# 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 95th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. Sixteen teams competed, with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
The championship began with four groups of four, and continued with a knock-out format.
Glenswilly was defending champion after defeating Cill Chartha by a scoreline of 1–10 to 0–12 in the 2016 final.
C. J. Molloy scored a contender for goal of the season against Glenswilly in his club's opening group match, though his club lost. Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards.
This was Burt's debut in the senior grade after winning the 2016 Donegal I.F.C. title.

## Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2016 championship season.

## Format

The 2017 championship took the same format as the 2015 and 2016 championships had, in which there were four groups of four clubs, with the top two clubs qualifying for the quarter-finals. The club finishing bottom in each group contested relegation play-offs to determine which team would be relegated to the 2018 Donegal Intermediate Football Championship.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| St Michael's | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 6 |
| Réalt na Mara | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 4 |
| Malin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 68 | -25 | 2 |
| Seán Mac Cumhaills | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 59 | -24 | 0 |
| 5/7/17 | St Michael's | 3-9 – 0-13 | Seán Mac Cumhaills | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill) |
| 5/7/17 | Colm McFadden 1-3 (0-1f), Martin McElhinney 1-1, Andrew Kelly 1-0, Michael Langan (0-1f) and Daniel McLaughlin 0-2 each, Odhran McFadden 0-1 | Report | Stephen Mulligan 0-11 (0-6f), Steven O'Reilly and Martin O'Reilly 0-1 each | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill) |
| 5/7/17 | Réalt na Mara | 3-18 – 1-11 | Malin | Referee: Mark Brown (Four Masters) |
| 5/7/17 | Gary Clancy 0-6 (0-3f), Michael McEniff 1-1, Tommy Hourihane 0-4, Cian McEniff and Timmy Govorov 1-0 each, Diarmuid Spratt 0-3, Alan Russell and Jamie Brennan 0-2 each | Report | Brendan Fildara 0-4 (0-2f), Seamus Houghton 1-0, Joe Doherty 0-2 (0-1f), Declan Walsh, Paul McLaughlin, Stephen McLaughlin, Damien Harkin, Darren Mullarkey 0-1 each | Referee: Mark Brown (Four Masters) |
| 8/19/17 | Malin | 1-13 – 0-11 | Seán Mac Cumhaills | Malin Referee: Andrew Mullin (Killybegs) |
| 8/19/17 | Brendan Fildara 1-8 (0-5f), Declan Walsh, Christy Fildara, Matthew Byrne, Sean Kelly, Seamus Doherty 0-1 each | Report | Martin O'Reilly (0-3f) and Stephen Mulligan (0-2f) 0-3 each, Gavin Gallagher, Gary Wilson, Benny McLaughlin, Stephen O'Reilly, Aaron Kelly (0-1f) 0-1 each | Malin Referee: Andrew Mullin (Killybegs) |
| 8/20/17 | St Michael's | 1-15 – 2-9 | Réalt na Mara | Dunfanaghy Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) |
| 8/20/17 | Colm McFadden 0-6 (0-5f), Christy Toye 0-3, Andrew Kelly 1-0, Daniel McLaughlin 0-2, Liam Paul Ferry, Oisin Langan, Martin McElhinney, Hugh O'Donnell 0-1 each | Report | Jamie Brennan 2-2, Gary Clancy 0-2 (0-1f), Peter McGonigle, Tommy Hourihane, Christy Keaney, Cian McEniff, Alan Russell 0-1 each | Dunfanaghy Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) |
| 8/27/17 | Malin | 1-10 – 6-12 | St Michael's | Malin |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Malin |
| 8/27/17 | Réalt na Mara | 2-19 – 1-8 | Seán Mac Cumhaills | Bundoran |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Bundoran |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Na Cealla Beaga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 5 |
| Burt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 5 |
| Termon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 39 | -8 | 2 |
| Naomh Muire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 38 | -7 | 0 |
| 5/6/17 | Termon | 1-12 – 1-10 | Naomh Muire | Termon Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhánada) |
| 5/6/17 | Enda McCormick 1-6 (0-2f), Caolan McDaid, Daire McDaid (0-2f), Ricky Gallagher 0-2 each | Report | Paul Yank Boyle 1-2, Shaun Yank Boyle 0-4 (0-2f), Harry Harden 0-2 (0-1f), Brian Gillespie and Paddy McCafferty 0-1 each | Termon Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhánada) |
| 5/28/17 | Burt | 0-14 – 0-14 | Na Cealla Beaga | Burt Referee: Liam McConigley (Downings) |
| 5/28/17 | Joe Boyle 0-5 (0-4f), Paul McHugh (0-2f) and Ciaran Dowds 0-3 each, Mickey McCann, Conor Harkin, Christopher McDermott | Report | Christopher Murrin 0-5, Hugh McFadden 0-4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Michael Gallagher 0-3, Shane Molloy and Pauric Connaghon 0-1 each | Burt Referee: Liam McConigley (Downings) |
| 8/19/17 | Na Cealla Beaga | 1-12 – 0-10 | Termon | Na Cealla Beaga Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhanada) |
| 8/19/17 | Hugh McFadden 0-6 (0-3f, 2 '45), Evan Broderick 1-1, Christopher Murrin and Daniel Breslin 0-2 each, John Ban Gallagher 0-1 | Report | Enda McCormick 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin McDaid and Daire McDaid (0-1f) 0-2 each, Jimmy Gallagher, Caolan McDaid, James McSharry 0-1 each | Na Cealla Beaga Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhanada) |
| 8/19/17 | Naomh Muire | 1-6 – 0-11 | Burt | The Banks Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill) |
| 8/19/17 | Adam O'Brien 1-0, Sean Yank Boyle 0-3 (0-2f), Paul Yank Boyle 0-2 (0-1f), Tommy McHugh 0-1 | Report | Joe Boyle 0-4 (0-2f), Paul McHugh and Sean McHugh 0-2 each, Mark Coyle, Stephen Gillespie, Conor Harkin 0-1 each | The Banks Referee: Connie Doherty (Naomh Conaill) |
| 8/27/17 | Na Cealla Beaga | 0-12 – 0-9 | Naomh Muire | Na Cealla Beaga |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Na Cealla Beaga |
| 8/27/17 | Burt | 0-11 – 0-6 | Termon | Burt |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Burt |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Cill Chartha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 6 |
| Gaoth Dobhair | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 4 |
| Glenswilly | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 2 |
| Ard an Rátha | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 60 | -31 | 0 |
| 5/7/17 | Glenswilly | 0-15 – 1-7 | Ard an Rátha | Glenswilly Referee: James Connors (St Eunan's) |
| 5/7/17 | Gary McFadden (0-2f) and Michael Murphy (0-3f) 0-5 each, Ciaran Bonner 0-4, Neil Gallagher 0-2 | Report | C. J. Molloy 1-2 (0-2f), Gareth Concarr 0-3f, Lorcan O'Donnell and Jack Brennan 0-1 each | Glenswilly Referee: James Connors (St Eunan's) |
| 5/7/17 | Cill Chartha | 1-15 – 1-12 | Gaoth Dobhair | Cill Chartha Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) |
| 5/7/17 | Stephen McBrearty 0-6, Paddy McBrearty 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Conor Doherty 0-2, Eoin McHugh, Ciaran McGinley, Michael Hegarty, Andrew McClean, Ryan McHugh (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Odhrán Mac Niallais 0-4 (0-2f), Odhran Ferry 1-0, Gavin McBride 0-3 (0-1f), Niall Friel, Eamonn McGee, Naoise Ó Baoill, Daire Ó Baoill, Michael Carroll 0-1 each | Cill Chartha Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) |
| 8/20/17 | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-7 – 0-5 | Glenswilly | Gaoth Dobhair Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs) |
| 8/20/17 | James Carroll 0-5 (0-4f), Cian Mulligan 1-0, Daire Ó Baoill and Eamonn Collum 0-1 each | Report | Gary McFadden 0-2 (0-1f), Michael Murphy, Caolan Kelly, Caoimhín Marley 0-1 each | Gaoth Dobhair Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs) |
| 8/20/17 | Ard an Rátha | 1-6 – 3-9 | Kilcar | Ard an Rátha Referee: Seamus McGonigle (Aodh Ruadh) |
| 8/20/17 | John Ross Molloy 1-1, Gareth Concarr 0-3f, CJ Molloy and Lorcan O'Donnell (1 '45) 0-1 each | Report | Paddy McBrearty 2-2 (0-1f), Eoin McHugh 1-1, Padraig Carr, Mark McHugh, Mark Sweeney, Brian O'Donnell, Conor Doherty, Ashley Carr 0-1 each | Ard an Rátha Referee: Seamus McGonigle (Aodh Ruadh) |
| 8/27/17 | Gaoth Dobhair | 2-21 – 1-7 | Ard an Rátha | Gaoth Dobhair |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Gaoth Dobhair |
| 8/27/17 | Cill Chartha | 0-16 – 1-9 | Glenswilly | Cill Chartha |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Cill Chartha |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| St Eunan's | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 6 |
| Naomh Conaill | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 41 | -1 | 4 |
| An Clochán Liath | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 2 |
| Four Masters | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 50 | -18 | 0 |
| 5/7/17 | St Eunan's | 1-21 – 0-8 | Four Masters | Pairc Tír Conaill Referee: Enda McFeely (St. Mary's Convoy) |
| 5/7/17 | Niall O'Donnell 0-8 (0-6f), John Haran 1-2, Patrick McGowan 0-4, Michael Miller 0-2, Conor Morrison, Eamonn Doherty, Caolan Ward, Rory Kavanagh, Conor Gibbons 0-1 each | Report | Leo McHugh 0-3, Emmet Doogan and Thomas McGowan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Kevin McBrearty 0-1 | Pairc Tír Conaill Referee: Enda McFeely (St. Mary's Convoy) |
| 5/7/17 | Naomh Conaill | 2-11 – 1-12 | An Clochán Liath | An Clochán Liath Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhánada) |
| 5/7/17 | Kieran Gallagher and Logan Quinn 1-0 each, John O'Malley (0-1f), Brendan McDyer, Dermot Molloy (0-3f) 0-3 each, Eoin Waide and Leon Thompson 0-1 each | Report | Conor Greene 1-2 (0-1f), Noel McBride 0-3 (0-1f), Adam Neely (0-1f) and Shaun Sharkey (0-1f) 0-2 each, Corey Gallagher, Darren Curran, Ryan Greene 0-1 each | An Clochán Liath Referee: Mark Dorrian (Gaeil Fhánada) |
| 8/20/17 | Naomh Conaill | 1-9 – 0-11 | Four Masters | Glenties Referee: Andrew Mullin (Killybegs) |
| 8/20/17 | Brendan McDyer 1-2, Ciarán Thompson 0-4, Dermot Molloy, Marty Doyle, Seamus Corcoran 0-1 each | Report | Thomas McGowan 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Shaun Meehan 0-2 (0-1f), Karl Lacey, Kevin McBrearty, Leo McHugh, Caolan Loughney, Paddy Reid 0-1 each | Glenties Referee: Andrew Mullin (Killybegs) |
| 8/20/17 | St Eunan's | 0-13 – 0-8 | An Clochán Liath | O'Donnell Park Referee: Shaun McLaughlin (Malin) |
| 8/20/17 | Conor Gibbons 0-5, Rory Kavanagh 0-4, Niall O'Donnell 0-2 (0-1f), Caolan Ward and Darragh Mulgrew 0-1 each | Report | Ryan Greene 0-4 (0-3f), Cory Gallagher 0-2, Gerard Walsh and Conor Greene (0-1f) 0-1 each | O'Donnell Park Referee: Shaun McLaughlin (Malin) |
| 8/27/17 | St Eunan's | 0-15 – 1-8 | Naomh Conaill | O'Donnell Park |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | O'Donnell Park |
| 8/27/17 | An Clochán Liath | 1-11 – 0-13 | Four Masters | Páirc Tír Conaill |
| 8/27/17 | | Report | | Páirc Tír Conaill |

## Knockout stage
### Last Eight

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Cill Chartha | Cill Chartha | 1-20 | | | | | | |
| Réalt na Mara | Réalt na Mara | 1-9 | Cill Chartha | Cill Chartha | 2-16 | | | |
| St Michael's | St Michael's | 0-13 | St Michael's | St Michael's | 0-7 | | | |
| Burt | Burt | 1-8 | | | | Cill Chartha | Cill Chartha | 0-7 |
| Naomh Conaill | Naomh Conaill | 2-13 | | | | Naomh Conaill | Naomh Conaill | 0-4 |
| Na Cealla Beaga | Na Cealla Beaga | 0-15 | Naomh Conaill | Naomh Conaill | 1-13 | | | |
| Gaoth Dobhair | Gaoth Dobhair | 2-12 | Gaoth Dobhair | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-12 | | | |
| St Eunan's | St Eunan's | 0-16 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| 9 September 2017 6:00 pm Quarter-final | St Michael's | 0-13 – 1-8 | Burt | O'Donnell Park Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs) |
| 9 September 2017 6:00 pm Quarter-final | Colm McFadden (0-3f) and Andrew Kelly (0-1f) 0-4 each, Oisín Langan, Liam Paul Ferry, Daniel McLaughlin, Christy Toye, Hugh O'Donnell 0-1 each | Report | Paul McHugh (1 '45) and Joe Boyle (0-3f) 0-3 each, Conor Harkin 1-0, Mickey McCann and Ciaran Dowds 0-1 each | O'Donnell Park Referee: Jimmy White (Killybegs) |
| 9 September 2017 7:30 pm Quarter-final | Naomh Conaill | 2-13 – 0-15 | Cill Chartha | Ard an Rátha Referee: Robert O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) |
| 9 September 2017 7:30 pm Quarter-final | Dermot Molloy 1-3 (0-1f), Eoghan McGettigan 1-2, John O'Malley 0-4 (0-2f), Anthony Thompson 0-2, Ciarán Thompson and Brendan McDyer 0-1 each | Report | Hugh McFadden 0-12 (0-11f), Daniel Breslin, John Ban Gallgher, Evan Broderick 0-1 each | Ard an Rátha Referee: Robert O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) |
| 10 September 2017 2:00 pm Quarter-final | Cill Chartha | 1-20 – 1-9 | Réalt na Mara | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) Man of the Match: Paddy McBrearty |
| 10 September 2017 2:00 pm Quarter-final | Paddy McBrearty 0-8 (0-4f), Ryan McHugh 1-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Ciaran McGinley, Eoin McHugh, Stephen McBrearty 0-2 each, Brian O'Donnell and Mark McHugh 0-1 each | Report | Christy Keaney 1-2 (1-0 pen), Gary Clancy 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Alan Russell 0-2, Ciaran McCaughey 0-1 | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) Man of the Match: Paddy McBrearty |
| 10 September 2017 4:00 pm Quarter-final | Gaoth Dobhair | 2-12 – 0-16 | St Eunan's | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Shaun McLaughlin (Malin) Man of the Match: Cian Mulligan |
| 10 September 2017 4:00 pm Quarter-final | James Carroll 0-6 (0-4f), Cian Mulligan 1-2, Daire Ó Baoill 1-0, Jamie Reynolds, Christopher McFadden, Noel Kelly, Eamonn Collum 0-1 each | Report | Niall O'Donnell 0-9 (0-5f), Caolan Ward and Cillian Morrison 0-2 each, Conor Parke, Darragh Mulgrew, Sean McVeigh 0-1 each | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Shaun McLaughlin (Malin) Man of the Match: Cian Mulligan |

### Semi-finals

| 23 September 2017 7:30 pm Semi-final | Cill Chartha | 2-16 – 0-7 | St Michael's | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) Man of the Match: Ryan McHugh |
| 23 September 2017 7:30 pm Semi-final | Ryan McHugh 2-3 (0-1f), Ciaran McGinley, Stephen McBrearty, Eoin McHugh 0-3 each, Paddy McBrearty 0-2f, Mark McHugh and Mark Sweeney 0-1 each | Report | Colm McFadden 0-2 (0-1f), Michael Gallagher, Ciaran Gallagher, Liam Paul Ferry, Andrew Kelly, Brian McLaughlin 0-1 each | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Robbie O'Donnell (Naomh Mhuire) Man of the Match: Ryan McHugh |
| 30 September 2017 7:30 pm Semi-final | Naomh Conaill | 1-13 – 1-12 | Gaoth Dobhair | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Seamus McGonigle (Aodh Ruadh) Man of the Match: Leo McLoone |
| 30 September 2017 7:30 pm Semi-final | Eoghan McGettigan 0-5 (0-4f), John O'Malley 0-4, Kieran Gallagher 1-0, Ciarán Thompson and Dermot Molloy 0-2 each | Report | Michael Carroll 1-1, Odhran MacNiallais 0-4 (0-2f), James Carroll 0-3 (0-2f), Niall Friel, Cian Mulligan, Daire O'Baoill, Gavin McBride (0-1f) 0-1 each | MacCumhaill Park Referee: Seamus McGonigle (Aodh Ruadh) Man of the Match: Leo McLoone |

### Final

| 15 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | Cill Chartha | 0-7 – 0-4 | Naomh Conaill | MacCumhaill Park Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) Man of the Match: Sean McMonagle |
| 15 October 2017 4:00 pm Final | Paddy McBrearty 0-3 (0-2f), Ryan McHugh, Michael Hegarty, Mark McHugh, Conor Doherty 0-1 each | Report | Dermot Molloy 0-2f, Ciarán Thompson and Eunan Doherty 0-1 each | MacCumhaill Park Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's Convoy) Man of the Match: Sean McMonagle |

## Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh

Mark McHugh was named as the recipient of the annual Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh.