Search
08 Sept 2025
Search
08 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
The Derry and Donegal panels before throw-in at Celtic Park on Saturday. Photo: Tom Heaney
A minute’s silence was held in Celtic Park before Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup match between Derry and Donegal in memory of baby Ellie Mae Gillespie, the daughter of Stephen Gillespie and his wife Amy, who passed away in hospital on Friday evening.
Burt clubman Gillespie, who last year made his landmark 100th appearance for Donegal in the Nickey Rackard final in Croke Park last year, stepped away from the panel this season.
READ NEXT: Derry minors feature in All-Star team
“They had five weeks with the little baby and everybody is heartbroken for them,” Donegal manager Mickey McCann said after Saturday's game in Derry, which the home side won 1-21 to 1-17. “Stephen is very well thought of in our dressing room and we’re just devastated for him.”
Burt's Senior Hurling League clash against St Eunan's in Letterkenny on Friday night was postponed as a mark of respect. Baby Ellie Mae will be laid to rest in Burt on Tuesday.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
