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Gleneely Colts             3
Rashenny RES            3

Played in driving heavy showers last night  Gleneely opened the scoring in the third minute when Shane Diver powerfully headed home from six yards following a Billy McCann corner.

Rasheeny equalised in the  20th minute when Aaron Cregan nipped in when the home defencefailed to clear to poke past Adrian Duffy in the home goal.  But Gleneely regained the lead after  a Billy McCann long throw into the Rasheeny box resulted in Matthew Doherty heading home from close range. A minute later Gleneely increased their lead when a long diagonal ball from Emmett O’Brien  released Matthew Doherty on the wing and his pin point cross found Shane Diver to slot home from five yards. Rasheeny pulled one back ten minutes after the break  when a free kick from John Grant hit the post and  rebounded back of keeper Duffy’s body and over the line. Gleneely should have increased their lead when Manus Doherty’s free, hit the post and Shane Divers follow up some how stayed out. Both teams were reduced to 10 men following and altercation off the ball.  The home side  were to rue their missed chances when Aaron Cregan scored his second after hesitancy in the home defence allowed him to slot low to Duffy’s left with only minutes left.

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15/11/2023 3:34 pm

Inishowen Football League Season Kicks Off on Sunday 23rd August 2026

Inishowen Football League Season kicks off Sunday 23rd August.

The 2026-27 Inishowen League season gets underway next weekend with the group stages of both the Clubman Shirts League Cup and the Charlie O’Donnell Memorial cup. The draws held at a delegate meeting  Monday 10th August  resulted as follows:

Clubman Shirts 

Group   A  Group B Group C
Illies Celtic  Buncrana Hearts Carn FC
QPS Greencastle FC Cockhill Youths 
Aileach FC Clonmany Shamrocks  Culdaff FC

 

The three group winners along with the best runner up will qualify for the semi finals  and there are a number of interesting ties. There are two new managerial appointments with Declan Sharkey at the helm in Greencastle and Brendan McLaughlin in a player manager role in Culdaff. Group A  & C could be tight affairs but on last seasons form Aileach and Carn FC  will be the favourites to emerge although  Cockhill Youths could  be the surprise package after their excellent season in Division One . Group B looks to be a straight  fight between Buncrana Hearts and Clonmany Shamrocks given the  difficulties Greencastle have had in the off season.

 

Charlie O’Donnell Memorial Cup

Group   A  Group B Group C
Dunree United Sea Rovers  Cockhill Res
Glengad United  Buncrana Res  Aileach Res
Carn Youth  Redcastle United Moville Celtic 

Holders  Carn Youths have been drawn in group A and under new manager Kevin Doherty will be hoping to launch a staunch defence of their title.  On last years league form Glengad United would be the favourites to emerge from this group  but it would be no surprise if any of the other two teams came out on top. In Group  B  Redcastle United , relegated from the premier division last season , are under new manager Kevin McLaughlin and they will be favourites to emerge from this group.  All three teams in the group have new managers with Joey Holland taking over at Rovers and Gerard Boyle in charge of Buncrana Res. In group C promoted Moville Celtic  will be hoping to carry on from where they left off last season when they face Cockhill Res and Aileach Res under new manager Dermot Doherty. As with the Clubman Shirts the three group winners along with the best runner up will go to the semi finals.

Inishowen Football League Fixtures Sunday 23rd August 2026

Inishowen Football League Weekly Fixtures 2026-27

clubman Sunday 23rd August 2027
Clubman Shirts  League Cup 2pm
Illies Celtic  v QPS  W Harvey
Buncrana Hearts  v Greencastle FC  E Doherty 
Culdaff FC  v Carn FC  D McLaughlin 
Charlie O’Donnell Cup
Dunree United  v Glengad United  V Armianovskyi      2pm
Sea Rovers  v Buncrana Res  K O’Donnell      11am 
Cockhill Res  v Aileach Res  G McLaughlin    11am 

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

 

On behalf of the Inishowen Football League and all our Clubs & players ,we would like to extend our sincere condolences to the Corr Family on the sad passing of Paddy Corr and also to his extended family circle and many friends. We would also like to extend our condolences to his former colleagues in the Inishowen Youth and Schoolboys League in which Paddy had been a past secretary and had worked tirelessly to promote Youth Football in Inishowen during his time in that position.  May he Rest In Peace .

Inishowen Football League Services to Football Award 2026

Services to Football Award Winner 2026 , Joe Bredin (Moville Celtic)

Services to Football Award Recipient Joe Bredin pictured with (left)Charlie McConalogue TD & (right) Liam Baldrick (League Chairman) , back row L-R ,Diarmuid O’Brien (League Secretary),Jude McCrossan (League Registrar) & Neil Grant (Committee member)

Below ,Services to Football Award Winner Joe Bredin pictured with his family on the night.

Inishowen Football League Presentation Night

Crossan Jeweller’s Premier Division Prizewinners  2025/26

(L-R Jude McCrossan (Inishowen League),Terence Doherty (Clonmany Shamrocks ) Player of the Year & Top Goalscorer and Lee McColgan (Cockhill Celtic) receiving Premier Division Trophy from Shane Crossan (Crossan’s Jewellers)

(L-R ,Jude McCrossan (League Registrar), Terence Doherty (P.O.T.Y. & Top Goalscorer ,Clonmany Shamrocks) , Taylor Clarke (Joint Clean Sheets ,Buncrana Hearts) ,Lee McColgan (Champions, Cockhill Celtic) , missing from picture , Jonathan Noone ( Joint Clean Sheets ,Clonmany Shamrocks)

HML Plant Hire Division One Prizewinners

HML Division One  Prizewinners

 L-R, Oran Doherty(O) (Glengad Utd) Top Goalscorer ,Liam Baldrick (League Chairman) presenting HML Div 1 Shield to Ryan Downey (Cockhill Celtic Yth),Darragh O’Donnell (Cockhill Celtic Yth),Most Clean Sheets &  Seamus McLaughlin ( Greencastle FC ) Player of the Year.

Inishowen Engineering Division Two A Prize Winners

Inishowen Engineering Div Two A Prizewinners

Back Row L-R, Michael McNaught (Moville Celtic )Top Goalscorer, John G McLaughlin (Culdaff Rovers) ,Player of the Year and Jordan McLaughlin (Moville Celtic) , Most Clean Sheets ,Front Row L-R ,Neil Grant (Committee member ), Dermot Harkin (Moville Celtic) receiving the Div Two A Shield from Charlie McConalogue T.D.

Inishowen Engineering Division Two B Prizewinners

 

Inishowen Engineering Division Two B

 

 L-R , Kyrin Doherty (Carn Reserves) Player of the Year, Patrick McLaughlin (Culdaff Res) receiving the Div 2B Shield from Charlie McConalogue TD & Michael McLaughlin (Glengad Res) Most Clean Sheets.

Clubman Shirts League Cup Winners

Clubman Shirts League Cup Winners

clubman

(L-R, Neil Grant (League Committee) , Brendan McLaughlin of Cockhill Celtic ,who defeated Carn FC in the Final, receiving the Clubman’s Shirt League Cup from Charlie McConalogue TD , Jude McCrossan (League Registrar))

Donegal Signs Challenge Cup Winners 2025/26

Donegal Signs Challenge Cup Winners 2025/26

logo(Pictured L-R, Liam Baldrick(League Chairman), Luke Rudden (Man of the Match), Peter McLaughlin (Donegal Signs) presenting the Challenge Cup to Lee McLaughlin (Cockhill Celtic) who defeated Buncrana Hearts 2-0 in the Final.)