2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship
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. 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
| Team | ||||||||
| Naomh Conaill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 6 |
| St Eunan's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 4 |
| Malin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 2 |
| Naomh Muire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 64 | -34 | 0 |
;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 3
- Naomh Muire 1-9, 6-10 Malin, Connolly Park, 12/10/2014Naomh Conaill 0-9, 0-7 St Eunan's, Glenties, 12/10/2014
Group 2
| Team | ||||||||
| Four Masters | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 5 |
| Ard an Rátha | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 4 |
| Seán Mac Cumhaills | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 41 | -6 | 3 |
| Glenfin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 45 | -18 | 0 |
;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
- Seán Mac Cumhaills 0-9, 2-14 Four Masters, MacCumhaill Park, 4/10/2014Ard an Rátha 0-13, 1-9 Glenfin, Ard an Rátha, 5/10/2014
- 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
| Team | ||||||||
| An Clochán Liath | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 4 |
| Termon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 3 |
| Gaoth Dobhair | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 3 |
| Na Cealla Beaga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 2 |
;Round 1
- Na Cealla Beaga 1-6, 1-6 Gaoth Dobhair, Killybegs, 27/9/2014An Clochán Liath 0-11, 0-8 Termon, An Clochán Liath, 28/9/2014
- Termon 0-8, 1-5 Na Cealla Beaga, Termon, 5/10/2014
Group 4
| Team | ||||||||
| Glenswilly | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 4 |
| St Michael's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 4 |
| Cill Chartha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 4 |
| Réalt na Mara | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 85 | -67 | 0 |
;Round 1St Michael's 4-10, 0-6 Réalt na Mara, Dunfanaghy, 27/9/2014
- Glenswilly 0-6, 0-9 Cill Chartha, Glenswilly, 28/9/2014
- Réalt na Mara 0-9, 6-15 Glenswilly, Bundoran, 4/10/2014
- Cill Chartha 0-5, 2-8 St Michael's, 5/10/2014
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, 19/10/2014Glenswilly 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
;Semi-finalsSt 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
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.