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2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship

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Donegal S.F.C.
Season2017
ChampionsKilcar
(6th title)
RelegatedNaomh Muire
Winning CaptainPatrick McBrearty
Man of the MatchMark McHugh
Winning ManagerBarry Doherty
Matches played??
2016
2018

The 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 95th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. Sixteen teams competed, with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

The championship began with four groups of four, and continued with a knock-out format.

Glenswilly was defending champion after defeating Cill Chartha by a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12 in the 2016 final.

C. J. Molloy scored a contender for goal of the season against Glenswilly in his club's opening group match, though his club lost.[1] Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards.[2]

This was Burt's debut in the senior grade after winning the 2016 Donegal I.F.C. title.

Team changes

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The following teams changed division since the 2016 championship season.

Format

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The 2017 championship took the same format as the 2015 and 2016 championships had, in which there were four groups of four clubs, with the top two clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals. The club finishing bottom in each group contested relegation play-offs to determine which team would be relegated to the 2018 Donegal Intermediate Football Championship.

Group stage

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Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Knockout stage

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Last Eight

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Cill Chartha 1-20
Réalt na Mara 1-9 Cill Chartha 2-16
St Michael's 0-13 St Michael's 0-7
Burt 1-8 Cill Chartha 0-7
Naomh Conaill 2-13 Naomh Conaill 0-4
Na Cealla Beaga 0-15 Naomh Conaill 1-13
Gaoth Dobhair 2-12 Gaoth Dobhair 1-12
St Eunan's 0-16

Quarter-finals

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9 September 2017
6:00 pm
Quarter-final
St Michael's 0-13 – 1-8 Burt O'Donnell Park
Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs)
Colm McFadden (0-3f) and Andrew Kelly (0-1f) 0-4 each, Oisín Langan, Liam Paul Ferry, Daniel McLaughlin, Christy Toye, Hugh O'Donnell 0-1 each Report Paul McHugh (1 '45) and Joe Boyle (0-3f) 0-3 each, Conor Harkin 1-0, Mickey McCann and Ciaran Dowds 0-1 each

9 September 2017
7:30 pm
Quarter-final
Naomh Conaill 2-13 – 0-15 Cill Chartha Ard an Rátha
Referee: Robert O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire)
Dermot Molloy 1-3 (0-1f), Eoghan McGettigan 1-2, John O'Malley 0-4 (0-2f), Anthony Thompson 0-2, Ciarán Thompson and Brendan McDyer 0-1 each Report Hugh McFadden 0-12 (0-11f), Daniel Breslin, John Ban Gallgher, Evan Broderick 0-1 each

10 September 2017
2:00 pm
Quarter-final
Cill Chartha 1-20 – 1-9 Réalt na Mara MacCumhaill Park
Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy)
Man of the Match: Paddy McBrearty
Paddy McBrearty 0-8 (0-4f), Ryan McHugh 1-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Ciaran McGinley, Eoin McHugh, Stephen McBrearty 0-2 each, Brian O'Donnell and Mark McHugh 0-1 each Report Christy Keaney 1-2 (1-0 pen), Gary Clancy 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Alan Russell 0-2, Ciaran McCaughey 0-1

10 September 2017
4:00 pm
Quarter-final
Gaoth Dobhair 2-12 – 0-16 St Eunan's MacCumhaill Park
Referee: Shaun McLaughlin (Malin)
Man of the Match: Cian Mulligan
James Carroll 0-6 (0-4f), Cian Mulligan 1-2, Daire Ó Baoill 1-0, Jamie Reynolds, Christopher McFadden, Noel Kelly, Eamonn Collum 0-1 each Report Niall O'Donnell 0-9 (0-5f), Caolan Ward and Cillian Morrison 0-2 each, Conor Parke, Darragh Mulgrew, Sean McVeigh 0-1 each

Semi-finals

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23 September 2017
7:30 pm
Semi-final
Cill Chartha 2-16 – 0-7 St Michael's MacCumhaill Park
Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire)
Man of the Match: Ryan McHugh
Ryan McHugh 2-3 (0-1f), Ciaran McGinley, Stephen McBrearty, Eoin McHugh 0-3 each, Paddy McBrearty 0-2f, Mark McHugh and Mark Sweeney 0-1 each Report Colm McFadden 0-2 (0-1f), Michael Gallagher, Ciaran Gallagher, Liam Paul Ferry, Andrew Kelly, Brian McLaughlin 0-1 each

30 September 2017
7:30 pm
Semi-final
Naomh Conaill 1-13 – 1-12 Gaoth Dobhair MacCumhaill Park
Referee: Seamus McGonigle (Aodh Ruadh)
Man of the Match: Leo McLoone
Eoghan McGettigan 0-5 (0-4f), John O'Malley 0-4, Kieran Gallagher 1-0, Ciarán Thompson and Dermot Molloy 0-2 each Report Michael Carroll 1-1, Odhran MacNiallais 0-4 (0-2f), James Carroll 0-3 (0-2f), Niall Friel, Cian Mulligan, Daire O'Baoill, Gavin McBride (0-1f) 0-1 each

Final

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15 October 2017
4:00 pm
Final
Cill Chartha 0-7 – 0-4 Naomh Conaill MacCumhaill Park
Attendance: 6,930
Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy)
Man of the Match: Sean McMonagle
Paddy McBrearty 0-3 (0-2f), Ryan McHugh, Michael Hegarty, Mark McHugh, Conor Doherty 0-1 each Report Dermot Molloy 0-2f, Ciarán Thompson and Eunan Doherty 0-1 each

Relegation play-offs

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Relegation semi-finals

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Relegation semi-final
Seán Mac Cumhaills1-14 – 1-13Naomh Muire
Dunfanaghy
Referee: Jimmy White
Relegation semi-final
Four Masters4-8 – 2-9Ard an Rátha
Na Cealla Beaga
Referee: Jimmy White

Relegation final

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Relegation final
Ard an Rátha0-13 – 2-7Naomh Muire
Glenties
Referee: Connie Doherty
Relegation final replay
Ard an Rátha5-14 – 1-9Naomh Muire
Glenties

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

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Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh

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Mark McHugh was named as the recipient of the annual Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Former New York player scores wonder goal in Donegal championship". JOE.ie. 2017.
  2. ^ "CJ Molloy scores a cracking goal in Donegal SFC". Hogan Stand. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Donegal Democrat Archives". IrishNewsArchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Donegal GAA Club Draws". Donegalnow.com. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh do Mark McHugh". RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ^ "McHugh named Donegal's best club footballer". Hogan Stand. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. ^ Walsh, Harry (15 November 2017). "Mark McHugh to receive 2017 Séamus Mac Géidigh Award". Donegal News. Retrieved 15 November 2017.