Picture special: Crowd braves the ice to see Donegal beat Meath

Donegal fans who braved the icy conditions last night saw their side dig deep to defeat Meath in Ballybofey.

Donegal overcame the Royals 1-13 to 0-14 and continue their perfect start to the Division 2 campaign.

Caolan McGonagle scored a 59th minute goal for Donegal, who kept Meath scoreless for 20 minutes at the end.

Donegal were behind 0-8 to 0-7 at half-time and Meath led by four points for a period in the second half.

It was a night for treading carefully given the underfoot conditions and Donegal were skating on thin ice at that point.

But they came good and the late flurry warmed the spirits, to the delight of Declan Bonner, their manager. 

Pictures by Evan Logan …