When Gaoth Dobhair wanted a job done, Odhran McFadden Ferry was always the chosen one. It was operation Rian O’Neill against Crossmaglen. The Armagh hotshot ended his day with a red card and an early shower. Micheál Lundy for Corofin. The Donegal champions were beaten that day but Lundy never got a score before his […]

7 years ago

The former Mayo star has been rinsed for his observation on the Gaoth Dobhair lads. Back in December, early December, Colm Parkinson reached out to a couple of the Gaoth Dobhair lads, Odhran Mac Niallais and captian Niall Friel, after they became Ulster champions. The two men spoke to Parkinson on The GAA Hour from the back […]

7 years ago

Getting the ball off the Corofin forwards is like trying to take a leg of chicken from a crowd of hungry dogs. You’re could have men stuck to the ball, to Burke, Leonard and Gary Sice but that means Lundy and the two Farraghers are running around the place like mad men. And there’s no […]

7 years ago

Home of Ulster champions. Home of some of the finest landscape in the north west of Donegal. Home of the famous Teach Mhicí. Home of Gaoth Dobhair GAA. It’s been an emotional journey for such a closely-knit club that really is the centre of the universe in these parts. Fresh from making history as the […]

7 years ago

There are heroes and then there’s Daire Ó Baoill. Gaoth Dobhair were underdogs in Omagh but they didn’t play like underdogs. They were without their most effective player, their leader and their centre back Kieran Gillespie, but they played their Ulster semi-final against Crossmaglen in a way that would have made him proud. In a […]

7 years ago

By Sunday evening we will know the two teams who will battle it out on December 2 for the Seamus McFerran Cup. The 2018 Ulster club semi finals throw up a couple of interesting ties as Crossmaglen Rangers go to the well once more against Donegal’s Gaoth Dobhair, whilst Monaghan champions, Scotstown face off against […]

7 years ago