Past players and supporters of junior football and those who remember the famous Summer Cups are in for a treat with the launch of a new book next week.
‘Tales from the Summer Cups’ will be launched in The Station House Hotel, Letterkenny on Monday, November 7 at 8pm.
Johnny Joe McCollum, a member of the Letterkenny Heritage Group, had the original idea for the book during lockdown in 2021 and he has now compiled an array of stories and many photos of that golden era of Donegal football starting in the 1940s right up to the late 1980s.
In later years the Buncrana Cup had a prize fund of €5,000 for teams who reached the final stages before it finally ceased in 1995.
Some players were on the field at least three or four times a week and some of the competitions also attracted top senior players on both sides of the border during their off-season.
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Former Finn Harps captain Jim Sheridan and former Manchester City skipper Jobby Crossan will be the special guests for the book launch. Everyone is welcome to attend.