Tir Chonaill RFC Kick Off Donegal Summer Tag Rugby Season with Beach Tag Festival Seven Teams gathered at the Blue Flag Carrickfin Beach on Saturday last to take part in the first Tag Rugby competition of the Summer Season. In conjunction with the Annnagry Festival, and with a Winners trophy sponsored by Donegal Airport, the […]
The Donegal Rugby season came to a fitting conclusion on Saturday last at the home of Tir Chonaill RFC, the Community Sports Field in scenic Carrickfin. Four of the six county teams competed for the Challenge trophy put up by the host club. Competing teams were Tir Chonaill, Ballyshannon, Finn Valley and Inishowen. The games […]
Letterkenny hosted a successful u12s mini rugby festival during the easter break. 9 clubs took part in the event with many clubs playing each other for the first time. It was an excellent opportunity for clubs to identify players who will be making the step up into the 15 a side u13s in september. Ulster […]
Tir Chonaills second away game of 2011 seen the squad travel to the Lakeside Center to take on Ballyshannon in a friendly. Most of the squad managed to travel, and spirits were good on the bus. The referee decided to play four quarters with the teams agreement, as this would facilitate the changes likely from […]
The I.R.F.U. (Ulster Branch) in consultation with the PSNI, who have appealed that only essential traffic movement should take place due to adverse weather conditions, have taken the decision that there will be no rugby played under the auspices of the Ulster Branch on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th or Sunday 19th December 2010. This will […]
A large crowd gathered in scenic and sunny Carrickfin on Saturday last to witness the debut of the Tir Chonaill rugby club senior team in their first game. The club played host to Finn Valley RFC, and these two clubs are the newest rugby clubs in Ireland. Finn Valley have only recently begun playing with […]
Over the last three years Donegal has been leading the way in the growth of rugby at club and schools level in Ulster. The DCRP from 2007 to current has produced some substantial results in growing the game in Donegal. These include over 160 new qualified coaches, an increase of 9 to 20 secondary schools […]
The women’s week in Donegal proved to be a positive new initiative in getting over 80 new girls and women involved in the game around the county. At mini level over 50 new players were attracted to the game through the clubs involved and are continuing to train every Saturday under the direction of their […]