2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship

The 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship was contested by senior Gaelic football clubs under the auspices of Donegal GAA. The defending champions were Glenswilly. They were dethroned in the 2014 final.

2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship

2014 Craobh Sinsear Peile Dhún na nGall
Tournament details
County	Donegal
Year	2014
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	Cloich Cheann Fhaola
Relegated team(s)	Réalt na Mara

Format

It was announced in 2013 that the 2014 County Championship would begin as soon as the Donegal senior football team were eliminated from the Sam Maguire Cup, which, as it transpired was in September after the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1][2] The deferral was decided upon in September 2013 when twenty clubs voted in favour, while six did not (one club was not in attendance).[3][4] The controversy over this decision became a "national media story" and irked inter-county manager Jim McGuinness.[5]

The format remained the same as the previous year, when a group stage was introduced. September 28 Round 1 senior championship, October 5 Round 2 senior championship, October 12 Round 3 senior championship, October 19 Senior championship quarter-final, October 26 Senior championship semi-final, November 2 Senior championship final.[6]

Group stage

Group 1

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Naomh Conaill 3 3 0 0 31 24 +7 6 St Eunan's 3 2 1 0 51 29 +22 4 Malin 3 1 2 0 47 42 +5 2 Naomh Mhuire 3 0 3 0 30 64 -34 0

Round 1 Naomh Mhuire 0-10, 0-12 Naomh Conaill, The Banks, 27/9/2014, Malin 2-6, 1-17 St Eunan's, Connolly Park, 28/9/2014,[7] Round 2 Naomh Conaill 0-10, 0-7 Malin, Glenties, 4/10/2014,[8] St Eunan's 1-21, 1-5 Naomh Mhuire, O'Donnell Park, 5/10/2014,[9] Round 3 Naomh Mhuire 1-9, 6-10 Malin, Connolly Park, 12/10/2014, Naomh Conaill 0-9, 0-7 St Eunan's, Glenties, 12/10/2014,[10]

Group 2

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Four Masters 3 2 0 1 48 27 +21 5 Ardara 3 1 0 2 35 34 +1 4 Seán MacCumhaills 3 1 1 1 35 41 -6 3 Glenfin 3 0 3 0 27 45 -18 0

Round 1 Glenfin 0-8, 0-13 Seán MacCumhaills, Glenfin, 27/9/2014[11] Four Masters 0-9, 0-9 Ardara, Pairc Tir Conaill, 28/9/2014[12] Round 2 Seán MacCumhaills 0-9, 2-14 Four Masters, MacCumhaill Park, 4/10/2014[13] Ardara 0-13, 1-9 Glenfin, Ardara, 5/10/2014[14] Round 3 Seán MacCumhaills 0-13, 2-7 Ardara, MacCumhaill Park, 11/10/2014[15] Glenfin 0-7, 2-13 Four Masters, Glenfin, 11/10/2014[16]

Group 3

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts An Clochán Liath 3 2 1 0 28 26 +2 4 Termon 3 1 1 1 30 31 -1 3 Gaoth Dobhair 3 1 1 1 32 31 +1 3 Killybegs 3 0 1 2 24 26 -2 2

Round 1 Killybegs 1-6, 1-6 Gaoth Dobhair, Killybegs, 27/9/2014 An Clochán Liath 0-11, 0-8 Termon, An Clochán Liath, 28/9/2014 Round 2 Gaoth Dobhair 1-8, 0-8 An Clochán Liath, Gweedore, 5/10/2014 Termon 0-8, 1-5 Killybegs, Termon, 5/10/2014[17] Round 3 Termon 0-14, 1-9 Gaoth Dobhair, Termon, 12/10/2014 An Clochán Liath 0-9, 0-7 Killybegs, An Clochán Liath, 12/10/2014

Group 4

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Glenswilly 3 2 1 0 46 23 +23 4 St Michael's 3 2 1 0 41 18 +23 4 Kilcar 3 2 1 0 44 23 +21 4 Réalt na Mara 3 0 3 0 18 85 -67 0

Round 1 St Michael's 4-10, 0-6 Réalt na Mara, Dunfanaghy, 27/9/2014 Glenswilly 0-6, 0-9 Kilcar, Glenswilly, 28/9/2014 Round 2 Réalt na Mara 0-9, 6-15 Glenswilly, Bundoran, 4/10/2014[18] Kilcar 0-5, 2-8 St Michael's, 5/10/2014[19] Round 3 Kilcar 5-15, 0-3 Réalt na Mara, Kilcar, 11/10/2014 Glenswilly 1-4, 1-2 St Michael's, Glenswilly, 11/10/2014

Knockout stage

Relegation Semi-Final

• Killybegs w, l Réalt na Mara, Tir Conaill Park, 19/10/2015,
• Naomh Mhuire w, l Glenfin, Glenswilly, 19/10/2015,

Relegation Final

• Glenfin w, l Réalt na Mara

Relegation Final

Finals

Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final                   Four Masters 0-7 St Eunan's 2-10 St Eunan's St Michael's An Clochán Liath 0-10 St Michael's 1-13 St Eunan's 0-9 Glenswilly 0-6 Glenswilly 3-9 Termon 0-4 Glenswilly Naomh Conaill Naomh Conaill 0-9 R Ardara 1-5 R

Quarter Finals Four Masters 0-7, 2-10 St Eunan's, MacCumhaill Park, 18/10/2014[20] An Clochán Liath 0-10, 1-13 St Michael's, MacCumhaill Park, 19/10/2014 Glenswilly 3-9, 0-4 Termon, O'Donnell Park, 19/10/2014,[21] Naomh Conaill 0-12, 1-9 Ardara, Tir Conaill Park, 19/10/2014[22] Quarter Final Replay Naomh Conaill 0-9, 1-5 Ardara, MacCumhaill Park, 22/10/2014[23] Semi Finals St Eunan's 1-12, 2-8 St Michael's, MacCumhaill Park, 26/10/2014 Naomh Conaill 0-8, 0-10 Glenswilly, O'Donnell Park, 26/10/2014 Final St Eunan's 0-9, 0-6 Glenswilly, MacCumhaill Park, 2/11/2014[24]

Final

Ahead of the final Glenswilly player and Donegal captain Michael Murphy was named Ireland captain for the 2014 International Rules Test, the second consecutive year this had happened.[25]

Naomh Conaill lost a last ditch appeal to contest the final.[26] Their grievance came from a black-card incident in their semi-final, involving Glenswilly's Ciaran Bonner. Glenswilly led the Glenties-based team by one point with two minutes of normal time remaining, when Bonner got the black card and was replaced by substitute Oisín Crawford. Bonner, Naomh Conaill maintained, was not eligible to be replaced as he had already picked up a yellow card.[27]

Glenswilly lost.[28]

2 November 2014 Final	St Eunan's	0-9 - 0-6	Glenswilly	MacCumhaill Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: M. Coll (Gaoth Dobhair) Man of the Match: John Haran[29]

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