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 

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

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 Weekly Fixtures 2026-27

		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

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 .

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.

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 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 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

 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

(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

(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.)