2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final visit to Glenswilly—the home club of All-Ireland-winning captain Michael Murphy. On 28 September 2012, manager and team appeared on "The Late Late Show", the world's longest running chat show, hosted by Ryan Tubridy. The "interview" was criticised by many—its shortness was contrasted with the full sit-down interview Tubridy conducted with Dublin the previous year—, with UTV broadcaster Adrian Logan calling it a "disgrace". Jim McGuinness vowed that the Sam Maguire Cup would be taken to every school in the county. Sam was at a world record attempt at O'Donnell Park on 29 September. Then there were Donegal Senior Football Championship
The Late Late Toy Show number. The show started with The Bare Necessities song which included singing and dancing from Ryan Tubridy in a Baloo costume. During the show, Dermot Bannon from Room to Improve surprised an architectural fan, rugby player Jamie Heaslip presented a young fan with his signed Ireland jersey that he wore during the Autumn International win over Australia, and world number 2 ranked golfer Rory McIlroy presented a young golfing fan with signed versions of Rory McIlroy PGA Tour and tickets to the 2017 Irish Open. The Toy Show was RTÉ's most watched programme of 2016, with 1.4 million viewers watching