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Majors make the difference for Donegal as they sink Derry

Cian Mulligan's late goal confirmed Donegal's victory over Derry on Sunday afternoon  
Cian Mulligan's late goal confirmed Donegal's victory over Derry on Sunday afternoon   Cian Mulligan's late goal confirmed Donegal's victory over Derry on Sunday afternoon  

DONEGAL have sauntered into the semi-finals of the Ulster Senior Football Championship following a routine win over Derry in Celtic Park.

Cian Mulligan rubberstamped the win as he rounded off a great team move late on to grab Donegal’s second goal of the afternoon.

Paddy McBrearty starred for Tír Chonaill as he hit eight points to leave the Derry defence trailing in his wake. Emmet Bradley did his best to keep the home team in touch, but it was to no avail in the end. It was that Mulligan strike and Hugh McFadden’s first-half major which ultimately proved the difference at Celtic Park as the game finished 2-16 to 0-16 in Donegal’s favour.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Carlow stunned Kildare in the Leinster SFC quarter-finals in a game where they shot not a single wide and Paul Broderick kicked 10 points, while Longford defeated 14-man Meath at Pearse Park. Predictably, Dublin hammered Wicklow in Portlaoise.

In hurling, Galway ran out eight-point winners over Kilkenny in Salthill to mark their first ever home Leinster SHC fixture. In Munster, meanwhile, Tipperary stormed back to rescue a draw against Cork and Clare dismissed Waterford in Ennis.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS


Ulster Senior Football Championship


Derry 0-16 Donegal 2-16

Leinster Senior Football Championship


Dublin 4-25 Wicklow 1-11; Longford 0-16 Meath 0-14; Kildare 1-10 Carlow 2-14

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship


Galway 1-22 Kilkenny 2-11

Munster Senior Hurling Championship


Clare 2-27 Waterford 2-18; Tipperary 2-20 Cork 1-23