Articles in the GAA Category

Sean McDermotts 2-09 Corduff 2-07 By COLM SHALVEY SEÁN McDermotts moved out of the Intermediate Football League relegation zone with a two-point win at home to Corduff last Sunday. The lead and momentum swung a few times in an action-packed game, which saw the Seáns make a decisive burst inside the final quarter, led by a Brian McQuaid goal. Goal-scorers McQuaid and Damien Larkin were to the fore for the Seáns, along with Paddy Kieran and Noel Rice, while Declan Larkin, Jason Hand and Brendan McNally led Corduff’s challenge. It took less than a minute ...

Nicky Rackard Cup Donegal 3-26 Monaghan 0-15 HOLDERS Donegal cruised into the Nicky Rackard Cup quarter-finals thanks to a facile twenty points win over a make shift Monaghan in O’Donnell Park Letterkenny on Saturday afternoon last. Earlier in the day Monaghan looked to have forfeited the game when the Donegal camp received notice just before noon that their opponents weren’t traveling, for echoes of the still damaging Allianz Hurling league division 3A final of 2012 when Monaghan were forced to concede to Fingal. However, it wasn’t just as bad as that and later another ...

By John Graham There was no doubting that Monaghan was the top team from the province in April. The fact too that they beat Donegal would help put an end to the talk that last year’s Ulster championship victory over Donegal was a flash in pan as Monaghan were again worthy winners on the big stage. There can be no question as to the influence that Malachy O’Rourke has had since he joined Monaghan at the end of the 2011 season. To date, and he is only in his second year in ...

Everyone looking forward to a colourful, exciting summer of championship action. by JOHN GRAHAM The launch of the 2014 Ulster championships in football, hurling, camogie and ladies football took place last Wednesday night, April 30th, at the Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) Belfast. Ulster GAA President Martin McAviney, Ulster Ladies Gaelic Chairperson Joe Lagan, Ulster Camogie Chairperson Bridghidin Heenan and GAA Ard Stiúrthóir Paraic Duffy were joined by an outstanding turnout of players, team managers and media. Monaghan manager Malachy O’Rourke was among the team managers present while current county captain, Conor McManus ...

Truagh 4-14 Currin 1-07 By COLM SHALVEY TRUAGH won their first home Senior Football League game since returning to senior with a comprehensive victory over Currin at St. Mellan’s last Friday evening. Truagh lost to Currin in the Intermediate League Final last November, but they were comfortable this time, with eight players getting on the scoresheet, including all six starting forwards. Currin started brightly, but they were hit with a sucker punch before half-time when Truagh scored two goals and with some key players absent from the team, their resources were stretched to their ...

Truagh Gaels marked the most successful year in their history with a banquet in the Hillgrove Hotel last Sunday night. Close to 700 people were in the Monaghan-town hotel for the big night, where Truagh honoured their Monaghan, Ulster and All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championship winners, as well as the reserve and Under-21 teams from the north-Monaghan club who lifted silverware in 2013. The GAA’s President-Elect Aogán Ó Fearghail, Monaghan County Board Vice-Chairman Michael Owen McMahon and Truagh’s own chairman Raymond Treanor made the presentations of the medals and the club’s Player-of-the Year ...

A third trophy in the space of 12 months and a seriously impressive performance made it a day to remember for Monaghan at Croke Park. by COLM SHALVEY One year to the day after lifting the Allianz National Football League Division Three title, Monaghan won the Division Two Final with a fully-merited six-point win over Donegal. Manager Malachy O’Rourke spoke about Monaghan’s desire to prove that last year’s Ulster final win against the same opposition was no one-off and they certainly managed that, as they were every bit as convincing as ...

Monaghan 1-16 Donegal 1-10 By JOHN GRAHAM MONAGHAN staged a power packed performance in Croke Park on Sunday last to take their second piece of league silverware in 12 months when they totally outclassed Donegal in this Allianz Football League Division 2 Final that was played in bright if blustery conditions at headquarters. A year ago Monaghan clinched the division 3 trophy with victory over Meath and on Sunday last they added the division 2 title for the second time and in the process scotched the persistent rumour that last year’s Ulster final victory ...

The Seáns ladies held their very successful ‘mock wedding’ fundraiser on Easter Sunday night. The show started in the Community Centre in Corcaghan with the wedding ceremony in a beautiful setting, very professionally decorated by Flowers of Magic (by local man Conor Clerkin and his member of staff, June). The bridal party arrived at the church a few minutes late in wedding cars also supplied by Conor. First to arrive were the four best men – Barry ‘Right Hand Man’ Mc Guinness), Murt ‘Second-best’ Cleere, Paddy ‘Essex’ Kierans and Stephen ...

Monaghan head to Croke Park on Sunday looking to make history in the Allianz National Division 2 Final against Donegal. by COLM SHALVEY No team of Monaghan men has ever won silverware at GAA Headquarters in consecutive years (although the ladies managed it in 1996 & ’97), but this group of players can achieve that if they can defeat their Ulster rivals this weekend, following last year’s Division Three success. Of more pressing importance is the need to get another competitive game under their belts ahead of the championship and ...