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The '''Donegal County Board''' ({{lang-langx|ga|Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Dhún na nGall}}) or '''Donegal GAA''' is one of 32 [[County board (Gaelic games)|county board]]s of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of [[Gaelic games]] in [[County Donegal]].

The [[Donegal county football team|county football team]] was the third from the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Ulster]] to win an [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] (SFC), following [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] and [[Down county football team|Down]]. It last won the All-Ireland SFC in [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|2012]] and the [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] in [[20192024 Ulster Senior Football Championship|20192024]]. Donegal players comprised most of the [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards winners (football)#2012|2012 All Stars Team of the Year]], and the three nominations for the [[All Stars Footballer of the Year]], ultimately won by [[Karl Lacey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/20110089|title=Donegal's Karl Lacey is named Gaelic Footballer of 2012|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=27 October 2012|access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> In addition, having been invited to assist the [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] soccer team in Scotland, Donegal manager [[Jim McGuinness]] became the first Gaelic football inter-county manager to have been offered a role at a professional sports team abroad.<ref>{{cite news|first=Seán|last=Moran|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/1109/1224326365319.html?via=rel|title=McGuinness move would be huge blow to Donegal|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=9 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|quote=Whereas the GAA has sustained a modest loss of players to the AFL over the years this is the first time that a top-rank inter-county manager has been offered a job in professional sport. McGuinness is unusual in the ranks of All-Ireland winning managers in that he has extensive academic qualifications in both sports science and sports psychology, in which he holds a masters degree.}}</ref> McGuinness's services have also been sought by [[Premier League]] soccer teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2012/1005/340410-jimmy-wont-be-winning-matches-with-liverpool/|title=Donegal dismiss reports linking Jim McGuinness to Liverpool FC|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=5 October 2012|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref>

Donegal last won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|2012]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Lyle|last=Jackson|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/19693260|title=Donegal 2–11 0–13 Mayo|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=23 September 2012|access-date=23 September 2012}}</ref> The team last won the Ulster Senior Football Championship in [[20192024 Ulster Senior Football Championship|20192024]].