The 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 92nd official edition of the Donegal GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Donegal.
Glenswilly was defending champion. The club was dethroned in the 2014 final.
Format It was announced in 2013 that the 2014 championship would begin as soon as the senior Donegal county team was eliminated from the Sam Maguire Cup, which, as it transpired, was in September after the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. The deferral was decided upon in September 2013 when twenty clubs voted in favour, while six did not (one club was not in attendance). The controversy over this decision became a "national media story" and irked inter-county manager Jim McGuinness.
The format remained the same as the previous year, when a group stage was introduced. 28 September Round 1 SFC; 5 October Round 2 SFC; 12 October Round 3 SFC; 19 October SFC quarter-final; 26 October SFC semi-final; 2 November SFC final.
Group stage Group 1
TeamNaomh Conaill33003124+76St Eunan's32105129+224Malin31204742+52Naomh Muire30303064-340
Round 1 Naomh Muire 0-10, 0-12 Naomh Conaill, The Banks, 27/9/2014 Malin 2-6, 1-17 St Eunan's, Connolly Park, 28/9/2014
Round 2 Naomh Conaill 0-10, 0-7 Malin, Glenties, 4/10/2014 St Eunan's 1-21, 1-5 Naomh Muire, O'Donnell Park, 5/10/2014
Round 3 Naomh Muire 1-9, 6-10 Malin, Connolly Park, 12/10/2014 Naomh Conaill 0-9, 0-7 St Eunan's, Glenties, 12/10/2014
Group 2
TeamFour Masters32014827+215Ard an Rátha31023534+14Seán Mac Cumhaills31113541-63Glenfin30302745-180
Round 1 Glenfin 0-8, 0-13 Seán Mac Cumhaills, Glenfin, 27/9/2014 Four Masters 0-9, 0-9 Ard an Rátha, Pairc Tir Conaill, 28/9/2014
Round 2 Seán Mac Cumhaills 0-9, 2-14 Four Masters, MacCumhaill Park, 4/10/2014 Ard an Rátha 0-13, 1-9 Glenfin, Ard an Rátha, 5/10/2014
Round 3 Seán Mac Cumhaills 0-13, 2-7 Ard an Rátha, MacCumhaill Park, 11/10/2014 Glenfin 0-7, 2-13 Four Masters, Glenfin, 11/10/2014
Group 3
TeamAn Clochán Liath32102826+24Termon31113031-13Gaoth Dobhair31113231+13Na Cealla Beaga30122426-22
Round 1 Na Cealla Beaga 1-6, 1-6 Gaoth Dobhair, Killybegs, 27/9/2014 An Clochán Liath 0-11, 0-8 Termon, An Clochán Liath, 28/9/2014
Round 2 Gaoth Dobhair 1-8, 0-8 An Clochán Liath, Gaoth Dobhair, 5/10/2014 Termon 0-8, 1-5 Na Cealla Beaga, Termon, 5/10/2014
Round 3 Termon 0-14, 1-9 Gaoth Dobhair, Termon, 12/10/2014 An Clochán Liath 0-9, 0-7 Na Cealla Beaga, An Clochán Liath, 12/10/2014
Group 4
TeamGlenswilly32104623+234St Michael's32104118+234Cill Chartha32104423+214Réalt na Mara30301885-670
Round 1 St Michael's 4-10, 0-6 Réalt na Mara, Dunfanaghy, 27/9/2014 Glenswilly 0-6, 0-9 Cill Chartha, Glenswilly, 28/9/2014
Round 2 Réalt na Mara 0-9, 6-15 Glenswilly, Bundoran, 4/10/2014 Cill Chartha 0-5, 2-8 St Michael's, 5/10/2014
Round 3 Cill Chartha 5-15, 0-3 Réalt na Mara, Kilcar, 11/10/2014 Glenswilly 1-4, 1-2 St Michael's, Glenswilly, 11/10/2014
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals Four Masters 0-7, 2-10 St Eunan's, MacCumhaill Park, 18/10/2014 An Clochán Liath 0-10, 1-13 St Michael's, MacCumhaill Park, 19/10/2014 Glenswilly 3-9, 0-4 Termon, O'Donnell Park, 19/10/2014, Naomh Conaill 0-12, 1-9 Ard an Rátha, Tír Conaill Park, 19/10/2014
Quarter-final replay Naomh Conaill 0-9, 1-5 Ard an Rátha, MacCumhaill Park, 22/10/2014
Semi-finals St Eunan's 1-12, 2-8 St Michael's, MacCumhaill Park, 26/10/2014 Naomh Conaill 0-8, 0-10 Glenswilly, O'Donnell Park, 26/10/2014
Final St Eunan's 0-9, 0-6 Glenswilly, MacCumhaill Park, 2/11/2014
Final Ahead of the final Glenswilly player and Donegal captain Michael Murphy was named Ireland captain for the 2014 International Rules Test, the second consecutive year this had happened.
Naomh Conaill lost a last ditch appeal to contest the final. Their grievance came from a black-card incident in their semi-final, involving Glenswilly's Ciaran Bonner. Glenswilly led the Glenties-based team by one point with two minutes of normal time remaining, when Bonner got the black card and was replaced by substitute Oisín Crawford. Bonner, Naomh Conaill maintained, was not eligible to be replaced as he had already picked up a yellow card.
Glenswilly lost.
Relegation play-offs Relegation semi-finals Na Calla Beaga w, l Réalt na Mara, Tir Conaill Park, 19/10/2015, Naomh Mhuire w, l Glenfin, Glenswilly, 19/10/2015,
Relegation final Glenfin w, l Réalt na Mara
Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
References
External links "Donegal Daily's Club Championship Team of the Year unveiled"