Match for Michaela was a

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match played under floodlights at Casement Park in Belfast on Saturday 3 November 2012. The match was held in memory of

Michaela McAreavey Michaela McAreavey, née Harte ( Irish: ''Micheáilín Mhic Giolla Riabhaigh'' née ''Ní hÁirt'', 31 December 1983 – 10 January 2011) was found strangled in the bath of a hotel room in Mauritius, where she had travelled for her honeymoon. ...

Background

All-Ireland Senior Champions

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played a team comprising players from the rest of Ulster in an event intended to raise funds for The Michaela Foundation. Match for Michaela was launched on 25 October 2012. Match for Michaela marked the first occasion that the Donegal senior football team played since winning the

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on 23 September. The game took place ahead of a planned redevelopment of Casement Park.

Team selection

Donegal

Donegal manager

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named a squad featuring six All Stars— Paul Durcan, Frank McGlynn, Karl Lacey, Neil Gallagher,

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and Michael Murphy. The position of Lacey, the 2012

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, was in some doubt ahead of the game after he picked up a hamstring injury playing for his club Four Masters. As the final of the

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was the following day, players from the St Eunan's and Naomh Conaill clubs were excused. Among these were Rory Kavanagh, Leo McLoone and Anthony Thompson. *

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* Selectors: Rory Gallagher, Maxi Curran, Pat Shovelin ** Surgical consultant: Kevin Moran **

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: Charlie McManus ** Team physio: Dermot Simpson * Backroom team: Physical Therapists: Charlie Molloy, Paul Coyle, Donal Reid, JD.

Ulster

Ulster manager

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named a squad containing at least one player from every county in Ulster, apart from their opponents Donegal. Four players from Tyrone were named in the squad. *

Match details

References

External links

The Michaela Foundation

In pictures: GAA stars turn out to remember Michaela McAreavey

Match Video
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