The diary, the dream and Donegal football’s first steps to ‘the other place’
THE ‘other place’: To James Carroll, it was a world that didn’t exist. Even if it did, Donegal and its footballers didn’t belong there. The diary, the dream and Donegal…
THE ‘other place’: To James Carroll, it was a world that didn’t exist. Even if it did, Donegal and its footballers didn’t belong there. The diary, the dream and Donegal…
Not even a stag party could prevent a group of Glenties men from showing their generosity to the Pat Shovelin Memorial All-Star game. Naomh Conaill players on former Donegal star’s…
A huge crowd turned out at Pearse Memorial Park in Ardara on Saturday night for the Pat Shovelin Memorial All-Star game. Donegal Sports Talk special on Pat Shovelin Memorial All-Star…
A moving letter from Donegal-based doctor Charlie McManus, a close friend of the late Donegal goalkeeping coach Pat Shovelin, touched tough Derry and Slaughtneil defender Chrissy McKaigue this week. Slaughtneil…
Former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has penned an emotional tribute to ’an irreplaceable figure’, Pat Shovelin, who sadly died last month. “He was the glue”: Jim McGuinness on the legacy…
A Donegal man captained Moy Davitts to the Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title last night – and dedicated the win to the late Pat Shovelin. Donegal man captains Moy Davitts…
Shay Given has paid a touching tribute to ‘a true gentleman’ and ‘a best friend’, the late Pat Shovelin. Former Republic of Ireland international Given helped carry the coffin at…
The crunch of falling leaves were all that punctured a tearful refrain of Destination Donegal as the late Pat Shovelin was carried from St Columba’s Church in Doneyloop today. Pat…
Hundreds of mourners will turn out in the sleepy Donegal village of Doneyloop today to say a final farewell to Pat Shovelin. Donegal to say a final, fond and tearful…
The Donegal senior football team manager, Declan Bonner, has paid an emotional tribute to Pat Shovelin, a man he described as ‘an outstanding fella’. Listen: Declan Bonner’s emotional tribute to…