Articles in the GAA Category

Donegal native Robbie Gallagher says Monaghan won’t fear Donegal and wouldn’t think Donegal like playing Monaghan. by KEVIN CARNEY Donegal native Robbie Gallagher has been ensconced in Monaghan town for 20 years. A Tyholland clubman, he hails from Termon, home club of both 1992 All-Ireland SFC medallist Tommy Ryan and current Donegal sub. ‘keeper Michael Boyle. Gallagher is a local councillor too. We have to take him at his word when he declares that he simply doesn’t know who’s gonna win this Sunday’s NFL Division Two decider between his native and adopted county. “I ...

MONAGHAN V DONEGAL BY JOHN GRAHAM Meetings between Monaghan and Donegal in season defining matches are becoming something of a regular item as the sides meet again this Sunday in the final of the Allianz football league division 2 in Croke Park. Both sides have already been promoted to division 1 for next season so on the face of it the only thing to be sorted out on Sunday is the destination of the silverware, but there is a lot more at stake than that in this division 2 final. Monaghan and Donegal ...

By Colm Shalvey The Monaghan GAA Perpetual Golf Classic 2014 was launched in the county Training Centre, Cloghan last Wednesday night. The Golf Classic will be held in Rossmore Golf Club on Saturday, May 31 to raise money for the Monaghan senior footballers’ training fund. Teams of four will play for the Monaghan GAA Perpetual Trophy sponsored by McAree Engineering. They will also compete for some great prizes including four Powakaddy Freeways, four Golf Buddy Watches, four Trolley Bags and four pairs of Footjoy Sports Shoes. To enter a team of four costs €250, ...

By Colm Shalvey Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division Two Final against Donegal, Malachy O’Rourke will be hoping to have as near a clean bill of health as possible for his panel come April 27. There has already been one casualty, as Gavin Doogan has been ruled out for six weeks with a broken bone in his foot. Doogan is, up to now, one of only two Monaghan players to have started all 11 competitive games this year – along with Fintan Kelly – but he is due to be out ...

Corduff 1-09 Donaghmoyne 0-14 By KEVIN CARNEY A seven point lead at half-time was all the leg-up Donaghmoyne needed to go on and bag the spoils at the expense of IFL hosts Corduff on Saturday evening last. In a game that had a lot of championship fervour about it, Corduff fought the gallant fight but the challenge posed by a substantial early deficit allied to the loss of a player for the final quarter was a double whammy which conspired to cripple their ambitions. Donaghmoyne travelled to their near-neighbours in sleeves-rolled-up mode and within 11 ...

Scotstown 1-13 Castleblayney 1-07 By COLM SHALVEY SCOTSTOWN continued their winning start to the County Monaghan Credit Unions SFL with six points to spare in the first game to be played in front of the new 2,000-seater stand in Castleblayney last Saturday evening. In front of a healthy crowd in the impressive new facilities at St. Mary’s Park, Blayney led by a point at half-time, but with seven players getting on the scoresheet for Scotstown, the defending champions gained the upper hand after the restart. Scotstown outscored their hosts by ten points to three in ...

By Mary Grimes Last Sunday saw our county seniors have a rare off-day as they went down by 0-9 to 0-12 to Mayo in round seven of the NFL. The county’s defeat at the weekend doesn’t however alter the fact that Monaghan have already qualified for the national league semi-final on April 27th next when they will meet Dublin. Meanwhile our county under 14s had no better luck than our seniors on Saturday last. The girls took on a very strong and well drilled Cavan side in round one of the competition and came ...

“Job done” would be the two words that sum up Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division Two win over Galway last Sunday. by COLM SHALVEY Monaghan needed only to avoid a heavy defeat to secure a top-two place and the way other results went meant they would have been promoted regardless on their head-to-head record against Meath, but the way they dug out another win showed the character of this team. A highly-motivated Galway side, who needed a result to ensure they stayed up, had kicked three unanswered points to draw ...

Monaghan 0-13 Galway 0-12 By JOHN GRAHAM A draw would have been sufficient to ensure Monaghan’s promotion to division 1 and a place in the division 2 final for the third time in nine years but Paul Finlay put the icing on the cake for what has been a very rewarding league campaign when he clinched victory with a point two minutes into stoppage time after Galway had fought back to parity having been behind from the opening minutes of the match. Galway came to Clones with five points from their six outings and ...

Last weekend saw Monaghan handballers take home three all Ireland gold medals. Gavin Coyle from Bawn is now u/17 all Ireland champion. Conor Mc Donnell & Paul Cassidy from Harps and Tydavnet Handball Club respectively are now All Ireland Golden Masters doubles champions. As all handballers know, an “All Ireland Gold Medal” is the holy grail of handball and are not easy come by. Congratulations and a huge “WELL DONE” are extended to Gavin, Conor & Paul from Tydavnet Handball Club, Harps Handball Club, Bawn Handball Club, Mellans Handball Club, ...