Jonathan Foley: Donegal-based Writer & Columnist.

09/02/2026

A wee article which was penned about a fortnight ago about the imminent return of 'Scrubs' to our screens later this month.

https://onefinfoley.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/im-no-superman-the-scrubs-rebooy/

22/01/2026

"Twenty Twooooo .... Forty Six! Hut! Hut! Hut!" 🏈

A wee article on how the Super Bowl - which I do enjoy - goes hand-in-hand with American ideologies such as the military, capiatalism and family entertainment.

SUPERBOWL FEVER AMID US POLITICAL TURMOIL By Jonathan Foley During a recent flick-around the TV channels, I couldn’t help but notice a peculiar irony of sorts. On Sky Sports, the American football …

20/08/2025

Article ✍️

Having been lucky enough to be there at Croke Park for Oasis reunion tour 🎸 Here’s my attempt to process all the nostalgia, humour and emotions from a special night.

https://onefinfoley.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/oasis-live-25

By Jonathan Foley “People will never forget the way you made them feel.” (Noel Gallagher, 2016) This quote by the singer-songwriter from Oasis will have a lasting impact on a lot of peo…

01/07/2025

A wee follow-up article on the evolution of days out at Donegal games. This time around, we'll go back to the early 2000s period. Enjoy

As we saw last time, the early 1990s were great days to be a young, impressionable Donegal fan. I was seven-going-eight when the boys lifted the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time in our history, s…

13/06/2025

Seeing as it's Championship weekend, here's Part One of a wee series I'm writing about the different eras of being a Donegal fan. Enjoy. 💚💛

THE EVOLUTION OF DONEGAL GAA DAYS OUT: Part One.  By Jonathan Foley  As you get older, things inevitably change. And I’m not just talking about our age, our hairlines, or complexions. Eve…

14/05/2025

Penned this about a month ago. Jim McGuinness's current Second Coming as Donegal manager brought back memories of his first arrival on the scene back in 2011 💚💛

By Jonathan Foley (written in April 2025) Like every other Donegal fan, I’m enthusiastic about the team’s rebirth since the Second Coming of Jim McGuinness. In the last 12 months alone, our boys ha…

14/04/2025

A quick blog I did during my binge of Season 2 which looks into how the hit TV series, Squid Game, can actually teach us a bit about Korean society - North and South. 🇰🇵🇰🇷

By Jonathan Foley We may not always know we are doing it, but there’s a lot of media content out there teaching us about the world of politics, and the beauty part is that you don’t need to be a po…

27/02/2025

Liverpool ... "a Socialist Republic" that loves Rock and Roll.

A quick blog about another recent visit to Merseyside. Enjoy.

By Jonathan Foley Trips to Liverpool have become an (almost) annual occurrence for me. The weekend before last saw me head there for the fourth time in five years and even though most trips always …

28/01/2025

"You can't beat a city where they let you drink a beer when you're walking up the street". A wee (belated) travel blog from my second trip to Berlin last summer. Enjoy.

By Jonathan Foley It wasn’t my first time in the city of Berlin. I visited there towards the tail-end of 2021, and as good as that autumn trip to the German capital was, it was nice to return now t…

24/06/2024

Been busy learning how to make these wee short films about topics in History, and who better than a fellow Donegal man, to get things rolling?

03/05/2024

Part 4: Opportunities in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏆

In this penultimate article in this series, I had to go back to 2014 when I was blessed to have worked with one of the best Ladies Gaelic football teams anyone could ever wish to be apart of. 🔵🟢

Enjoy 😉 Oh aye! And this one has a wee bonus video too.

CALEDONIA IS CALLING: OPPORTUNITIES IN EDINBURGH – PART FOUR By Jonathan Foley There’s no point in becoming an emigrant unless you’re making plans to improve yourself in some way. Going into …

19/04/2024

Blog ✍️ Struggling in Edinburgh - Part 3 (2012) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I don’t usually tend to write stuff about mental health struggles, but then, I also don’t believe that emigration is always as fun as people’s Instagram posts would have you believe 🤔 A slightly more serious blog this time. Feel free to enjoy.

CALEDONIA IS CALLING: STRUGGLING IN EDINBURGH – PART THREE By Jonathan Foley Now that I’d become that bit more immersed as a migrant in the east of Scotland, the reality of living life over t…