal 27 May 1956 GAA/7/1/6/12 Fear Manach V. Dún na nGall 8 May 2003 GAA/7/1/10/3 Aontroim V. Dún na nGall (Minor) 2 May 1982 GAA/7/1/6/13 Dún an nGall V. Tír Eoghain 27 June 2004 GAA/7/1/10/4 Dún na nGall V. Doire 23 March 1986 GAA/7/1/6/14 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 27 May 2006 GAA/7/1/10/5 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 12 March 1989 GAA/7/1/6/15 Dún na nGall V. An Mhí 29 July 2006 GAA/7/1/10/6 Dún na nGall V. Aontroim 27 February 2000 GAA/7/1/7 Minor Club Championships 2002 - 2006 GAA/7/1/10/7 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhan 18 January 2004 GAA/7/1/7/1 Na gCeithre Maistír V. Na Cealla Beaga 20 October 2002 GAA/7/1/10/8 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 25 January 2004 GAA/7/1/7/2 Cill Chartha V. Gaoth Dobhair 2004 GAA/7/1/10/9 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 22 February 2004 GAA/7/1/7/3 Ardara V. Donegal 30 April 2006 GAA/7/1/10/10 Dún na nGall V. Fear Manach 2 January 2005 GAA/7/1/8 Under 18’s 1994 - 2004 GAA/7/1/10/11 Dún na nGall V. Muineachán 16 January 2005 GAA/7/1/8/1 Naomh Adhamhnan V. Ard a Ratha 24 September 1994 GAA/7/1/10/12 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 21 January 2007 GAA/7/1/8/2 Na gCeithre Maistir V. Cill Chartha 25 October 1998 GAA/7/1/10/13 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 28 January 2007 GAA/7/1/8/3 Four Masters V. St. Michaels 7 October 2001 GAA/7/1/10/14 Dún na nGall V. Ollscoil na mBanrion 24 January 2009 GAA/7/1/8/4 Naomh Conaill V. Cill Chartha 17 October 2004 GAA/7/1/11 Railway Cup 1952 - 2004 GAA/7/1/9 Under 21’s 1982 - 2006 GAA/7/1/11/1 Munster V. Ulster 24 February 1952 GAA/7/1/9/1 Under 21’s club matches Undated GAA/7/1/11/2 Ulster V. Leinister 13 February 1955 GAA/7/1/9/1/1 An Tearmann V. Chlioch Cheann Fhaola 4 June 2000 GAA/7/1/11/3 Leinster V. Ulster 17 March 1983 GAA/7/1/9/1/2 Glenswilly V. Naomh Ultan 14 December 2003 GAA/7/1/11/4 Connacht V. Ulster 24 March 1991 GAA/7/1/9/1/3 Gleann tSuille V. Naomh Micheal 19 December 2004 GAA/7/1/11/5 Ulaidh V. Laighin 8 February 1998 GAA/7/1/9/1/4 Ardara V. Naomh Columba 19 November GAA/7/1/11/6 Connacht V. Uladh 6 February 2000 GAA/7/1/9/2 Under 21’s Championship 1982 - 2008 GAA/7/1/11/7 Leinster V. Ulster 14 November 2004 GAA/7/1/9/2/1 Dún na nGall V. Ros Comáin 17 October 1982 GAA/7/1/12 Schools and Juvenile Leagues 1985 -1997 GAA/7/1/9/2/2 Ciarraí V. Dún na nGall 7 May 1987 GAA/7/1/12/1 Vocational Schools Competition 1985 GAA/7/1/9/2/3 Dún na nGalll V. Muineacháin 18 April 1999 GAA/7/1/12/2 Féile Peil na nÓg 1997 GAA/7/1/9/2/4 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 1 April 2000 GAA/7/1/12/3 Féile Peil na nÓg 1998 GAA/7/1/9/2/5 Dún na nGall V. Tír Eoghain 16 April 2000 GAA/7/1/12/4 Under 12 Competitions 1999 - 2005 GAA/7/1/9/2/6 Dún an nGall V. Fear Manach 30 March 2002 GAA/7/1/12/4/1 Páithe Gobha V Ard An Ratha 26 June 1992 GAA/7/1/9/2/7 Dún na nGall V. Fear Managh 23 March 2002 GAA/7/1/12/4/2 Naomh Conaill V. Na Conmhaigh 2000 GAA/7/1/9/2/8 Dún na nGall V. An Cabhán 20 April 2002 GAA/7/1/12/4/3 Naomh Naill V. Seán MacCumhaills 16 July 2005 GAA/7/1/9/2/9 Dún na nGall V. Doire 29 March 2003 GAA/7/1/12/4/4 Árd an Rátha V. Na Cealla Beaga Undated GAA/7/1/9/2/10 Ard Mhacha V. Dún na nGall 19 March 2005 GAA/7/1/12/4/5 Árd an Rátha V. Na Cealla Beaga Undated GAA/7/1/9/2/11 Dún an nGall V. Tír Eoghain 18 March 2006 GAA/7/1/12/5 Under 16’s Competition 27 July 2003 GAA/7/1/9/2/12 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 22 March 2008 GAA/7/1/12/6 Under 13B Competition 20 November 1999 GAA/7/1/10 Dr. McKenna Cup 1955 - 2009 GAA/7/1/13 Other Programmes 1948 - 1996 GAA/7/1/10/1 Donegal V. Cavan 24 April 1955 GAA/7/1/13/1 Aeridheacht Cup 15th June 1948

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GAA/7/1/13/2 8 April 1984 GAA/7/2/9 Non-Donegal tickets November 2004 - GAA/7/1/13/3 Seven-a-side football 1981 - 1996 May 2006 GAA/7/1/13/3/1 Seven-a-side football tournament 19 April 1981 GAA/7/2/10 Players Pass 2004 GAA/7/1/13/3/2 All Ireland 7-a-side championship 1981 GAA/8 POSTERS AND NOTICES 1954 - C.1993 GAA/7/1/13/3/3 All Ireland Seven a Side Football 20 September 1986 GAA/8/1 Glenties V. Rosses Rovers 20 June 1954 GAA/7/1/13/3/4 Ulster Club Sevens 27 July 1996 GAA/8/2 Gweedore Sel. V. Donegal 1 August 1954 GAA/7/1/13/4 Senior Intercounty Football Challenge 10 May 1987 GAA/8/3 Lá na nGael Bailiuchain 5 September 1954 GAA/7/1/13/5 Ford G.A.A. Open Draw 3 March 1985 GAA/8/4 Donegal V Monaghan c. 1950s GAA/7/1/13/6 Park Openings 1956 - 1992 GAA/8/5 106 Years of Championship Hurling c. 1993 GAA/7/1/13/6/1 Sligo V. Donegal 20 May 1956 GAA/9 NEWSPAPERS 1930s - 2009 GAA/7/1/13/6/2 Dún na nGall V. Ard Mhacha 16 September 1984 GAA/9/1 1930s Newspapers articles 1930s GAA/7/1/13/6/3 Dún na nGall V. An Dún 3 May 1992 GAA/9/2 1950 Newspaper articles 1950 GAA/7/1/13/6/4 Donegal V. Down 14 May 2000 GAA/9/3 1951 Newspaper articles 1951 GAA/7/1/13/6/5 Dún na nGall V. Maigh Eo 21 May 2000 GAA/9/4 1952 Newspaper articles 1952 GAA/7/1/13/6/6 Naomh Conaill V Ardara 15 June 2003 GAA/9/5 1953 Newspaper articles 1953 GAA/7/1/13/6/7 Roscommon V Donegal 25 April 2005 GAA/9/6 1954 Newspaper articles 1954 GAA/7/1/13/6/8 Donegal V Mayo c.2005 GAA/9/7 1967 Newspaper articles 1967 GAA/7/1/13/7 Donegal Football Club New York 1987 GAA/9/8 1968 Newspapers articles 1968 GAA/7/1/13/8 Gardaí Thír Chonáill 2004 GAA/9/9 1969 Newspaper articles 1969 GAA/7/1/14 Programmes Teams outside Donegal 1975 - 2000 GAA/9/10 1970 Newspaper articles 1970 GAA/7/1/14/1 National Football League 1981 - 2005 GAA/9/11 1970s Newspapers 1970s GAA/7/1/14/2 All Ireland Championship 1975 - 2005 GAA/9/12 1980s Newspapers 1980s GAA/7/1/14/3 Under 21 Football Championship 15 April 2006 GAA/9/13 1990s Newspapers 1990 GAA/7/1/14/4 All- Ireland Club Championship 17 March 2000 GAA/9/14 Newspaper Cuttings 1968 - 2009 GAA/7/1/14/5 International Rules Series 2000 - 2003 GAA/10 PUBLICATIONS 1939 - 2006 GAA/7/1/14/6 Hurling Championships 2001 - 2003 GAA/10/1 GAA Annuals & Yearbooks 1939, 1973 GAA/7/2 Tickets 1988 - 2009 GAA/10/1/1 GAA Annual 1938-1939 1939 GAA/7/2/1 All-Ireland Tickets 1988 - 2009 GAA/10/1/2 Bliain-Iris Oifigiúil C.L.G. 1973 GAA/7/2/2 National Football League Tickets 1993 - 2006 GAA/10/2 Donegal GAA Yearbooks 1978 - 2006 GAA/7/2/3 Dr. McKenna Cup Tickets 2004 - 2009 GAA/10/2/1 Donegal GAA Yearbook 1978 1978 GAA/7/2/4 Hurling Match Tickets September 2006 GAA/10/2/2 Donegal GAA Yearbook 1981 1981 GAA/7/2/5 International Rules Tickets November 2006 GAA/10/2/3 Donegal GAA Yearbook 1982 1982 GAA/7/2/6 Pauric Gallagher Memorial Match 1989 GAA/10/2/4 Donegal GAA Yearbook 2002 2002 GAA/7/2/7 Car Park and Refreshment Vouchers 2004 - 2009 GAA/10/2/5 Donegal GAA Yearbook 2005 2005 GAA/7/2/8 Officials Passes and Membership cards 1984 - 1996 GAA/10/2/6 Donegal GAA Yearbook 2006 2006

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GAA/10/3 Histories and Facts 1979 - 2004 GAA/12 SOCIAL EVENTS & FUNDRAISING 1933 - 2006 GAA/10/3/1 Na County Finals 1979 GAA/12/1 Appeals for Funds 1933 - 1996 GAA/10/3/2 Book of Donegal GAA Facts 1985 GAA/12/1/1 Appeal 19 August 1933 GAA/10/3/3 Book of Donegal GAA Fact, 2nd edition 1989 GAA/12/1/2 Subscriptions Received 1933 GAA/10/3/4 The Story of the Donegal Senior Football 2002 GAA/12/1/3 Letter re: Fundraising draw 24 March 1971 Championship GAA/12/1/4 Letter re: appeal for funds c. 1986 GAA/10/3/5 100 Years of Handball 2004 GAA/12/1/5 Letter re: Croke Park Development 20 August 1992 GAA/10/4 Newsletters June - August 1974 GAA/12/1/6 Letter re: Grand Centenary Draw 27 September 1996 GAA/10/4/1 Fios June 1974 GAA/12/2 Dances and Banquets 2000 - 2006 GAA/10/4/2 Fios August 1974 GAA/12/2/1 Hall of Fame Banquet 2000 2000 GAA/10/5 Magazines 1975 - 1995 GAA/12/2/2 Hall of Fame Banquet 2001 2001 GAA/10/5/1 An Cúl 1975 GAA/12/2/3 Hall of Fame Banquet 2003 2003 GAA/10/5/2 Gaelic World August/September GAA/12/2/4 Dinner Dance Undated 1981 GAA/12/2/5 Menus 2005 - 2006 GAA/10/5/3 Gaelic World Annual December 1986 GAA/12/2/6 Comóradh an Chéid Comhairle Uladh 2003 GAA/10/5/4 Gaelic Sport 1988 GAA/12/3 County Draws and Fundraisers 1954 - 2004 GAA/10/5/5 Ulster Gaelic Review 1989 GAA/12/3/1 £50 Draw 1954 GAA/10/5/6 Ulster Gaelic Games Annuals 1981 - 1995 GAA/12/3/2 Millennium Club Draw 1999 GAA/10/5/6/1 Ulster Gaelic Games Annual 1981 1981 GAA/12/3/3 Greyhound Racing 2004 GAA/10/5/6/2 Ulster Gaelic Games Annual 1983 1983 GAA/12/3/4 Ciste Gael Undated GAA/10/5/6/3 Ulster Games Annual 1987 - 88 1988 GAA/12/4 Club Fundraisers and Dances 1982 - 2004 GAA/10/5/6/4 Ulster Games Annual 1994 - 1995 1995 GAA/12/4/1 Kilcar Fundraisers 1982 - 1986 GAA/10/6 Reports 1971 GAA/12/4/2 Fanad 1997 GAA/10/7 Commemorative Publications 1972 - 2005 GAA/12/4/3 Ardara GAA 1998 - 2000 GAA/10/7/1 Cuimhniucháin an chéad craoibh Ulladh 1972 GAA/12/4/4 Aodh Rua GAA 2002 GAA/10/7/2 National Congress Bundoran 1988 GAA/12/4/5 Naomh Mícheál 2004 GAA/10/7/3 Comóradh an Chéid 2005 GAA/12/4/6 Cumann na gCeithre Maistir c.1983 GAA/10/7/4 Donegal’s 1956 Minor Heroes 2006 GAA/12/5 Golf Classics 2003 - 2004 GAA/10/8 Non Donegal Club Publications 1987 - 1998 GAA/12/6 Scór na nÓg 1991- 2003 GAA/10/8/1 Tir Conaill Gaels London 1987 GAA/12/7 Invites 1933 - 2004 GAA/10/8/2 Tyrone G.A.C 1998 Report 1998 GAA/12/8 Ulster GAA Annual Merit Awards 19 November 2004 GAA/11 TRAINING AND EDUCATION 2000 - 2004 GAA/13 PHOTOGRAPHS 1992 - 2004 GAA/11/1 Referee Education and Training 2000 GAA/13/1 Supporters c. 1992 GAA/11/2 Coaching Programme 2003 GAA/13/2 Paris 2004 2004 GAA/13/3 Corn na nDeoraidhe Undated

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GAA/14 HANDBALL 1933 - 1985 GAA/17 HISTORY 1984 - c.1990S GAA/14/1 Reports 1981 - 1982 GAA/17/1 History of Donegal GAA 1980s - 1990s GAA/14/1/1 Secretary’s Report 1981 1981 GAA/17/2 Centenary Celebrations 1984 GAA/14/1/2 Secretary’s Report 1982 GAA/17/2/1 Commemorative Stamps 1984 GAA/14/2 Correspondence 14 March 1933 GAA/17/2/2 Siompóisiam An Chéid 5 - 6 October 1984 GAA/14/3 The story of a great game c.1985 GAA/17/2/3 Post Primary Schools Art Competition 1984 GAA/15 LADIES FOOTBALL/ PEIL GAEL NA MBAN c. 2002 GAA/17/2/4 Fleá na Céadú Comhdhála 22 April 1984 GAA/15/1 Players Lists Undated GAA/17/2/5 Donegal Goes Home 1984 GAA/15/2 Match programme Kildare V. Donegal 24 August 2002 GAA/17/2/6 Commemorative Event 1984 GAA/16 CAMOGIE 1933 - 1963 GAA/16/1 Minute Book of the Marian Club Ballybun 1956 - 1962 GAA/16/2 Correspondence 1933 - 1963 GAA/16/2/1 Foundation of Club 13 August 1933 GAA/16/2/2 Affiliation fees 1960 GAA/16/2/3 Order of Hurleys 22 March 1961 GAA/16/2/4 School Camogie 20 April 1961 GAA/16/2/5 Committee Secretary 18 July 1961 GAA/16/2/6 Tournament - Derry 6 September 1961 GAA/16/2/7 Camogie in Donegal 15 February 1962 GAA/16/2/8 Meeting at Butt Hall 9 March 1962 GAA/16/2/9 Interest in Camogie Revival 12 March 1962 GAA/16/2/10 Suggestion for Camogie Revival 20 March 1962 GAA/16/2/11 Support from Ulster Council 18 April 1962 GAA/16/2/12 Ulster V. Connacht game 15 February 1962 GAA/16/2/13 Special Rules Congress 23 February 1963 GAA/16/2/14 Time of Match Undated GAA/16/3 Secretary’s Report 1961 1961 GAA/16/4 Photographs Undated GAA/16/5 Finance 1954 - 1963 GAA/16/5/1 Cash Book 1954 - 1963 GAA/16/5/2 Invoice 1967 GAA/16/6 Players List 1934 GAA/16/7 Newspaper Cuttings 1950s - 1960s GAA/16/8 Dramatic Club Cash Book 1959 - 1960

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