Articles in the GAA Category

By Brenda McAnespie here was more recognition for Monaghan’s ladies footballers at last Friday night’s Ulster Writers Jubilee Awards held in the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran. Monaghan had two nominees for the Ladies Footballer of the Year Award, namely Catriona Mc Connell and Niamh Kindlon. Both of these players have had an excellent year, both for their county and clubs. In the end the award went to Niamh Kindlon from Magheracloone. Niamh has been an inspiration to any perspective lady footballer over the past years. Many will remember the young ...

BY COLM SHALVEY MONAGHAN GAA – A REVIEW OF 2012, the official yearbook of Monaghan County Board, was launched by Ard Stiúrthóir Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Páraic Duffy in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan on Sunday morning last. Following from the success of last year’s official yearbook, this year’s edition again gives a comprehensive review of all Monaghan GAA activity throughout the last 12 months. It recounts the story of the various championships within the county, records the fortunes of Monaghan county teams in all codes and casts an eye on 2012 as it ...

By John Graham With no contests for any of the positions on the Management Committee and no motions to debate last Thursday night’s County Convention in the Hillgrove Hotel was understandably a fairly low key affair but the reports from the sub committees in particular, along with the secretary’s report demonstrated just what a busy year 2012 had been. The only matter that was raised after the adoption of the Secretary’s report was when Currin delegate Aidan Quigley referred back to the outcome of the protracted issues surrounding the Monaghan versus Kildare ...

DONAGHMOYNE 1-10 CORNACON 1-05 BY BRENDA MCANESPIE DONAGHMOYNE made up for last year’s semi final defeat against Cornacon, when they produced yet another impressive performance to claim their third senior club All Ireland title with a gritty 1-10 to 1-5 victory over their old foes, and defending champions, from Connacht. Donaghmoyne started with all cylinders firing, attacking Cornacon right from the throw in. Indeed it was this relentless pressure that resulted in Donaghmoyne getting off to a dream start. Amanda Casey found Eillen Mc Elroy who was fouled and the resulting free was converted by ...

BY JOHN GRAHAM The appointment of Frank Brady as the new manager of the county minor football team in succession to Colin McAree was ratified at a special county committee meeting on Thursday night last. Frank Brady comes into the position on the back of a very successful year with the county minor hurling panel last year when they won the Ulster double of minor league division 2 and the Shield section of the Ulster minor hurling championship. So what attracted Frank Brady to the position of minor football ...

What a weekend it turned out to be for everyone associated with the Castleblayney Faughs and indeed the people of Castleblayney! On Friday night the club proudly picked up the Overall Monaghan People of the Year Award at the gala event in the Hillgrove Hotel (see separate article), while Sunday saw the club hosting its second hugely successful Castleblayney 5K. Proceeds will be divided between three local charities: St. Mary’s Hospital Castleblayney, Team Cian and Castleblayney CancerCare. Wakening up on Sunday morning and pulling back the curtains to a cold and frosty morning, ...

Fontenoys seek third All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship title in the noughties. by KEVIN CARNEY It’s being billed as a straight shoot-out between Donaghmoyne dynamo Cathriona McConnell and Mayo maestro Cora Staunton but the first-named is having none of it. Captain McConnell will lead the Monaghan and Ulster champions into the All-Ireland club SFC final at Ballinamore, county Leitrim this Sunday (1.30pm) against the Staunton-powered Connacht champions, Cornacon. But any talk of the title being decided by two players on the pitch this weekend is knocked straight on the head by ...

BY JOHN GRAHAM The final Acorn Life sponsored Scór na nÓg took place in Ardaghey Community Centre on Friday night last November 23rd where a capacity crowd was treated to and thoroughly enjoyed a great nights entertainment and great credit is due to all the performers on the night. It is an old cliché but still a true one that all the performers were all winners on the night. Eleven clubs in all were represented in the final, Scotstown, Sean McDermotts, Emyvale, Drumhowan, Monaghan Harps, Monaghan Haps Ladies, Clones, Killeevan, Truagh, Aghabog ...

COOKSTOWN 1-06 DOOHAMLET 0-08 This is one that Doohamlet will look back on as the one that got away as they allowed Cookstown Fr Rocks off the hook in a tense finale by squandering a number of chances for at least an equaliser and that would have forced extra time in difficult conditions in Brewster Park, Enniskillen, on Sunday afternoon last. John Gilmore opened the scoring for the Tyrone champions when he converted a ‘45 in the third minute and Doohamlet might well have been level if not in front before Cookstown struck again ...

A day of drama ended joyless for county’s standard-bearers -but, like General Patton, they shall return by JOHN GRAHAM In a day of dramatic action in the Ulster club championship senior, intermediate and junior semi finals there was drama aplenty and numerous talking points, but, at the end of the day, it was bitter disappointment for Monaghan’s two representatives, Doohamlet in the intermediate series and Drumhowan in the junior. For these two clubs their semifinal outings will be games that will cause some soul-searching in the weeks and maybe even months ahead ...