Donegal will have two representatives in Ulster Schools gaelic football’s MacRory Cup this season, following Wednseday’s draw for the competition on Wednesday.
The MacRory, which is the Ulster ‘A’ colleges championship in schools gaelic football will see 18 teams taking part this year – a record.
For the first time in the its history, Abbey Vocational School Donegal Town will one of them – having lifted the MacLarnon Cup and All-Ireland ‘B’ colleges football titles earlier this year.
A second team called ‘Southwest Donegal’ has also entered.
This team will be made up of players from five different schools: Colaiste na Carraige, St Catherine’s Vocational School Killybegs, St Columba’s Comprehensive Glenties, Pobalscoil Na Rossan and Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair.
The new team will be trained by Shay Murrin, Gary Boyle and Niall Friel – and is an initiative devised at Donegal county level, to help improve talent ID and overall school standards in gaelic football.
The group stages of the MacRory Cup begin in October.
Here is Wednesday’s draw in full:
