Donegal–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

Donegal–Tyrone
LocationCounty Donegal
County Tyrone
TeamsDonegal
Tyrone
First meetingDonegal 4-3 - 1-0 Tyrone
1919 Ulster quarter-final
(25 May 1919)
Latest meetingDonegal 0-13 - 1-18 Tyrone
2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Preliminary Quarter-Finals
(24 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total25
Most winsTyrone (13)
All-time seriesTyrone 14-1-10 Donegal
Largest victoryTyrone 2-13 - 0-7 Donegal
1989 Ulster final replay
(23 July 1989)

The Donegal–Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Donegal and Tyrone, who first played each other in 1919. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most intense rivalries in Gaelic games.[1] Donegal's home ground is MacCumhaill Park and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.

While Tyrone have 13 Ulster titles and Donegal are ranked in sixth position on the roll of honour, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 5 championship titles between them to date.

Following the 2013 National Football League meeting of the teams, the then reigning All Stars Footballer of the Year, Donegal's Karl Lacey, was hit by some spit from the mouth of a Tyrone fan. Lacey was targeted as he left the pitch via the tunnel at Healy Park in Omagh. He had not been playing in the game due to a hip injury. President of the Gaelic Athletic Association Liam O'Neill condemned the action against Lacey, "I have always said that any behaviour that makes anyone feel less good about themselves or about being involved in Gaelic games is abhorrent to me. I wouldn't condone that type of behaviour and to spit at anyone is disgraceful behaviour. I really cannot understand the behaviour of anybody who insults or demeans anyone. It has no part in Gaelic games. My message to those people is 'we don't need you'. I don't want them in our organisation and I don't want them going to our games. I would appeal to them to go and leave our games to people who want to come and enjoy themselves."[2][3]

All-time results

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Legend

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Tyrone win
Donegal win
Match was a draw

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 25 May 1919 Donegal 4-3 - 1-0 Tyrone Strabane Ulster Quarter-Final
2. 18 May 1924 Tyrone 0-2 - 0-1 Donegal Letterkenny Ulster Quarter-Final
3. 20 June 1943 Tyrone 1-8 - 0-7 Donegal Omagh Ulster Quarter-Final
4. 14 June 1953 Tyrone 8-7 - 0-3 Donegal MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final
5. 13 June 1954 Tyrone 1-7 - 1-5 Donegal O'Neill Park Ulster Quarter-Final
6. 14 July 1957 Tyrone 3-5 - 2-3 Donegal Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final
7. 30 July 1972 Donegal 2-13 - 1-11 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final
8. 24 June 1973 Tyrone 0-12 - 1-7 Donegal MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final
9. 16 June 1974 Donegal 1-9 - 0-8 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final
10. 17 June 1979 Donegal 1-11 - 1-9 Tyrone Dean McGlinchey Park Ulster Quarter-Final
11. 15 June 1980 Tyrone 1-17 - 0-8 Donegal St. Molaise Park Ulster Quarter-Final
12. 16 July 1989 Tyrone 0-11 - 0-11 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final
13. 23 July 1989 Tyrone 2-13 - 0-7 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final Replay
14. 26 June 1994 Tyrone 1-15 - 0-10 Donegal Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final
15. 20 June 2004 Donegal 1-11 - 0-9 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final
16. 17 June 2007 Tyrone 2-15 - 1-7 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final
17. 26 June 2011 Donegal 2-6 - 0-9 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final
18. 30 June 2012 Donegal 0-12 - 0-10 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final
19. 26 May 2013 Donegal 2-10 - 1-10 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final
20. 17 May 2015 Donegal 1-13 - 1-11 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Preliminary Round
21. 17 June 2016 Tyrone 0-13 - 0-11 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final
22. 18 June 2017 Tyrone 1-21 - 1-12 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final
23. 5 August 2018 Tyrone 2-17 - 1-16 Donegal MacCumhaill Park All-Ireland Quarter-Final group stage
24. 8 June 2019 Donegal 1-16 - 0-15 Tyrone Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final

References

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  1. ^ "Chris McNulty: Donegal v Tyrone is more than just a game". Donegal News. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ "GAA President condemns fan who spat on Donegal player Karl Lacey". 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Spitting incident abhors president". Hogan Stand. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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