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Ulster SFC draw: Donegal must take the long road from preliminary round

written by Chris McNulty April 20, 2021
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DONEGAL have been drawn to face Down in the preliminary round of the 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship.

Declan Bonner’s side will be away to the Mournes, who are under the management of Paddy Tally.

The winner of the preliminary round tie will meet Rory Gallagher’s Derry in a quarter-final.

The draw was made live on the Six One News on RTÉ1 this evening, conducted by the Ulster Council President Oliver Galligan.

Donegal were denied a third successive Ulster SFC crown in November when they were stunned by Cavan in the final.

A behind-closed-doors Ulster Championship of 2020 came to a dramatic end when Cavan won a first provincial title in 23 years, Conor Madden’s late goal capping a 1-13 to 0-12 win at the Athletic Ground.

Under Bonner’s watch, Donegal won Ulster in 2018 and 2019.

Donegal are set to welcome defender Odhrán McFadden-Ferry back from a tour of duty with the Irish Defence Forces next month. The Gaoth Dobhair man missed last year’s action due to the trip.

Counties were permitted to return to collective training from last night following an easing of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Next month, Donegal are due to face three Ulster counties – Tyrone, Monaghan and Armagh – in a regionalised Allianz League.

Derry, Tyrone, Cavan and Monaghan were exempt from a preliminary round game having been drawn for the first hurdle in either 2019 or 2020.

2021 Ulster SFC

 

Preliminary Round

Down v Donegal

 

Quarter-Finals

Down/Donegal v Derry

Armagh v Antrim

Monaghan v Fermanagh

Tyrone v Cavan

Ulster SFC draw: Donegal must take the long road from preliminary round was last modified: April 20th, 2021 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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