Articles in the Sports News Category

Two days after his sensational try against South Africa last Saturday which saw Ireland beat the team rated the second best in the world Tommy Bowe scored again at the Official Launch of his new clothing brand XV Kings “Tommy Bowe Designs. “The Morrison Hotel Dublin where the event was held was packed to capacity with the media, Tommy‘s family and invited friends. The stunning collection of quality garments has been designed, sourced and distributed from his beloved county Monaghan. Tommy told reporters “The work taken to get this Project off the ...

By Colm Shalvey Donaghmoyne await the winners of Sunday’s rescheduled game between Corduff and Clones in the Monaghan Electrical Intermediate Football League, after they gained a small measure of revenge on their rivals Inniskeen last Sunday. Donaghmoyne had lost to their neighbours by a single point in the IFC Final last month, but they turned the tables in this one to keep their promotion hopes alive. The lead changed hands several times in a topsy-turvy game, where a strong Donaghmoyne start fell away before half-time, with Paul and Ronan Meegan helping hosts ...

BY KEVIN CARNEY The Monaghan Harps ladies football fraternity will know today (Thursday) whether they are still part of the race to claim the 2014 All-Ireland club IFC title. At the time of going to print, the Central Council of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association was deliberating on a controversy which has engaged gaels in counties Monaghan and Donegal over the past couple of weeks. Delegates from all around the country were due to gather at Croke last night (Wednesday) to rule on an appeal lodged by Donegal champions Four Masters against ...

Castleblayney’s hurlers are back on the hunt for All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship honours following a gritty win over Na Magha in the Ulster Final. by PATRICK SMYTH Winning an Ulster title is something not only to savour but also one which presents opportunities for further glory. Reflecting on his team’s provincial title victory last weekend, Castleblayney Faughs’ boss Paul Hughes fingered his side’s fitness as central to their successful odyssey to the winner’s enclosure: “It’s a great feeling to have taken the Ulster club title again,” a delighted Hughes enthused after seeing ...

By JOHN GRAHAM Castleblayney 4-13 Na Magha  1-07 CASTLEBLAYNEY engineered a magnificent second-half turnaround to clinch victory and their second Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship title when they literally overran the Derry champions Na Magha who had no answer to the pace and power of the Monaghan champions in Dungannon last Sunday. The second-half was in total contrast to the opening period though which was a closely contested affair with the Derry champions taking the lead once at 0-4 to 0-3 after 12 minutes and the sides went in level at the break Castleblayney ...

Five Monaghan teams are in Ulster Club Football Championship action this weekend, having been shown the way by Castleblayney’s hurlers last Sunday. Castleblayney won their second Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship title with a dominant second-half performance against Na Magha in Dungannon. Blayney, who had goals by Niall Garland and Fergal Rafter in the first half, changed ends on level terms, but were soon in the driving seat after the Derry City club had Breandán Quigley sent off. With Hugh Byrne and Rafter taking their personal tallies to 0-7 and 1-3 ...

There is still plenty to be decided in the county’s football leagues, with the Eurotech Junior Football League up for grabs between Blackhill and Aughnamullen in Oram this Sunday. by COLM SHALVEY Both of these teams were left down in the dumps after losing to eventual winners Drumhowan in the JFC, but they have managed to regroup to earn a second chance at promotion in this final. Aughnamullen were relegated last year after six consecutive campaigns in intermediate and they were always among the front-runners to bounce straight back, even though ...

Last Sunday Newry’s landscape became a dreamscape for Clontibret O’Neills. The headquarters of Down football was the scene of one of Monaghan club football’s finest hours. by KEVIN CARNEY When the dust had settled on an hour’s football that will be forever etched into the annals of Monaghan GAA, Clontibret team-manager Dominic Corrigan couldn’t praise his troops enough. The former Fermanagh star delighted in explaining to the Northern Standard that the Monaghan standard bearers tore up the script. Pointedly, he also felt that the Down champions maybe went into the game too cocky: “I don’t think ...

Clontibret 1-09 Kilco 0-11 By JOHN GRAHAM Clontibret overcame all the odds to book their place in the quarter-final of the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship when they struck for an injury time goal to snatch a late dramatic victory over Down champions Kilcoo in Pairc Esler, Newry, on Sunday afternoon last. They overcame in particular the handicap of having to play three quarters of the game with 14 players after Paul McGuigan was sent off in the 13th minute of the first half but they compensated for that numerical disadvantage with an ...

Ulster Camogie Junior Club Championship Final Clontibret     1-12 Laragh      2-04 By MARETTA SHERRY On a Sunday to remember for Clontibret, their camogs defeated Laragh of Cavan to retain the Ulster Junior Club Championship title in Moy last Sunday. Both clubs had reached this final on merit: Clontibret disposing of Kilcoo and Carrickmore quite comfortably, with Laragh knocking out Glenullion (Derry) and last year’s beaten finalists, Antrim’s Loughgiel. A blustery gale made conditions difficult but it was Clontibret’s physical power and skill that came to the fore, as they who ...