Donegal are preparing for war at Croke Park next weekend – and one Donegal poet certainly knows it!
With All-Ireland fervour in the county reaching its apex as Donegal return to the Final for the first time in eleven years, Jim McGuinness’ men are more than battle-ready.
Thanks to Peter McMonagle for submitting this poem to our Donegal For Sam hub as we prepare to cheer boys in gold and green on.
2025 Siege of Tír Chonaill
By Peter McMonagle
Our mighty team are heading south
Besieged by the Aristocrats taunting shouts,
The Kingdom certain they can bag their birthright
However Jimmy has our Fellas fit for the fight,
Our Boys will drive into ya from our arc and the skies
Cause no venue nor journey will keep them from our Prize,
Eleven years late but now Oh so close
And this time we won’t be denied by the Post,
We’ll unleash our young Colts and batter the gate
Till the O’Connors and Cliffords capitulate – BATE,
Seanie’s snarling stares cannot dampen Tir Chonaill’s desire
To bring back to the Hills ……………………the Sam Maguire.
