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'''John Haran''' is a former [[Gaelic football]]er who played his club football for [[C.L.G. Naomh Adhamhnáin|Naomh Adhamhnáin]] and was member of the [[Donegal GAA|Donegal county football team]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Cliona|last=Foley|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/devenney-in-clear-following-ny-trip-302623.html|title=Devenney in clear following NY trip|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=12 June 2002|accessdate=12 June 2002|quote=Half-forward John Haran is available again after a month's suspension but manager Mickey Moran has opted to leave Christy Toye at right half-forward and hold Haran, like fit-again Damien Diver, as back-up on the bench.}}</ref> He definitely has 8 [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]s (though the first one is [[Donegal Senior Football Championship#History|a matter of some dispute]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking Ball: Donegal Club Championships 2019|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=6 September 2019|page=48}}</ref>
'''John Haran''' (born 1976 is an Irish former [[Gaelic football]]er who played for [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] and the [[Donegal county football team|Donegal county team]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Cliona|last=Foley|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/devenney-in-clear-following-ny-trip-26044322.html|title=Devenney in clear following NY trip|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=12 June 2002|accessdate=12 June 2002|quote=Half-forward John Haran is available again after a month's suspension but manager Mickey Moran has opted to leave Christy Toye at right half-forward and hold Haran, like fit-again Damien[sic] Diver, as back-up on the bench.}}</ref> He definitely has 8 [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]s (though the first one is [[Donegal Senior Football Championship#History|a matter of some dispute]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking Ball: Donegal Club Championships 2019|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=6 September 2019|page=48}}</ref> He also has a [[hat-trick]] of Donegal Senior, Senior "B" and Senior "C Championships, adding the C" in 2019.


He became chairman of his club in late 2019, having served five years as vice-chairman.<ref name=dsh_07012020/>
==Career==
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Haran learned his trade on the [[St Eunan's College]] fields, adjacent to the legendary Gaelic stronghold of Hawthorn Heights (Harans, Eamonn and Niall Doherty, Conal Gibbons, Barney McDermott, as well as Seamie Nallen, John Anderson, Karl Campbell and Packie Gibbons) and other members of the very successful Glencar Street League teams who, under the guidance of Seamus Haran and Martin Anderson, brought much success to this more affluent part of town. Glencar often inflicted large defeats on the likes of Termon, Glenswilly, Illistrin and the soccer lads from [[Ballyraine]]. He went on to win underage titles at almost all levels with St Eunan's and attended boarding school at [[St Jarlath's College]] from 1989 to 1995. While there he played with future Galway greats, [[Michael Donnellan]], John (Scan) Concannon, [[Declan Meehan (Gaelic footballer)|Declan]] and Tomas Meehan, Tommy and [[Pádraic Joyce]], as well as fellow Donegal men Kevin Winston and Alan McFadden.{{citation needed}} He cites Fr Oliver Hughes and Joe Long as his main influences.{{citation needed}}


==Early life==
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Having repeated his [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland0|Leaving Certificate]] (in an effort to win a [[Hogan Cup]] on the field), Haran attended [[University of Limerick|UL]] for a brief stint.{{citation needed}}
The son of a [[Garda Síochana|Garda]] from [[County Sligo]], Haran was born in and grew up in County Donegal.<ref name=inews_30072015/>


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He learned his trade on the [[St Eunan's College]] fields, adjacent to the legendary Gaelic stronghold of Hawthorn Heights (Harans, Eamonn and Niall Doherty, Conal Gibbons, Barney McDermott, as well as Seamie Nallen, John Anderson, Karl Campbell and Packie Gibbons) and other members of the very successful Glencar Street League teams who, under the guidance of Seamus Haran and Martin Anderson, brought much success to this more affluent part of town. Glencar often inflicted large defeats on the likes of Termon, Glenswilly, Illistrin and the soccer lads from [[Ballyraine]].
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Haran made his debut for Naomh Adhamhnáin in 1995. He won eight [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]s, the last of which came in 2014 (including the infamous 1997 championship which was won on the pitch then lost in the boardroom, but which Haran personally counts) before he retired from senior football in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colm |last=Keys |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eunans-survive-storm-3282158.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20121218145618/http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eunans-survive-storm-3282158.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2012 |title=Eunan's survive storm |newspaper=Irish Independent |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=5 November 2012 |accessdate=5 November 2012 }}</ref><ref name=to_call_time>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|url=http://donegalnews.com/2013/09/sfc-haran-to-call-time-with-eunans/|title=SFC: Haran to call time with Eunan's|work=Donegal News|date=20 September 2013|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref> In spite of this "retirement", Haran was man of the match in the final of the [[2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/ |title=St Eunan's champions again in Donegal |work=RTÉ Sport |publisher=RTÉ |date=2 November 2014 |accessdate=2 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175618/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/ |archivedate=12 April 2015 }}</ref>
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[[Declan Bonner]] handed him his inter-county league debut in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/galway-blow-as-fallon-to-switch-codes-454566.html|title=Galway blow as Fallon to switch codes|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=11 February 1998|quote=Donegal also selected their team last night, and they handed league debuts to Martin Bonnar from Na Rossa, home club of new manager Declan Bonner, and John Haran of St Eunan's, Letterkenny.}}</ref> He made his Championship debut against [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] at [[Breffni Park]] on 12 May 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/devenneys-future-in-balance-305863.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130107204210/http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/devenneys-future-in-balance-305863.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2013 |title=Devenney's future in balance |newspaper=Irish Independent |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=10 May 2002 |accessdate=10 May 2002 }}</ref>


Haran won underage titles at almost all levels with St Eunan's.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He attended [[boarding school]] at [[St Jarlath's College]] in [[Tuam]], [[County Galway]], from 1989 to 1995.<ref name=inews_30072015/>{{Additional citation needed|date=August 2020|reason=The current source does not include a 1995 attendance at boarding school, though mentions a start in September 1989 and a presence in 1994.}} In doing so he followed his brother Eamon, as well as family friend [[Leslie McGettigan]].<ref name=inews_30072015/> While attending St Jarlath's, Haran played with future Galway footballers [[Michael Donnellan (Gaelic footballer)|Michael Donnellan]], John ('Scan') Colcannon, [[Declan Meehan (Gaelic footballer)|Declan]] and Tomás Meehan, Tommy and [[Pádraic Joyce]],<ref name=inews_30072015/> as well as fellow Donegal men Kevin Winston and Alan McFadden.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He cites Fr Oliver Hughes and Joe Long as his main influences.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He was part of the 1994 [[Hogan Cup]]-winning team.<ref name=inews_30072015>{{cite news|first=Paddy|last=Heaney|url=http://www.irishnews.com/sport/2015/07/30/news/born-in-donegal-schooled-in-galway-206189/|title=John Haran: born in Donegal, sent to school in Galway|work=[[The Irish News]]|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=30 July 2015}}</ref>
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He knew [[Michaela McAreavey]] well.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/01/16/michaela-donegal-stars-memories-of-a-great-young-woman/|title=Michaela: Donegal star's memories|work=Donegal Daily|date=16 January 2011|accessdate=16 January 2011}}</ref>


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Having repeated his [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]] (in an effort to win a [[Hogan Cup]] on the field), Haran attended [[University of Limerick|UL]] for a brief stint.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
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He has been sent off in the past.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Cliona|last1=Foley|first2=John|last2=Harrington|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/county-call-306567.html|title=County call: Donegal|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=16 May 2002|accessdate=16 May 2002}}</ref>


==Playing career==
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He was one of those who made known his displeasure at [[Vincent Hogan]] over Hogan's infamous "sheep" jibe against [[Jim McGuinness]] and his team in a national newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/vincent-hogan/vincent-hogan-mcguinness-a-leader-of-sheep-2940524.html|title=McGuinness a leader of sheep|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=21 November 2011|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Alan|last1=Foley|first2=Tom|last2=Comack|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/sheep-jibe-was-not-welcomed-1-3274387|title=‘Sheep’ jibe was not welcomed|newspaper=Donegal Democrat|publisher=Johnston Press|date=24 November 2011|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref>
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Haran made his debut for St Eunan's in 1995. He won eight [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]s, the last of which came in 2014 (including the infamous 1997 championship which was won on the pitch then lost in the boardroom, but which Haran personally counts) before he retired from senior football in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|first=Colm|last=Keys|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eunans-survive-storm-3282158.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218145618/http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/eunans-survive-storm-3282158.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2012|title=Eunan's survive storm|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=5 November 2012|accessdate=5 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=to_call_time>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|url=http://donegalnews.com/2013/09/sfc-haran-to-call-time-with-eunans/|title=SFC: Haran to call time with Eunan's|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=20 September 2013|accessdate=20 September 2013}}</ref> In spite of this "retirement", Haran was man of the match in the final of the [[2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/|title=St Eunan's champions again in Donegal|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175618/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/|archivedate=12 April 2015}}</ref>

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[[Declan Bonner]] handed him his inter-county league debut in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/galway-blow-as-fallon-to-switch-codes-26196033.html|title=Galway blow as Fallon to switch codes|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=11 February 1998|quote=Donegal also selected their team last night, and they handed league debuts to Martin Bonnar from Na Rossa, home club of new manager Declan Bonner, and John Haran of St Eunan's, Letterkenny.}}</ref> He made his championship debut against [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] at [[Breffni Park]] on 12 May 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/devenneys-future-in-balance-26047562.html|title=Devenney's future in balance|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=10 May 2002|accessdate=10 May 2002}}</ref> He started the first game of [[Brian McEniff]]'s last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to [[Galway county football team|Galway]] in [[Tuam]] in February 2003.<ref>{{cite news|first=Keith|last=Duggan|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/meehan-adds-spark-to-galway-attack-1.347556|title=Meehan adds spark to Galway attack|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=3 February 2003}}</ref> He made a late substitute appearance for [[John Gildea]] in the [[2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] semi-final against [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/armaghs-double-still-alive-25928845.html|title=Armagh's double still alive|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=1 September 2003}}</ref>

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Haran has been sent off in the past.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Cliona|last1=Foley|first2=John|last2=Harrington|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/county-call-26048266.html|title=County call: Donegal|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=16 May 2002|accessdate=16 May 2002}}</ref>

He also played for St Mary's in the [[Sigerson Cup]].<ref name=dd_16012011/>

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He was one of those who made known his displeasure at [[Vincent Hogan]] over Hogan's infamous "sheep" jibe against [[Jim McGuinness]] and his team in a national newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/vincent-hogan/vincent-hogan-mcguinness-a-leader-of-sheep-2940524.html|title=McGuinness a leader of sheep|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=21 November 2011|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Alan|last1=Foley|first2=Tom|last2=Comack|url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/local-sport/sheep-jibe-was-not-welcomed-1-3274387|title='Sheep' jibe was not welcomed|work=[[Donegal Democrat]]|date=24 November 2011|accessdate=24 November 2011|archive-date=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315221815/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/soccer/sheep-jibe-was-not-welcomed-1-3274387|url-status=dead}}</ref>


He now plays on the reserve team for St Eunan's and in the Autumn of 2018 won his first Donegal Senior Reserve Championship medal, coming off the bench against Naomh Conaill to help steer the youthful Letterkenny side to victory.
He now plays on the reserve team for St Eunan's and in the Autumn of 2018 won his first Donegal Senior Reserve Championship medal, coming off the bench against Naomh Conaill to help steer the youthful Letterkenny side to victory.

==Administrative career==
Haran served as vice-chairman of his club for five years, before succeeding Cathal Green as chairman in late 2019.<ref name=dsh_07012020>{{cite news|first=Ciaran|last=O'Donnell|url=https://www.donegalsporthub.com/former-stars-lead-changing-of-the-guard-at-st-eunans/|title=Former stars lead changing of the guard at St Eunan's|date=7 January 2020|accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>

==Teaching career==
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Haran attended St Mary's Teacher Training College in [[Belfast]] in 2004–05. He got to know [[Michaela McAreavey]] well, along with her brother [[Mark Harte|Mark]], who were both attending at the same time.<ref name=dd_16012011>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2011/01/16/michaela-donegal-stars-memories-of-a-great-young-woman/|title=Michaela: Donegal star's memories of a great young woman|date=16 January 2011|accessdate=16 January 2011}}</ref>

On 10 February 2020, Haran was appointed principal of St Bernadette's Special School on College Farm Road, Letterkenny.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ciaran|last=O'Donnell|title='We need up to seven or eight more mini buses — Principal'|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=10 September 2020|page=3|quote=St Bernadette's Special School caters for children aged 4–18 with a mild, general learning disability. Mr Haran was appointed school principal on February 10, five weeks before lockdown.}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
;Player
===Player===
* [[Hogan Cup]]: 1994<ref name=inews_30072015/>
* [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, [[2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2012]], [[2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2014]]
* [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]: 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, [[2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2012]], [[2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2014]]
* Donegal Senior "B" Football Championship:<ref name=dn_10102019/> '''INSERT YEAR(S) HERE PLEASE'''
* Donegal Senior "C" Football Championship: 2019<ref name=dn_10102019>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Ferry|title=Quigley to feature in Senior 'C' final|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=10 October 2019|page=67|quote=Alan O'Connell led St Eunan's to glory last season… 'we've also added a few [players] like John and Peter Gibbons. There's another lad called John Haran who has joined us too. If we win this week, he will have a hat-trick of Senior, Senior 'B' and Senior 'C' medals.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2019/10/12/sharkey-goal-spurs-st-eunans-to-senior-c-success/|title=Sharkey goal spurs St Eunan's to Senior C success|date=12 October 2019|accessdate=12 October 2019}}</ref>

===Individual===
*Donegal Senior Football Championship Man of the Match: 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/|title=St Eunan's champions again in Donegal|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412182228/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/1029/655618-glenswilly-v-sty-eunans/|archivedate= 12 April 2015}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://archive.is/20130123184714/http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/donegal/John%20Haran.php John Haran] at gaainfo.com
* [https://archive.today/20130123184714/http://www.gaainfo.com/players/football/donegal/John%20Haran.php John Haran] at gaainfo.com


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Not to be confused with John Harron.
John Haran
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 04/11/1976
Letterkenny
Occupation Principal of St Bernadette's Special School
Club(s)
Years Club
1995–[1]
 St Eunan's
Club titles
Donegal titles 8[1]
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1990s–2000s
 Donegal

John Haran (born 1976 is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for St Eunan's and the Donegal county team.[2] He definitely has 8 Donegal Senior Football Championships (though the first one is a matter of some dispute).[3] He also has a hat-trick of Donegal Senior, Senior "B" and Senior "C Championships, adding the C" in 2019.

He became chairman of his club in late 2019, having served five years as vice-chairman.[4]

Early life

[edit]

The son of a Garda from County Sligo, Haran was born in and grew up in County Donegal.[5]

He learned his trade on the St Eunan's College fields, adjacent to the legendary Gaelic stronghold of Hawthorn Heights (Harans, Eamonn and Niall Doherty, Conal Gibbons, Barney McDermott, as well as Seamie Nallen, John Anderson, Karl Campbell and Packie Gibbons) and other members of the very successful Glencar Street League teams who, under the guidance of Seamus Haran and Martin Anderson, brought much success to this more affluent part of town. Glencar often inflicted large defeats on the likes of Termon, Glenswilly, Illistrin and the soccer lads from Ballyraine.

Haran won underage titles at almost all levels with St Eunan's.[citation needed] He attended boarding school at St Jarlath's College in Tuam, County Galway, from 1989 to 1995.[5][additional citation(s) needed] In doing so he followed his brother Eamon, as well as family friend Leslie McGettigan.[5] While attending St Jarlath's, Haran played with future Galway footballers Michael Donnellan, John ('Scan') Colcannon, Declan and Tomás Meehan, Tommy and Pádraic Joyce,[5] as well as fellow Donegal men Kevin Winston and Alan McFadden.[citation needed] He cites Fr Oliver Hughes and Joe Long as his main influences.[citation needed] He was part of the 1994 Hogan Cup-winning team.[5]

Having repeated his Leaving Certificate (in an effort to win a Hogan Cup on the field), Haran attended UL for a brief stint.[citation needed]

Playing career

[edit]

Haran made his debut for St Eunan's in 1995. He won eight Donegal Senior Football Championships, the last of which came in 2014 (including the infamous 1997 championship which was won on the pitch then lost in the boardroom, but which Haran personally counts) before he retired from senior football in 2017.[6][1] In spite of this "retirement", Haran was man of the match in the final of the 2014 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[7]

Declan Bonner handed him his inter-county league debut in 1998.[8] He made his championship debut against Cavan at Breffni Park on 12 May 2002.[9] He started the first game of Brian McEniff's last spell as Donegal manager, a league defeat to Galway in Tuam in February 2003.[10] He made a late substitute appearance for John Gildea in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh.[11]

Haran has been sent off in the past.[12]

He also played for St Mary's in the Sigerson Cup.[13]

He was one of those who made known his displeasure at Vincent Hogan over Hogan's infamous "sheep" jibe against Jim McGuinness and his team in a national newspaper.[14][15]

He now plays on the reserve team for St Eunan's and in the Autumn of 2018 won his first Donegal Senior Reserve Championship medal, coming off the bench against Naomh Conaill to help steer the youthful Letterkenny side to victory.

Administrative career

[edit]

Haran served as vice-chairman of his club for five years, before succeeding Cathal Green as chairman in late 2019.[4]

Teaching career

[edit]

Haran attended St Mary's Teacher Training College in Belfast in 2004–05. He got to know Michaela McAreavey well, along with her brother Mark, who were both attending at the same time.[13]

On 10 February 2020, Haran was appointed principal of St Bernadette's Special School on College Farm Road, Letterkenny.[16]

Honours

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Player

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Individual

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  • Donegal Senior Football Championship Man of the Match: 2014[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ferry, Ryan (20 September 2013). "SFC: Haran to call time with Eunan's". Donegal News. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ Foley, Cliona (12 June 2002). "Devenney in clear following NY trip". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2002. Half-forward John Haran is available again after a month's suspension but manager Mickey Moran has opted to leave Christy Toye at right half-forward and hold Haran, like fit-again Damien[sic] Diver, as back-up on the bench.
  3. ^ "Breaking Ball: Donegal Club Championships 2019". Donegal News. 6 September 2019. p. 48.
  4. ^ a b O'Donnell, Ciaran (7 January 2020). "Former stars lead changing of the guard at St Eunan's". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Heaney, Paddy (30 July 2015). "John Haran: born in Donegal, sent to school in Galway". The Irish News. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ Keys, Colm (5 November 2012). "Eunan's survive storm". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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