Articles in the GAA Category

St Paul’s 2-12 St Macartan’s 1-06 BY JOHN GRAHAM A PLACE in the MacRory Cup Final in the year when the college celebrated 100 years of gaelic games in the Sem proved a bridge too far for St Macartan’s College as a rampant St. Paul’s Bessbrook blitzed their way to the final in their first season competing in the MacRory Cup in what was quite a one-way contest at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh on Wednesday evening last. St. Paul’s Bessbrook completely dominated this game with the exception of a short period just before half-time ...

Monaghan 1-12 Sligo 0-07 BY COLM SHALVEY MONAGHAN moved to within a point of Fermanagh at the top of the NFL Division Three when they cruised to victory against Sligo in Clones last Sunday. Monaghan, who led from start to finish, were on top throughout, even if some poor finishing prevented them from making it count in the first half. The hosts eventually pulled away when Christopher McGuinness scored the only goal, meaning the margin between the teams was the only issue in the last 25 minutes. Injury forced Darren Hughes to join fellow key man ...

It was celebrations on the double in Derry on Saturday evening last as Monaghan’s two entrants in the All Ireland final of Scor na nOg both brought titles back to the county, the first time that two National titles came to the county in the one year. The Drumhowan Instrumental Music Group, who have already featured on RTE television played their way to victory with an almost perfect performance while Clones lad Colm Kirk also took top spot with his very imaginative and dramatic recitation The Cross-eyed Monaghan hurler. The narrative ...

Nothing less than a win on Sunday will do if Monaghan’s promotion bid is to get back on track. Mnaghan are unbeaten on home soil since Kerry won in Inniskeen on 2011. by COLM SHALVEY After a decidedly mixed start to their Allianz National Football League Division Three campaign, Monaghan need to find some consistency as Sligo come to Clones this Sunday. Monaghan were unable to build on their impressive opening-round dismantling of Meath last time out, when they fell to a hugely disappointing defeat in Cavan, so manager Malachy O’Rourke ...

Donegal 3-18 Monaghan 1-06 IF 2012 was a painful year for the Monaghan hurlers, 2013 could be equally as sore given that they were left all at sea by a rampant Donegal side in a game that turned into a veritable procession in the second half. This was Joe Morris’s first official outing in charge and it ended in disappointment with an eighteen points mauling at the hands of a ruthless Donegal in Letterkenny. Following the resignation of Mattie Lennon last April when Monaghan handed Fingal a walkover in the Division 3A final over ...

BY JOHN GRAHAM ast Saturday’s Ulster GAA Convention in St Michaels College Enniskillen was by and large pretty run-of-the-mill although there were one or two things that lifted it above the ordinary. A new president was installed with Martin McAviney taking over the office from the outgoing President Aogan Farrell who had completed his three year term. Martin is also the first president of the Council from Monaghan in over 41 years and it was celebration on the double for Monaghan as John Connolly, a former Monaghan county board chairman ...

BY JOHN GRAHAM It truly was a Gathering in every sense of the word as almost 500 guests converged on the Hillgrove Hotel from all arts and parts both from within Ireland and from abroad to support this major fundraising event and for many to rekindle their affinity with the school that had been part of their lives in so many ways. In welcoming the guests school Principal Raymond McHugh spoke of the very important part that gaelic games had played in the life of St Macartan’s over the last hundred years ...

Bryansford 0-16 Emerald Sarsfields 2-07 BY JOHN GRAHAM MONAGHAN U21 champions Emerald Sarsfields bowed out of the Creggan based Ulster U21 tournament when they were on the wrong end of a three points margin at the end of this high scoring and very entertaining semi final encounter in Creggan last Sunday. Now in its fourth year the Down champiions have figured in all four finals and Bryansford are hoping to continue that good run by making it three tournament victories out of four finals for the Mourne men. With that record it was no ...