Goalkeeper Mark Anthony McGinley is the only championship debutant in the Donegal starting fifteen for their opening Ulster SFC clash against Fermanagh on Sunday.

A former League of Ireland netminder with UCD, the St Michael's clubman is first choice between the posts for the Tir Chonaill men's quarter-final showdown with the Erne County in Ballybofey.

McGinley gets the nod over Michael Boyle who will have to make do with a place on the bench having been expected to make his first championship start since 2009 in the absence of Paul Durcan.

Rory Gallagher's side is largely unchanged from the All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Mayo last August with McGinley, Anthony Thompson, Rory Kavanagh, Leo McLoone, Martin McElhinney and Martin O'Reilly being the new starters.

Durcan, Eamonn McGee, Neil Gallagher, Christy Toye, Mark McHugh and Colm McFadden all make way as the Michael Murphy captained outfit bid for a fourth Anglo-Celt Cup in six years.

Donegal (SFC v Fermanagh): Mark Anthony McGinley; Paddy McGrath, Neil McGee, Karl Lacey; Ryan McHugh, Frank McGlynn, Anthony Thompson; Rory Kavanagh, Hugh McFadden; Leo McLoone, Martin McElhinney, Odhran McNiallais; Patrick McBrearty, Michael Murphy, Martin O'Reilly.

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