40 YEARS SPECIAL FEATURE Donegal Town RFC
A country rugby club set by the beautiful Donegal Bay literally a stones throw from the beach, Donegal Town RFC bring what every rugby club in Ulster & Ireland brings to the game. That is, the sheer love of playing the game.There are three types of photographic image that stand out at this club, they are captured by Colm Cannon and they show forwards in the heat of battle literally doing what people like Iain Henderson do for Ireland, they are hitting hard, spinning, off loading and passing, the second image is backs and centres who play with the style of Kyle and the hard yards that is either in you or not. The third image is families, young and old together. They have a club house but you will always find them during the game on the sidelines or playing always supporting each other and building the reputation of their club both on the pitch and off.
This feature will focus on the members of the club now and try to capture as much as we can the essence of their approach to the game.
CONTENTS
1) Intro
2) Mens II XV
3) Ladies I XV
4) Mens I XV
5) Youth U17, U15, U13
6) Minis
1) Intro
The club has grown massively since its formation in 1974 (there is a full history at the bottom of this page). Knowing inside each player how good they are can bring anger when a game does not go as planned, but that is always the way with elite athletes, and that anger stimulates change. But when they get off the pitch the party begins. Such is the dream of rugby, a club, a friendship, a community, the old saying you should have done this and the young defending their team and delivering amazing performances on the pitch. What carries them through everything is the unity in victory and defeat that a club brings.
How good are Donegal Town RFC – They are brilliant. We as outsiders to the club were treated superbly and supported on this journey through their club. Take a look through this feature below and you will be astounded! If you look at nothing else, scroll just a little and you will see the start of the feature is an interview with club Chairman Charlie McGinty, he’s been there since near the beginning, he has seen it all and is still amazed although not surprised by just what these players achieve.
COMMUNITY! The single word that sums up what a rugby club is all about. It is our pleasure to introduce to you Donegal town RFC President Charlie McGinty – watch this clip and see the passion for the club and winning
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Cummunity, through thick and thin, win, lose or draw, but you bet your bottom dollar, they want to win!
Donegal Town RFC II XV
One name – Norby! Amongst alot of other gentlemen. Elitism does not exist at Donegal Town RFC. Thats a fullstop. Because the II XV are the guys who have been there, or are hoping to get there, or are not good enough. The phrase not good enough is extremely important, because you will find guys like ourselves at InTouch who never made it on the pitch who are vital to a rugby club. A thriving, confident, happy II XV is the eye on a rugby club, that is the inside story on a rugby club, and we can tell you, having watched the Donegal Town RFC II XV in action it is literally scary how much of a team this is. This team just like any team in Donegal Town RFC are a major force in their league. They play a very exciting brand of rugby, its off loads, its big hit ups, its mauls, its people playing out of their skins! It is an honour to cover the Donegal Town RFC II V. We can tell you 100%, these are not hollow words to appease the II XV, this is for real! A club is a whole, an organism, and the good good will that the II XV have for the I XV and vice versa, the breaking down of division or the effort not to let it take hold, healthy competitivenes is in fact real competitiveness but it leads to long term building.
It is our honour to present to you an interview with Dave Murray Donegal Town RFC II XV Commenting On A Huge Game a Local Derby with Letterkenny RFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just click play below to see what it meant to him.
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The II XV are the lifeblood of the club, they have been there, they nurture new talent, they play superb rugby and when asked they will on occasion agree to play for the I XV, they prefer to grace the I XV pitch during finals or league play offs allowing the I’s to accidently get there and then the II’s step in and deliver during the big games! Donegal Town RFC is constant banter, craic, yes they train hard, but there is a superb spirit. You cannot win a game of rugby against decent opposition unless there is a bond. That bond is what makes phase after phase possible, the II XV embody this bond and provide the glue that binds the whole club together. Elite athletes always want to be on the I XV but elitism has no place inside a rugby club. The II XV embody the spirit that no matter what team you play on, if the opposition are good or maybe on paper better than you that is when heroes are born, by working together as a unit on the pitch to beat the opposition side, and that does not matter whether its Ireland or the Lions your playing against. The II XV @ Donegal Town RFC are fearless and when they get on the pitch it is a full on blood lust rugby – a truly amazing sight. When the Red & White Knights click there is no one, no one who will stop them. Below are clips and pictures of the Donegal Town RFC II XV – Warriors one and all.
Footage 1 – II XV Local erby Tries & Hits VID – ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! PS it was at the away team ground!
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Womens Rugby
The womens team. For years women have watched rugby. Now @ Donegal Town RFC, the women play as well. Rugby is a tough game. Stepping onto the pitch for your first game of full contact rugby is the biggest adrenaline rush you will experience in your life, only to be followed by the next. In a flash the womens rugby team was formed almost overnight they had enough players for a team and one week later they were training. Within a week they were training full contact drills. Shortly after that they were doing phaes securing rucks and practicing off loads and behind the back passes, cutting lines, sidesteps, running over the top of opposition players, scrummaging, lineout. The natural ability of women to play rugby is not surprissing. Their ability to focus under pressure, learn and thrive on a rugby pitch was never going to be in question. The Donegal Town ladies rugby team played their first game against good established opposition, and what did they do, they scored at least one try.
The ladies rugby team. As new womens rugby teams form in Ireland the sport grows and the standard of rugby progreses and we win grand slams, world cups, and sevens world titles. Donegal Town RFC Womens team formed in 2012/13, and the girls immediately embarked on raising the profile of Donegal TownRFC and womens rugby in general in the Donegal Town vicinity. Within a week they had enough players to start training and field a side. All they wanted to do was play full contact rugby, score tries and win games. Within 6 months they had played their first game and had 100% announced themselves on the IRish Womens rugby scene. This is a phenomenal achievement. Girls in Donegal Town are now playing at the oyuth levels, but one thing that stands out is the passion for the game. Womens rugby thrives in healthy environments, and it is no surprise that this happened at Donegal Town RFC. We are honoured to cover their games and below are interviews and clips from training
Elain Britton comments on the 1st home game and the 1st ever victory for the team
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Marie MCCabe comments on getting involved
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The Donegal Town LAdies Rugby Team Training hits
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Elain Britton comments on the newly formed team
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CLICK HERE for 600+ Action shots of the ladies winning.
Beware any team who play these girls – it may be over for you quickly but the memory will live with you forever!
The Donegal Town RFC I XV –
The Donegal Town RFC I XV are the best current crop of rugby players in the Donegal town area and surrounding areas. Most of them have been playing rugby as long as they can remember – and they love it! Like all the members of the club they are constantly promoting the club and also working at the club, keeping the grounds, erecting fences, new buildings, extensions, marking the pitches, fundraising, coaching other teams in the club. The pride they have in the jersey is legendary. What might be considered a small club, although in recent years the numbers have swelled so much that their is a real sense of a can do attitude, On the pitch, its top class. The lines that these players cut is remarkable. Their forwards are amongst the hardest in Ulster. Some of these guys will never stop playing the game and when they win, regularly the joy on their faces, the pride, the sense of achievement is out standing. They win for several reasons. Talent, yes, but even before that comes the sheer hard work. This side truly earn the right to throw the ball around. We watched them against a local massive side last season who had beaten them earlier in the season, but on that day in the second game, away from home and with a large crowd playing they produced a tantalising display of rugby. The forwards were under pressure but they fought and clawed and pushed every sinew of their bodies, they disrupted, and hit with everything and they stopped the opposition side from scoring and they then released the Donegal Town RFC backs – what a sight, they cut and tore up the opposition like a knife through butter and then they scored and won the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we watched them at home addmitedly against on paper weaker opposition in a play off game. Did they become affected by the occasion, did they defend sheepishly and attack without confidence. No, to the contrary they took everything away from them, the forwards pummelled the opposition to the point of exhaustion, the opposition bodies were lying around the park at one point and the Donegal attack force centres and backs and forwards combined in a 2nd half effort that saw them score something like 60+ points to NIL. To NIL! Without a doubt the most accomplished game of rugby we had the honour of spectating at in the entire 2012/13 season
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Pre Season at donegal town RFC 2013 included a visit from the Ulster Rugby Squad and I XV player Pete-So Cannon was on hand to interview Nick Williams the Irish Rugby Player of the year 2012/13 season @ The Holmes rugby grounds on pre-season on freefly on Donegal Town – check it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I XV player & Ladies I XV coach Gareth McMurray comments on how great it has been to have ladies playing rugby @ Donegal Town RFC.
“Nothing gives us more pride than the involvement of the community in our sport”. Gareth McMurray. Now with Women, Children and Men playing at Donegal Town RFC its like the family is complete again, and the club has enjoyed an increased social scene since the formation of the ladies team. Gareth McMurray comments below on the great affect the ladies team is having on Donegal Town RFC
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Youth Rugby – U17s, U15s, U13s
There is so much youth rugby @ Donegal Town RFC that it took 1 year to cover it all. They play top flight Premier division rugby in the Ulster Premier League. They are not there to make up the numbers. On game day, this is seriously seriously competitive rugby. It is just as important for the U13s to win as the U17s. Even though the U17s have players on the Ulster squads the youth system at Donegal Town RFC is about all 3 sides. If they have games on simultaneously across the pitches they when one game finishes the many supporters and players will go over to another game if it is unfinished and support their friends. It is vocal. The support from the sidelines is vocal, and so it should be. The youth rugby players at Donegal Town are steeped in rugby values and are superb ambassadors for the sport. Having watched them play away at Ballymena RFC after a 3 hour bus journey, they were outstanding! Every single player played with total confidence, the physicality from the U13s right through to the U17s was scary. The backs were finding holes in defences that simply were not there, the off loads, the side steps, the triessssssssssss. Below are videos and interviews from all the teams. But their focus is playing, it just so happens that that leads to winning!
InTouch TV Interview: Coach Stephen Cullen Donegal Town RFC U13 I XV Comments On A Side Having The Time Of Their Lives
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InTouch TV Presents: Check This Out – TRY TIME for the Donegal Town RFC U15 & U13 I XV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vid NOW LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mini Rugby
For alot of players their rugby life starts at this stage. At this age its not about winning, its about fun and learning, this is something the players bring throughout their lives. The coaches are amazing and watching mini rugby is a joy. These guys and girls are playing full contact rugby and its full on. It is very very good for developing hand eye coordination, they learn rucking, formation on the pitch, tackling, passing and playing together as a team, and they love it! Win loose or draw a mini rugby team have a brilliant day. At Donegal Town RFC the mini rugby section is thriving and is a mix of all the community. They are now also taking part in the Mini Rugby festivals that bring together clubs from all over a wide area, sometimes up to 1000 players in one place, which is a bit like a tour! Its the best of times and the start of life long friendships that stay with all these people, it brings together strangers who then become great friends, and when the players grow up they remain friends and so do the parents.
In making this feature we have had the pleasure to interview two of the mini rugby coaches
InTouch TV Interview: Paul Doherty comments on the superb mini rugby @ Donegal Town RFC
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InTouch TV Interview: Pauraic O’Grady Comments On Mini rugby @ Donegal Town RFC
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History is the wrong word for this next section which catches up with guys who have seen it all. The words here are EXPERIENCE! X president Dairmuid Barry comments forst on a career that saw him play at City of Derry but he feels the rugby played on the Forster cup winning Donegal side was the best, there is a lot to be learned from this
Dairmuid P Barry interview
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InTouch TV Interview: Diarmuid Barry (Donegal Town RFC), “I Played @ Bective & Derry But The Best Players I Ever Played With Was Our Team That Won The Forster Cup”
Sitting here reading through the 30th anniversary magazine there are pictures of Victor Kearney receiving the past players cup at Dungannon RFC after the Donegal town RFC II XV had won the league! We were honoured to interview Victor for this feature below and someone who you might assume is just watching is as heavily involved as ever!
InTouch TV Interview: Club Man Victor Kearney Donegal Town RFC: The Message Is “Get Involved, Rugby is for everyone, male, female, all shapes and sizes, are catered for in the school and rugby club youth and senior systems @ DONEGAL TOWN RFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A potted history of Donegal Rugby Rugby Club by The Rucker
I remember in the early 1980’s living in Belmont in Belfast. You could spit from my flat into the CIYMS rugby grounds. One Friday evening ,after work, I hopped into the car and drove down to Donegal Town. The following morning, I jumped on a minibus with the rest of the team and off we set for a match in Belfast against CIYMS! After the post match, re-hydration session we set off for Donegal. On Sunday, I got back into the car and drove back to Belfast. It was absolute and utter madness but I did it because the craic and camaderie among the players was so good. Others made bigger sacrifices in those days. Victor Kearney used to drive up from Blessington on a Friday evening and then set off on the Saturday morning for some far flung corner of the country. Matt Collins drove up from Dublin just to support us. Eamon Friel, Peter Fenton, Pauric Gillespie, Tony Byrne and countless others sacrificed a day’s pay to play the game. They all did it for the joy of rugby, for the comradeship, for the joy of competition and then there was an odd pint along the way.
Some of the above men were the trail blazers of Donegal Rugby Club. Incidentally the proper name of the club is Donegal Rugby Club. The word town seems have to been thrown in accidentally.
The seeds of the club were sown by three gentlemen. They were Roy Irwin, who had played rugby at Sligo Grammar School, Charlie McGinty who came from a gaelic football background and Jack Ramsey who was roped in for a bit of free music. The three men met on 15 February 1973 to discuss the formation of a club but the club was not officially formed until 22 May 1974 at 8.30 pm at a meeting in the Cinema Rooms. Canon Stewart was elected President, Roy Irwin to the captaincy role with Alrick Thompson acting as Vice captain. John Hamilton of Ballintra was appointed secretary and Derek Little of the Ulster Bank filled the treasurer’s seat. Subscriptions were set at the princely sum of £1 per year for playing members and 50p for non playing members.
The other committee members were Tom Needham and Frank Ward who were both Garda in the town , Charlie McGinty, Jack Ramsey, David Bustard from Ballintra , Pat Quinn from Laghey. Niall Fitzpatrick was later co-opted on to the committee. Club colours selected were a red jersey, white shorts and red socks.Before this meeting the club had played some 3 or 4 games. The first game was away to Sligo Grammar School and we achieved a scoreless draw. Then it was back to Sligo to play Sligo Town whom we played at Summerhill College. We got a bit of a hammering (30 points to 10) that day but the late Frankie McMullin scored our first ever try. John Hamilton got the conversion. Yours truly kicked our first ever penalty to get the other 3 points. It was a long range kick, of course. Into the teeth of a gale, under very slipperly conditions and wearing bedroom slippers with the toes cut out of them!
Further games took place against Malone Tornadoes with the famous Fred Isdale playing at full back. Fred played his last game for Malone at the age of 65 years,having turned out for 50 seasons. It was unwritten rule of the game that you were not allowed to tackle Fred.
Letterkenny were entertained at the hospital ground and I well remember the late Ivan Bustard playing No 8 in that game. Gordon Robinson and Gordon Morrow were in the second row. Other pitches used at that time included a field out at Clar where we won the Boyle Cup 9-7 against Letterkenny on 17 March 1975 under the captaincy of Niall Fitzpatrick, and the pitch behind the NBA houses.
I well remember playing against Sligo Rugby Club out in Clar. It was on a wet wintry Sunday afternoon and the only changing facilities for the home side(the visitors changed in the Snooker Rooms) was a tar barrel full of cold water. One the major bones of contention at a committee meeting that year was the introduction of a 5p admission charge to matches. It was defeated!
In 1975/76 Charlie McGinty became captain with Mick Doherty from Finner Camp as vice captain. I remember going up to play Sligo at Strandhill with Mick in the second row with another army man Mick Leahy. I can’t remember much about Mick Leahy except he had very few teeth. At the start of the second half of the Sligo match, Mick Doherty disappeared. We found him stuck in the Sligo side of the scrum – he forgot to change sides at half time! In those early days we were indebted to the support of four teachers from Raphoe, Jim King, Ray Dunne, Eamon Chesser and Michael Reilly that made up the back-bone of the team.
In another famous match Mickey Mouse played for us. At least I think it was Mickey Mouse because he played in a Mickey Mouse tee shirt and instead of rugby boots he wore suede shoes. After the match he came straight in to the changing room and pulled on his trousers wearing muddy shorts, suede shoes and all. Or at least he thought they were his trousers. We think they were Charlie McGinty’s !
Greystones Rugby team would become the first Leinster team to travel to Donegal but because of the fuel crisis, they could not get enough petrol to make the journey. In February 1976 we travelled to De la Salle at Kilternan in Dublin and won our first tour match. In April of that year the first social evening was held in Ard na Mona with Conor Sinclair entertaining on the piano and Paddy Meehan leading the singing.
There was a lot of signing in those days as our base was the National Hotel. Patsy McCauley provided the music. It is sad to think that poor Patsy is no longer with us and neither is Jim, Laura, Eddie and Nora. They were all good friends of the club
Meals in those days were very formal occasions. Both home and visiting team adjourned to the National dining room and we had soup, main course, dessert and coffee. This was followed by a number of speeches from both teams.
It was in the National Hotel in late 1976 that I met one of the stalwarts of the club. Our match that day had been cancelled and I adjourned to the Bar with a bearded gentleman called Friel from Mountcharles who had turned up to play. We had a few refreshments, bought a sponge cake from behind the bar and cut it up on the counter between us. Eamon has been playing ever since and still likes sponge cake. I was the first captain of the side when we entered the Ulster league in September 1976 when we opened with a match against Holywood that we should have won as Michael Brown crossed the line for the winning try but nobody had told him that you had to touch the ball down. Other highlights that year was a coaching session in Letterbarrow under Alex Campbell . I would also like to highlight the coaching role of John Dowling in those early days. He gave invaluable coaching assistance including one memorable full day session at The Holmes when John was assisted by his brother Derek( Leinster Senior prop) and colleagues from De La Salle Palmerston.
We also hosted Calgary Irish Rugby Team with Donegal man Sean Thomas a member. Paddy Meehan and I got white cowboy hats. I don’t know if Paddy still has his hat. I got sick over mine.
That year the club crest was also introduced and we went on a joint trip to Edinburgh with Letterkenny.
The following year, under club captain ,Diarmuid Barry, we travelled to London and played London Irish out at Sunbury. We were entertained regally in the Hop Poles by Jack Green. The London Irish Trip cost £59 and this included the flight, match ticket and two nights bed and breakfast in the Regency Hotel. I will not dwell on the Donegal prop that sat in the hotel in London trying to dissolve a piece of polystyrene in a glass of water. He thought it was Alka-Seltzer.
Later that year the renowned Mick Doyle travelled up and gave us a coaching session. On his own admission he had not done much coaching. He got on well though in the following years as he ended up coaching Ireland to a triple crown with his famous ‘ give it a lash’ style of rugby. Mick picked out Liam Jones as the most promising Donegal player at the coaching session.
The bould Victor Kearney took over captaincy for the next 2 years covering 1978 to 1980. Victor’s first season saw us lose just one game and we became the first Donegal side to win promotion. Victor also took us to France and we got plastered in Paris. In Feb.1980 we went up to Ballyshannon and played them on the Sunday in their first ever game. Victor also took us to Wales that year and we got inebriated in the Arms Park. Kearney was a great captain and would do anything for the club. He even brought a cat to a match in Cavan. The cat enjoyed the match so much that Victor brought it on to Dublin for the weekend.
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second xv was formed in 1980 under the captaincy of Alrick Thompson and operated
initially as a Sunday side. Alrick was a very laid back captain and only
insisted on one condition – that he was always allowed to play on the dry side
of the pitch. Eamon Friel took over the firsts and started off a long period of
success for the club. The team conceded only one try in the league and that was
to Ards whom we beat 69-4(a try was worth 4 points in those days). We won the
Milford Plate, the League, the Boyle Cup beating Letterkenny 9-7 out in Albert
Morrow’s field. The season concluded with the winning of the Ravenhill Cup at
Ravenhill in Belfast with the winning points coming from a try by Liam Brown and
the boot of David Little.The team was Albert Morrow, PeterFenton, Pauric
Gillespie, Willie Kerr, Liam Brown, Des Daly, David Lyttle, Barney McGroary,
Conor McBrearty, Eamonn Friel, Alan Johnston, Trevor Johnston, Neilis McInaw,
Bob Walsh and Charlie McGinty. Subs. Diarmuid Barry, Kevin Barry and Sean
Gillespie.
We finished the season in style when Leinster Senior team Lansdowne came to town. We beat them too.
It was felt at this stage that Donegal was in dire need of a permanent base and a serious bout of fund raising started with a number of functions held such as fashion shows, race nights and the famous Donegal Rugby Queen competition in the Pavesi. This was organised by Hilary Irwin & Leah Meehan with Billy Patterson acting as compere.
The club members toured around the local dances interviewing girls and selecting them for the competition. I believe some of the older lads are still at it.
A site for a pitch belonging to Thomas McGarrigle was identified at the Holmes and under Matt Collins’ guidance and Eamon Friel ‘s building acumen a club house was erected at a cost of £40,000. The clubhouse was officially opened on 3 October 1982 by the late Tommy Lindsay, President of the Ulster Branch IRFU. Tommy was a great friend of our club and was proud to be an honorary life member. Neilis McInaw captained a Donegal invitation side that also included Eamon Friel and Irish international Harry Steele. Their opponents were St Mary’s RFC with Tony Ward filling the out half berth.
In April 1983 a Co Donegal XV under Des Daly played an Ulster Junior XV to celebrate 10 years of rugby in the county. Around 1983/84 we also set off on tour to the Isle of Mann. One player thought it was such a good idea he took his wife on Honeymoon on the trip. She seemed to enjoy being escorted around by 25 rugby players.
I also recall a gentleman from Dublin joining the club at this stage and being given the loan of a car. He became our first sponsored player although we didn’t yet know it.
One could run on and on with the role of honours under the captaincies of Peter Fenton and Jim Mclaughlin with a host of league titles, Boyle Cups and two further trips to Ravenhill to lift trophies. No other Donegal team can boast of an unbeaten record at Ravenhill.
We have played on many pitches throughout the years- The Hospital Field, a field out at Clar, the NBA pitch, Rossnowlagh, Brown’s field, Albert Morrow’s field and finally at the Holmes. There have been many bases such as The National Hotel,McCafferty’s, Paul’s Palace, The Talk of the Town, McGroarty’s and Aodh O ‘Donnells’.
Many famous names have visited the club such as Tony Ward, Harry Steele, Tom Keirnan, Noel Henderson Moss Keane, Nigel Carr, all either Irish internationals or Lions. Peter Finnerty was another visitor as was the late great French prop and President of the French Rugby Union, Robert Paperemborde.
We also had the Donegal County side as regular visitors in 1992 under Brian McEniff as they did the bulk of their training that year at the Holmes.
Let us dwell on some of the events and characters that formed the culture of the club. Late great characters such as Captain Jimmy Hamilton, Roger Hutchings, Francis Dinsmore, Mickey Sinclair a winger without parallel and Peter McGettigan our first life member. Remember the work done by Francis around the clubhouse.
Then there are those whose contribution it is difficult to calculate. People such as
Canon Stewart, Charlie McGinty, Roy Irwin, Alrick Thompson, John Dowling for their work in the early days. Diarmuid Barry for his legal work. Matt Collins for his fund raising. John McHardy for his magic rub, Eamon Friel for his building skills. Ann Friel, Mary Brown and Margaret Wilson for their work in the kitchen. The youth work put in by Robert Morrow . The ground work put in by Tom Morrow. The support put in on the touch-line by colleagues such as Chris Lowther and Pat Britton.
It is comforting that the club is still in good hands. Victor Kearney is still there beavering away. Current President Charlie Mc Ginty made his debut for the club way back in the 1970’s when he was home from Coventry for the Summer holidays. His organising skills and enthusiasm have given the club a new dimension and will move the club upwards and onwards.
In conclusion may I apologise to anyone whom I have missed out. Someone once said that if you remember the 1960’s, then obviously you didn’t have a very good time! I feel like that about the 1970’s & 80’s.
ARTICLES & PICTURES from the last 5 years InTouch Rugby Archives:
Donegal Town Ladies Open Day CLICK HERE
Donegal Town RFC Notes: I XV 32 v Ballyshannon RFC I XV 24 in Action Shots Live CLICK HERE
Donegal Town Rugby Club News: Womens Rugby Open Day is on the 17th of August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE
#freefly – Ulster Rugby Players Travel To Donegal In Style With Mervyn & Ali from Clareview Estate on the shores of Lough Erne – Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE
InTouch TV InTerview: Pete-so Cannon InTerviews Nick Williams @ Donegal Town RFC #freefly #beast CLICK HERE
InTouch TV InTerview: Pete-so Cannon Scoop! InTerviews Paddy Jackson @ Donegal Town RFC on The Kanye West / Simon Zebo Compilation Track + Trying On Wedding Dresses in Enniskillen #FreeFly CLICK HERE
InTouch TV InTerview: Pete-so Cannon InTerviews Mark Anscombe @ Donegal Town RFC on #Freefly to Donegal & Pre-Season CLICK HERE
InTouch TV InTerview: Pete-so Cannon InTerviews Luke Marshall @ Donegal Town RFC CLICK HERE
Packed!!!!!!!!!!! Ulster Rugby Training Session @ Donegal Town RFC in 800+ Action & Social ShotSSSSSSSSS LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE
Donegal Town RFC Annual Tag Rugby Tourno Is On the 27th of July @ The Holmes CLICK HERE
Donegal Town Youth Rugby Awards in Pictures CLICK HERE
Donegal Town RFC: 10S Tournament Champions Pictured With The Cup – Shots LIVE CLICK HERE
Donegal Town RFC: U15 I XV – WHAT A SEASON WHAT A TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Semi Final Premier League In Action Shots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE
