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club based in

Dungloe ''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe (sometimes misspelled as Dunglow; ), is a town on the west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ...

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town along the

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in west

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. The club fields both men's and ladies' teams at all age grades in

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History

The club was founded towards the end of the Irish Civil War in 1923. The first official formation meeting was held in the old RIC Barracks which was then newly-controlled by An Garda Síochana on the Barrack Brae of the town of Dungloe. There are only two known names who were officially present at the first meeting of the club, Garda O’Riordan, who was from Kerry, and a Sergeant Mulhall, who was from Laois. Dungloe enjoyed early success soon after the formation of the club, winning the Donegal Senior Club Football Championship for the first time in 1930, and one year later they became the first side to retain the trophy. Indeed, the team competed in 6 county finals in 7 years from 1930 to 1936, winning four titles. This period coincided with the starried career of John "Hughie" O'Donnell. O'Donnell had the privilege of captaining Donegal during their successful Ulster league campaigns in 1936 and 1937, which included a league match played in Dungloe. Dungloe would wait seventeen years before winning the senior championship again, as their bitter rivals in

Gaoth Dobhair Gweedore ( , officially known by its Irish language name, ) is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district, and parish, located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. It stretches some from Glasserchoo ...

dominated the club scene in Donegal. The rivalry reached a violent peak during a Championship meeting between the two sides in 1957 when fights between supporters spilled onto the field during a Championship replay when Dungloe were leading leading to an abandonment. A bread boycott ensued over the following weeks where Gaoth Dobhair supporters refused to buy bread milled in the Rosses. The match was re-fixed in a neutral venue, where Dungloe finally got the upper-hand over their rivals from

. In total, Dungloe have won the

Donegal Senior Football Championship The Donegal Senior Football Championship (abbreviated as Donegal SFC) is an annual football competition organised by Donegal GAA and contested by the highest-level clubs, to determine the best team in County Donegal. Since 2016, it has been know ...

title on seven occasions, the last coming in 1958. The club has had two players selected to the All-Ireland SFC

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winning full forward Tony Boyle in 1992 and

Adrian Sweeney Adrian Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Dungloe and the Donegal county team. Considered one of the finest forwards of his generation, he often played alongside Brendan Devenney for Donegal. Sweeney played for Doneg ...

in 2003. Three men who have represented Dungloe have won All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: Tony Boyle,

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, and Paddy Prendergast (for Mayo).

Notable players

* Tony Boyle: 1992 All-Ireland SFC winner; two-time Ulster SFC winner (1990, 1992);

winner in 1992. *

: member of 2012 All-Ireland SFC winning panel. * Noel McCole: 123 appearances for Donegal. two-time Ulster SFC winner (1974, 1983). * Mark Curran: Ulster SFC winner in 2024;

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winner with UCD in 2020. * John "Hughie" O'Donnell (1910-1954): Four-time Donegal Club Championship winner (1930, 1931, 1933, 1936); first Donegal man to win the

- back-to-back champion with UCD (1930, 1931); captain of the first Donegal team to play in

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. *

: 136 appearances for Donegal.

winner in 2003. * Paddy Prendergast: Won All-Ireland Championship with Mayo in

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and

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. Last surviving member of the 1951 "cursed" Mayo All-Ireland winning team. * Gerard McElwee: Ulster SFC winner in 1974. *

Raymond Sweeney Raymond Sweeney is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for An Clochán Liath and the Donegal county team. He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003. ...

nominee in 2003.

References

{{Donegal clubs Gaelic games clubs in County Donegal Gaelic football clubs in County Donegal The Rosses