{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Short description|none}} {{Infobox GAA championship |image = |name = 2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship |irish = 2011 Craobh Sinsear Peile<br />Dhún na nGall |county = [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] |year = 2011 |manager = [[Gary McDaid]] |poty = |captain = [[Gary McFadden]] |winners = [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] |ordinal = 1 |relegated = N/A |promoted = ? |previous = [[2010 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2010]] |next = [[2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2012]] }} The '''2011 Donegal Senior Football Championship''' was the 89th official edition of the [[Donegal GAA]]'s premier club [[Gaelic football]] tournament for senior graded teams in [[County Donegal]].
[[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] won the final, for the club's first ever title. [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] also made a first final appearance.<ref name=murphy_magic/>
==First round== The first round draw was made at the [[RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta]] studios in [[Derrybeg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/03/06/glenswilly-v-naomh-conaill-is-pick-of-the-senior-football-championship-draw/|title=Glenswilly v Naomh Conaill is pick of the Senior Championship draw|date=6 March 2011|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
A brawl among dozens of people after the game between [[Naomh Conaill CLCG|Naomh Conaill]] and [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] at [[Davy Brennan Memorial Park]] led to [[Leo McLoone]] breaking several bones in his face, and the Donegal Competition's Controls Committee (CCC) launching an investigation. McLoone had to have surgery to have a plate put into his eye socket.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://donegalnews.com/2011/07/mcloone-discharged/|title=McLoone discharged|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=7 July 2011|access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>
{{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[Malin GAA|Malin]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[Glenfin GAA|Glenfin]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Ghaoth Dobhair|Gaoth Dobhair]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[Termon GAA|Termon]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG An Clochán Liath|An Clochán Liath]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Seán Mac Cumhaills|Seán Mac Cumhaills]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[Naomh Conaill CLCG|Naomh Conaill]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Na Cealla Beaga|Na Cealla Beaga]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[CLG Chill Chartha|Cill Chartha]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Ard an Rátha|Ard an Rátha]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[CLG Chloich Cheann Fhaola|Cloich Cheann Fhaola]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Réalt na Mara|Réalt na Mara]] | score = | report = | team2 = [[Four Masters GAA|Four Masters]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | motm = }}
==Quarter-finals== {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] | score = 1-14 to 1-10 | report = | team2 = [[CLG Ghaoth Dobhair|Gaoth Dobhair]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Falcarragh | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[Glenfin GAA|Glenfin]] | score = 2-6 to 0-11 | report = | team2 = [[Four Masters GAA|Four Masters]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Ballybofey | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[CLG Ard an Rátha|Ard an Rátha]] | score = 2-7 to 3-8 | report = | team2 = [[CLG Chill Chartha|Cill Chartha]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Killybegs | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] | score = 0-9 to 0-9 <br>(R) 1-9 to 0-8 | report = | team2 = [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Ballybofey | attendance = | referee = | motm = }}
==Semi-finals== [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] and [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] won the semi-finals.
{{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] | score = 2-15 to 1-5 | report = | team2 = [[Glenfin GAA|Glenfin]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Letterkenny | attendance = | referee = | motm = }} {{GAA match | date = | time = | round = | team1 = [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] | score = 1-7 to 0-7 | report = | team2 = [[CLG Chill Chartha|Cill Chartha]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Ballybofey | attendance = | referee = | motm = }}
==Final== The Final, broadcast on [[TG4]] and contested by [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] and [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]], produced a novel pairing, as neither side had ever won before, and they had only one losing final appearance between them, that of Glenswilly in 2007. Members of the winning team would each receive a personalised medal engraved with both their name and number from county final day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://donegalnow.com/sp/article_manager/detail/new_name_on_dr_maguire_cup|title=New Name on Dr Maguire Cup|work=Donegal Now|date=30 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104014249/http://donegalnow.com/sp/article_manager/detail/new_name_on_dr_maguire_cup|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Glenswilly prevailed on the day, winning the final at [[MacCumhaill Park]] in [[Ballybofey]]. [[Michael Murphy (Gaelic footballer)|Michael Murphy]] scored all but one point of the winning team's total.<ref name=murphy_magic>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/murphy-magic-proves-key-as-glenswilly-secure-first-donegal-crown-2893919.html|title=Murphy magic proves key as Glenswilly secure first Donegal crown|work=Irish Independent|date=3 October 2011|access-date=3 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/1003/1224305145753.html|title=Murphy is the star as Glenswilly triumph|work=The Irish Times|date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175841/http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/murphy-is-the-star-as-glenswilly-triumph-1.612893|archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref>
{{GAA match | date = 2 October 2011 | time = | round = | team1 = [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] | score = 1-8 - 0-9 | report = | team2 = [[St Michael's GAA (Donegal)|St Michael's]] | goals1 = M. Murphy 1-7 (0-3f, 0-1 '45'), <br/> J. P. McDaid 0-1 | goals2 = C. McFadden 0-3 (1f), <br/> C. Toye 0-3, <br/> M. McElhinney 0-1, <br/> D. McLaughlin 0-1, <br/> S. Coyle 0-1 (f) | stadium = [[MacCumhaill Park]], Ballybofey | attendance = | referee = [[Jimmy White (Gaelic footballer)|Jimmy White]] (Killybegs) | motm = }}
==Ulster Senior Club Football Championship== {{Main|2011 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship|2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Donegal Senior Football Champions 2011}}
[[Category:2011 senior Gaelic football county championships|Donegal Senior Football Championship]] [[Category:Donegal Senior Football Championship]]