2024 Donegal Senior Football Championship


The 2024 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 102nd official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. 16 teams competed, with the winner representing Donegal in the 2024 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
The favourite to take the Donegal SFC title was two-time defending champion, bidding for a third consecutive title, Naomh Conaill.
St Eunan's ultimately won the title.

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2023 championship season.

To SFC

Promoted from 2023 Donegal IFC

From SFC

Relegated to 2024 Donegal IFC

Format

Michael Hegarty was critical of the format, which involved a league phase consisting of 32 games played on four different weekends, to reduce the number of clubs left in the competition by four.

Preliminary quarter-finals

Teams ranked 5–12 were paired up based on league phase ranking for the preliminary quarter-finals, which were played at neutral venues.

Final

An Clochán Liath had not played in any final in recent decades. The score at half-time was four points a piece. In the second half, an effort by Niall O'Donnell of St Eunan's rebounded off the post and Conor O'Donnell Jnr was there to hit the ball into the back of the net for what proved to be the game's opening goal. An Clochán Liath then received the benefit of a controversial penalty decision, which resulted in Shaun Patton's concession of the game's second goal. St Eunan's – the more experienced team though – ultimately won this decider, with Ciarán Moore, Eoin McGeehin and O'Donnell Jnr adding on scores towards the end. In doing so, the club secured a 16th SFC title to once again move ahead of Gaoth Dobhair, left trailing on 15.
An Clochán Liath followed Glenswilly in losing an SFC final two years after winning the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship.

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

St Eunan's advanced to the 2024 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, losing in the preliminary round to Tyrone champions Errigal Ciarán, who went on to reach the All-Ireland Club Championship final.

Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh

Shane O'Donnell of St Eunan's picked up the Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh, having been selected as Player of the Donegal Championship 2024.