The Donegal–Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Donegal and Tyrone, who first played each other in 1919. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most intense rivalries in Gaelic games. Donegal's home ground is MacCumhaill Park and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.
While Tyrone have 13 Ulster titles and Donegal are ranked in sixth position on the roll of honour, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 5 championship titles between them to date.
Following the 2013 National Football League meeting of the teams, the then reigning All Stars Footballer of the Year, Donegal's Karl Lacey, was hit by some spit from the mouth of a Tyrone fan. Lacey was targeted as he left the pitch via the tunnel at Healy Park in Omagh. He had not been playing in the game due to a hip injury. President of the Gaelic Athletic Association Liam O'Neill condemned the action against Lacey, "I have always said that any behaviour that makes anyone feel less good about themselves or about being involved in Gaelic games is abhorrent to me. I wouldn't condone that type of behaviour and to spit at anyone is disgraceful behaviour. I really cannot understand the behaviour of anybody who insults or demeans anyone. It has no part in Gaelic games. My message to those people is 'we don't need you'. I don't want them in our organisation and I don't want them going to our games. I would appeal to them to go and leave our games to people who want to come and enjoy themselves."
All-time results
Legend
Tyrone winDonegal winMatch was a draw
Senior No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage 1. 25 May 1919 Donegal 4-3 - 1-0 Tyrone Strabane Ulster Quarter-Final 2. 18 May 1924 Tyrone 0-2 - 0-1 Donegal Letterkenny Ulster Quarter-Final 3. 20 June 1943 Tyrone 1-8 - 0-7 Donegal Omagh Ulster Quarter-Final 4. 14 June 1953 Tyrone 8-7 - 0-3 Donegal MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 5. 13 June 1954 Tyrone 1-7 - 1-5 Donegal O'Neill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 6. 14 July 1957 Tyrone 3-5 - 2-3 Donegal Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final 7. 30 July 1972 Donegal 2-13 - 1-11 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final 8. 24 June 1973 Tyrone 0-12 - 1-7 Donegal MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 9. 16 June 1974 Donegal 1-9 - 0-8 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 10. 17 June 1979 Donegal 1-11 - 1-9 Tyrone Dean McGlinchey Park Ulster Quarter-Final 11. 15 June 1980 Tyrone 1-17 - 0-8 Donegal St. Molaise Park Ulster Quarter-Final 12. 16 July 1989 Tyrone 0-11 - 0-11 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final 13. 23 July 1989 Tyrone 2-13 - 0-7 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final Replay 14. 26 June 1994 Tyrone 1-15 - 0-10 Donegal Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final 15. 20 June 2004 Donegal 1-11 - 0-9 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final 16. 17 June 2007 Tyrone 2-15 - 1-7 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final 17. 26 June 2011 Donegal 2-6 - 0-9 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final 18. 30 June 2012 Donegal 0-12 - 0-10 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final 19. 26 May 2013 Donegal 2-10 - 1-10 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 20. 17 May 2015 Donegal 1-13 - 1-11 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Preliminary Round 21. 17 June 2016 Tyrone 0-13 - 0-11 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Final 22. 18 June 2017 Tyrone 1-21 - 1-12 Donegal St Tiernach's Park Ulster Semi-Final 23. 5 August 2018 Tyrone 2-17 - 1-16 Donegal MacCumhaill Park All-Ireland Quarter-Final group stage 24. 8 June 2019 Donegal 1-16 - 0-15 Tyrone Breffni Park Ulster Semi-Final 25. 1 November 2020 Donegal 1-13 - 1-11 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park Ulster Quarter-Final 26. 18 July 2021 Tyrone 0-23 - 1-14 Donegal Brewster Park Ulster Semi-Final 27. 24 June 2023 Tyrone 1-18 - 0-13 Donegal MacCumhaill Park All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Final
References
External links "'Claustrophobic' - How Donegal and Tyrone became Ulster's fiercest rivalry"