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Three second-half goals helped Derry to a 3-14 to 1-15 victory over Donegal in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC Group 4 game at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey.
On these placid, sun-soaked summer days the location of MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey is reminiscent of the mood captured by the photographs of John Hinde and his idyllic postcards of old Ireland. The stand is low and unobtrusive, the terracing hemming in a broad, lush field bordered to the rear by the River Finn. At the other end of the ground the twin town of Ballybofey, separated from its partner Stranorlar by a bridge, hums to the business of match day, the pilgrims gathered to Donegal football’s most beloved place of worship.
All-Ireland Senior Championship Donegal vs. Derry Ballybofey Sunday, 4pm Derry head to Ballybofey this Sunday for a first meeting with Donegal since thei.