Monaghan made all the headlines during the month of July in winning their second Ulster senior football championship title in three years, defeating Donegal in an absolutely riveting contest in Clones to clinch the title. Their success and the influence of their manager, Malachy O’Rourke, in achieving that success proved the tipping point when the members of the Ulster GAA Writers Association sat down to pick the winner of their Quinn Building Products sponsored Monthly Merit Award for July.
It was a busy month with both male and female football as …