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13 Sept 2025

Why they won: All the winners from the Donegal Sports Star Awards profiled

There was a full house for the 48th Donegal Sports Star, where Donegal manager Jim McGuinness was the special guest on a night where there were 161 nominees in over 40 categories


The Hall of Fame Winner is Tom Conaghan from Donegal Town. Now 78 Tom is the tenth inductee from the sport of GAA.  
 Tom Conaghan was the man who set the foundations for Donegal’s development into the elite category of inter-county teams. The Donegal Town native managed the County to their first ever All-Ireland adult GAA title in 1982 when the U21s triumphed. It was the second time he had made history that year as had guided Four Masters to their first ever County Senior Football Championship title.  In 1988 he was in charge of the Donegal senior side that secured promotion to Division 1 of the league for the first time in the county’s history. 
Tom Conaghan’s historic achievement in 1982 saw him receive an Appreciation Award from the Donegal Sports Star Committee that year.  As a result of that achievement he was also named Ulster Manager of the Year. Tonight Tom becomes the 48th inductee into the Donegal Sports Star Awards Hall of Fame.  

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