The tournament consisted of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
Naomh Conaill was defending champion after defeating St Eunan's by a scoreline of 0–11 to 0–10 in the 2015 final.
This was Réalt na Mara's return to the senior grade after making the straight bounce back up from the I.F.C.
after losing a replay of the relegation final to Na Cealla Beaga, thus ending a 15-year stay in the top flight of Donegal football.
Quarter-finals Semi-finals [28] Michael Murphy was named as the recipient of the inaugural Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh.