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Picture special: 1979 Donegal Sport Star Award winners honoured

written by Chris McNulty January 7, 2020
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THE DONEGAL Sports Star Award winners from 1979 were honoured last night at the launch of the 2019 version.

Pictures by Geraldine Diver

At the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, where the official launch took place, the winners of 40 years ago were each presented with a special certificate.

The overall winner in ’79 was Letterkenny athlete Danny McDaid, who won a silver medal for Ireland at the World Cross-Country Championships, held in Limerick.

On behalf of the 1979 group, McDaid paid tribute to the Donegal Sports Star Awards committee.

“Brendan McDaid, Hugh Strain, Denis Martin, Harry Blaney and people like that saw the opportunity,” McDaid said.

“I always remember when I started competing in the late 60s and early 70s in Dublin, I’d see the pictures of other counties with their sports stars. In a sports-mad county like Donegal, it was appropriate that it should happen here too. I want to pay tribute to the former members for their foresight and work in getting it started.”

McDaid was the first ever recipient of a Donegal Sports Star Award. With athletics at the head of the list alphabetically, it was he who was first honoured in 1976.

“It always clashed with the cross country in Gateshead so my wife collected it,” McDaid recalled.

“There were some lean times when the Sports Star Awards looked to be in jeopardy, but it turned around with Donegal County Council on board. It is great that they see fit to do that and it keeps the show on the road.”

1979 Donegal Sports Star Awards

Overall winner: Danny McDaid

Athletics: Danny McDaid (Letterkenny)

Badminton: Bobby Finlay (Raphoe)

Boxing: Eamonn Coyle (Raphoe)

Clay Pigeon Shooting: John Campbell (Ballybofey)

Cycling: Tommy Burns (Newtowncunningham)

GAA: Finian Ward (Glencolmcille)

Golf: Fr. Brendan McBride (San Francisco)

Handball: Rosie Sharkey (Falcarragh)

Hockey: Cecil Jacob (Ramelton)

Motorsport: Vincent Bonner (Dungloe)

Rugby: Trevor Johnston (Birmingham)

Soccer: Colm McGonagle (Fanad)

Table Tennis: Brid Carr (Fanad)

Tennis: David Craig (Eglinton, Derry)

Appreciation: Patsy McGonagle

Hall of Fame: Eamonn McDaid (RIP)

Secondary Schools: St. Eunan’s College

Sports Teacher: Fr Sean Gallagher (Gortahork)

Sports Girl: Michelle Morrow (Chavornay, Switzerland)

Sports Boy: Gerard McGinley (Manorcunningham)

Picture special: 1979 Donegal Sport Star Award winners honoured was last modified: January 6th, 2020 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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