Articles in the GAA Category

Escaping from Kingspan Breffni Park with maximum points is always a tough task, but Monaghan will need to improve on last weekend’s match with Cavan. by COLM SHALVEY … Less than a week after putting Meath to the sword in their Allianz National Football League Division Three opener, Monaghan were brought crashing back to earth by neighbours Cavan at Breffni Park last Saturday. With difficult conditions making for a poor playing surface, this was never going to be a classic and it quickly descended into a war of attrition, with Cavan leading ...

A Monaghan man will be at the helm of the Ulster Council for the first time in 42 years when Ballybay’s Martin McAviney is installed as Uachtaran of the council at this Saturday’s Ulster Convention which takes place in St Michael’s College, Enniskillen. 1971 marked the end of the presidential term of the last Monaghan man to hold the prestigious position of President when Michael Feeney finished his three-year stint and McAviney’s installation as President of the Council is the culmination of almost three decades of involvement by Martin as, first ...

Cavan 1-10 Monaghan 0-05 BY JOHN GRAHAM FOLLOWING their impressive display and emphatic victory over Meath in their opening game Monaghan were brought back down to earth with quite a bump as they proved no match for a highly motivated Cavan side in this scrappy, free riddled and at times quite bad tempered affair in Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday night last. This was a contest that was marred by the prevailing weather conditions with rain falling throughout making for greasy handling and underfoot conditions that led to a plethora of mistakes by both ...

After comprehensively beating Meath last Sunday, Malachy O’Rourke must surely be happy with his team. by COLM SHALVEY Football League campaign off to a flying start with a comprehensive win at home to Meath last Sunday, but what would have been most pleasing to manager Malachy O’Rourke was his team’s performance. The game in Clones had been billed as a showdown between the top two contenders for the Division Three title, but a combination of an impressive Monaghan and a dreadful Meath made it much more one-sided than anyone would have predicted. ...

Monaghan 1-18 Meath 2-03 MONAGHAN ultimately cantered to victory as Meath were ruthlessly put to the sword in this ultimately one-sided contest in Clones on Sunday last to get their division 3 campaign off to the best possible start and serve notice that they can be a team to be reckoned with in this series. Monaghan were only headed once in the entire contest and that after a brief period in the opening quarter when Meath snatched a goal somewhat against the run of play. Ultimately for the Royals though it was flattery ...

By Colm Shalvey Monaghan make the short trip to Cavan to take on their neighbours at Breffni Park on Saturday evening looking to build on their promising start to the Allianz National Football League. Just as the Dr. McKenna Cup Final defeat against Tyrone didn’t make Monaghan a bad team, the manner of last Sunday’s win at home to Meath doesn’t make them world beaters and Cavan will provide a tougher test, but Monaghan rightly go into this game in a positive frame of mind. This game not only offers Monaghan the ...

By John Graham Last Saturday night’s Dr McKenna Cup final may have been regarded by many as something of a gauge by which to measure where Monaghan are at and what their prospects can be this season. The first silverware of the season was on offer but it was disappointment for Monaghan as Tyrone retained their Dr McKenna Cup title but this Sunday there is a far more serious agenda on the table when Monaghan open their Allianz Football League division 3 campaign with a home game against Meath in Clones. Malachy ...

Thirty players were used in the Dr McKenna Cup campaign but the Monaghan team to play Meath on Sunday will be fuelled in the main by the tried and trusted. by COLM SHALVEY Monaghan have little time to contemplate their Dr. McKenna Cup Final defeat, as the new season moves up a gear with the start of the Allianz National Football League this Sunday, when they host Meath. Monaghan and Meath, who were both relegated from Division Two last year, are tipped to quickly bounce back to the second tier. Meath ...

Monaghan’s Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup bid came to a crashing end in last Saturday’s final against Tyrone, despite a promising start at Armagh’s Athletic Grounds. Monaghan led for large parts of the first half an hour, helped by a Kieran Hughes goal in the 12th minute, but the wheels came off in a 15-minute spell either side of half-time when Tyrone outscored Monaghan by 3-5 to 0-1. Mark Donnelly scored two of those three goals, while the other came from Stephen O’Neill, with Monaghan mistakes contributing to each of them. ...