The Donegal IFC throws in on Friday evening at Hibernian Park where Burt welcome Dungloe. Twelves teams are competing with the top four in each group progressing to the quarter-finals.Cloughaneely were in each of the last three finals, losing to St Naul's in 2019 and then Aodh Ruadh a year later before victory over Dungloe put things right in 2021 and the Falcarragh-based side are looking forward to participation in the SFC next week. They leave behind them a minefield, with a case to be made for the bulk of the participants. CLICK ON THE ARROWS ABOVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LIST OF TEAMS Group A1 - Burt2 - Naomh Muire Lower Rosses3 - Gaeil Fhánada4 - Termon5 - Malin6 - Dungloe Fixtures:Week 1: Burt v Dungloe, Naomh Muire Lower Rosses v Malin, Gaeil Fhánada v TermonWeek 2: Malin v Burt, Termon v Naomh Muire Lower Rosses, Dungloe v Gaeil FhánadaWeek 3: Burt v Termon, Naomh Muire Lower Rosses v Gaeil Fhánada, Malin v DungloeWeek 4: Gaeil Fhánada v Burt, Dungloe v Naomh Muire Lower Rosses, Termon v Malin Group B1 - Downings2 - St Mary's, Convoy3 - Naomh Bríd4 - Naomh Columba5 - Buncrana6 - Red Hugh's Fixtures:Week 1: Downings v Red Hugh's, St Mary's, Convoy v Buncrana, Naomh Bríd v Naomh ColumbaWeek 2: Buncrana v Downings, Naomh Columba v St Mary's, Convoy, Red Hugh's v Naomh BrídWeek 3: Downings v Naomh Columba, St Mary's, Convoy v Naomh Bríd, Buncrana v Red Hugh'sWeek 4: Naomh Brídv Downings, Red Hugh's v St Mary's, Convoy, Naomh Columba v Buncranaplaceholder image
The Donegal IFC throws in on Friday evening at Hibernian Park where Burt welcome Dungloe. Twelves teams are competing with the top four in each group progressing to the quarter-finals.Cloughaneely were in each of the last three finals, losing to St Naul's in 2019 and then Aodh Ruadh a year later before victory over Dungloe put things right in 2021 and the Falcarragh-based side are looking forward to participation in the SFC next week. They leave behind them a minefield, with a case to be made for the bulk of the participants. CLICK ON THE ARROWS ABOVE TO GO THROUGH THE FULL LIST OF TEAMS Group A1 - Burt2 - Naomh Muire Lower Rosses3 - Gaeil Fhánada4 - Termon5 - Malin6 - Dungloe Fixtures:Week 1: Burt v Dungloe, Naomh Muire Lower Rosses v Malin, Gaeil Fhánada v TermonWeek 2: Malin v Burt, Termon v Naomh Muire Lower Rosses, Dungloe v Gaeil FhánadaWeek 3: Burt v Termon, Naomh Muire Lower Rosses v Gaeil Fhánada, Malin v DungloeWeek 4: Gaeil Fhánada v Burt, Dungloe v Naomh Muire Lower Rosses, Termon v Malin Group B1 - Downings2 - St Mary's, Convoy3 - Naomh Bríd4 - Naomh Columba5 - Buncrana6 - Red Hugh's Fixtures:Week 1: Downings v Red Hugh's, St Mary's, Convoy v Buncrana, Naomh Bríd v Naomh ColumbaWeek 2: Buncrana v Downings, Naomh Columba v St Mary's, Convoy, Red Hugh's v Naomh BrídWeek 3: Downings v Naomh Columba, St Mary's, Convoy v Naomh Bríd, Buncrana v Red Hugh'sWeek 4: Naomh Brídv Downings, Red Hugh's v St Mary's, Convoy, Naomh Columba v Buncrana

Club-by-Club guide to the Donegal Intermediate Championship

By Peter Campbell

DonegalLive multimedia sport journalist

Published 4th Aug 2022, 20:33 GMT

Cloughaneely were last year's Donegal IFC winners having lost their previous two finals and they leave behind a competition so fierce few can be confident of picking a winner. Here's the hopefuls

St Mary’s ConvoyManager: Lawrence McMullan Last year championship: Won the IFC relegation play-off against Naomh Ultan. This year's AFCL: Finished 12 in Division 2 and have a relegation play-off with Red Hugh's still to playFirst two opponents: Buncrana home; Termon awayProspects: It has been a battling year for McMullan and his Convoy side but they have also shown some great snatches. They are in the tough half of the draw and will find it hard to get the points to make it to the quarter-finals. The real battle will be their final two games home to Naomh Brid and away to Red Hugh'sStar man: Paddy Dolan

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St Mary’s ConvoyManager: Lawrence McMullan Last year championship: Won the IFC relegation play-off against Naomh Ultan. This year's AFCL: Finished 12 in Division 2 and have a relegation play-off with Red Hugh's still to playFirst two opponents: Buncrana home; Termon awayProspects: It has been a battling year for McMullan and his Convoy side but they have also shown some great snatches. They are in the tough half of the draw and will find it hard to get the points to make it to the quarter-finals. The real battle will be their final two games home to Naomh Brid and away to Red Hugh'sStar man: Paddy Dolan

BuncranaManager: Gary DuffyLast year championship: Intermediate championship semi-finalists, lost to Cloughaneely This year's AFCL: Won Division 3 First two opponents: St Mary's, Convoy away; Na Dunaibh homeProspects: Buncrana have been somewhat inconsistent in the league but the return of Caolan McGonagle will surely give them momentum going into the championship. Have been one of the favourites of recent years but have still to make the breakthrough. Will this be their year?Star man: Caolan McGonagle

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BuncranaManager: Gary DuffyLast year championship: Intermediate championship semi-finalists, lost to Cloughaneely This year's AFCL: Won Division 3 First two opponents: St Mary's, Convoy away; Na Dunaibh homeProspects: Buncrana have been somewhat inconsistent in the league but the return of Caolan McGonagle will surely give them momentum going into the championship. Have been one of the favourites of recent years but have still to make the breakthrough. Will this be their year?Star man: Caolan McGonagle

Red Hugh'sManager: Francie MartinLast year championship: Failed to make it out of the group stage of the IFC although won their relegation semi-finalThis year's ACFL: Finished 12 in Division 2 and have relegation play-off with Convoy still to be played.First two opponents: Na Dunaibh away; Naomh Brid homeProspects: Division 2 was a battle for Red Hugh's but they made some great progress towards the end of the year when Stephen McMenamin returned from county duties. Have two big home games - Naomh Brid and St Mary's, Convoy - which could decide if they make quarter-finals, which would be their aim.Star man: Stephen McMenamin

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Red Hugh'sManager: Francie MartinLast year championship: Failed to make it out of the group stage of the IFC although won their relegation semi-finalThis year's ACFL: Finished 12 in Division 2 and have relegation play-off with Convoy still to be played.First two opponents: Na Dunaibh away; Naomh Brid homeProspects: Division 2 was a battle for Red Hugh's but they made some great progress towards the end of the year when Stephen McMenamin returned from county duties. Have two big home games - Naomh Brid and St Mary's, Convoy - which could decide if they make quarter-finals, which would be their aim.Star man: Stephen McMenamin

MalinManager: Michael ByrneLast year championship: Made the IFC quarter-finals and lost out to Cloughaneely.This year's AFCL: First in Division 2 but lost out in league finalFirst two opponents: Naomh Muire away; Burt homeProspects: It has been a very good season for the Malin team, very consistent accumulating 23 points from their 14 games. Despite losing the league final to a dramatic late goal, they go into the championship on a high and will be expected to make the quarter-finals with ease. Must be rated among the favourites. Star man: Christy McLaughlin

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MalinManager: Michael ByrneLast year championship: Made the IFC quarter-finals and lost out to Cloughaneely.This year's AFCL: First in Division 2 but lost out in league finalFirst two opponents: Naomh Muire away; Burt homeProspects: It has been a very good season for the Malin team, very consistent accumulating 23 points from their 14 games. Despite losing the league final to a dramatic late goal, they go into the championship on a high and will be expected to make the quarter-finals with ease. Must be rated among the favourites. Star man: Christy McLaughlin

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