Donegal–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

Donegal-Tyrone
Locale County Donegal
County Tyrone
Teams Donegal
Tyrone
First meeting Donegal 4-3 - 1-0 Tyrone
1919 Ulster quarter-final
(25 May 1919)
Latest meeting Donegal 1-13 - 1-10 Tyrone
2015 Ulster preliminary round
(17 May 2015)
Statistics
Meetings total 20
Most wins Tyrone (10)
All-time series Tyrone 10-1-9 Donegal
Largest victory Tyrone 2-13 - 0-7 Donegal
1989 Ulster final replay
(23 July 1989)

The Donegal-Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-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 MacCumhail Park and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.

While Tyrone have 13 Ulster titles and Donegal are ranked in eighth 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.

References

  1. "Chris McNulty: Donegal v Tyrone is more than just a game". Donegal News. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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