Donegal–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

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.

Donegal-Tyrone
LocaleCounty Donegal
County Tyrone
TeamsDonegal
Tyrone
First meetingDonegal 4-3 - 1-0 Tyrone
1919 Ulster quarter-final
(25 May 1919)
Latest meetingDonegal 1-16 - 0-15 Tyrone
2019 Ulster semi-final
(8 June 2019)
Statistics
Meetings total24
Most winsTyrone (13)
All-time seriesTyrone 13-1-10 Donegal
Largest victoryTyrone 2-13 - 0-7 Donegal
1989 Ulster final replay
(23 July 1989)

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.

All-time results

Legend
Tyrone win
Donegal win
Match was a draw

Senior
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.25 May 1919Donegal4-3 - 1-0TyroneStrabaneUlster Quarter-Final
2.18 May 1924Tyrone0-2 - 0-1DonegalLetterkennyUlster Quarter-Final
3.20 June 1943Tyrone1-8 - 0-7DonegalOmaghUlster Quarter-Final
4.14 June 1953Tyrone8-7 - 0-3DonegalMacCumhaill ParkUlster Quarter-Final
5.13 June 1954Tyrone1-7 - 1-5DonegalO'Neill ParkUlster Quarter-Final
6.14 July 1957Tyrone3-5 - 2-3DonegalBreffni ParkUlster Semi-Final
7.30 July 1972Donegal2-13 - 1-11TyroneSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Final
8.24 June 1973Tyrone0-12 - 1-7DonegalMacCumhaill ParkUlster Quarter-Final
9.16 June 1974Donegal1-9 - 0-8TyroneMacCumhaill ParkUlster Quarter-Final
10.17 June 1979Donegal1-11 - 1-9TyroneDean McGlinchey ParkUlster Quarter-Final
11.15 June 1980Tyrone1-17 - 0-8DonegalSt. Molaise ParkUlster Quarter-Final
12.16 July 1989Tyrone0-11 - 0-11DonegalSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Final
13.23 July 1989Tyrone2-13 - 0-7DonegalSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Final Replay
14.26 June 1994Tyrone1-15 - 0-10DonegalBreffni ParkUlster Semi-Final
15.20 June 2004Donegal1-11 - 0-9TyroneSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Semi-Final
16.17 June 2007Tyrone2-15 - 1-7DonegalSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Semi-Final
17.26 June 2011Donegal2-6 - 0-9TyroneSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Semi-Final
18.30 June 2012Donegal0-12 - 0-10TyroneSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Semi-Final
19.26 May 2013Donegal2-10 - 1-10TyroneMacCumhaill ParkUlster Quarter-Final
20.17 May 2015Donegal1-13 - 1-11TyroneMacCumhaill ParkUlster Preliminary Round
21.17 June 2016Tyrone0-13 - 0-11DonegalSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Final
22.18 June 2017Tyrone1-21 - 1-12DonegalSt Tiernach's ParkUlster Semi-Final
23.5 August 2018Tyrone2-17 - 1-16DonegalMacCumhaill ParkAll-Ireland Quarter-Final group stage
24.8 June 2019Donegal1-16 - 0-15TyroneBreffni ParkUlster Semi-Final
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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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