[citation needed] The 2006 final required two replays before Cloich Cheann Fhaola defeated Gaeil Fhánada.
Men to have won this competition and to have played at senior level for their county include Paddy McConigley (2009),[4] Michael Boyle (2012),[5] Kevin Mulhern (2014),[6] Jamie and Paul Brennan (2015),[7] Frank McGlynn (2018),[8] Stephen Griffin (2019)[9][10] and Peter Boyle (2020).
The Donegal IFC winner may enter the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage.
The Donegal IFC winner — by winning the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, at which it would enter at the semi-final stage, providing it hasn't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.
The last team from County Donegal to do this was St Michael's in 2004 who went on to reach the final, losing out to Ilen Rovers of Cork.