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Listen: Aoife McDonnell says semi-final defeat could be end of the road for some

written by Chris McNulty August 26, 2018
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Dejected Aoife McDonnell says the biggest regret from yesterday’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Cork is that the game could mark the end of the road for this group of players.

Orla Finn and Saoirse Noonan hit the goals as Cork won 2-11 to 0-11 at Dr Hyde Park.

Donegal had limited attacks, but squandered a few big chances and will be left to reflect on an afternoon when they didn’t truly do themselves justice. 

“It will be a massive regret that we won’t be in Croke Park. you don’t know how many will be about next year,” McDonnell mentioned. 

“It feels like the opportunity is gone for a lot of people now. That’s the biggest disappointment: that maybe there isn’t next year.

“It was there for the taking for us. It was a fairly even game. They got the goal and we could never make it up.”

 Listen to the full interview below …

Listen: Aoife McDonnell says semi-final defeat could be end of the road for some was last modified: August 26th, 2018 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

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

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