Articles in the GAA Category

Monaghan manager Eamonn McEneaney is confident that if Monaghan produces the football they are capable of they can advance to the Ulster Final. by JOHN GRAHAM Preparations have gone well and a number of injury worries have cleared up, all of which strengthens Eamonn McEneaney’s hand as he approaches Sunday’s Ulster Semi Final but he agreed immediately that Down would be a totally different proposition than Antrim and that Monaghan would have to step up their performance. “This is an Ulster semi-final and we will have to step up our performance ...

by COLM SHALVEY Monaghan will be hopeful of booking their place in a first Ulster Minor Football Championship Final since 2008 when they take on Down in Armagh on Sunday. After a solid Ulster Minor Football League campaign and an impressive first-round championship win over Antrim, hopes are high that Monaghan can make a rare appearance in the curtain-raiser on July 22. Monaghan have been in just two finals in this competition since 1983 and of course haven’t won the Liam Murray Cup since 1945, so a win on Sunday would ...

A place in Ulster Football’s showpiece offers Eamonn McEneaney’s men a shot at redemption – but injury scares are casting a shadow. by COLM SHALVEY A third Ulster Senior Football Championship Final appearance in six years is the prize on offer for Monaghan when they take on Down in Armagh on Sunday. A difficult two years which has seen Monaghan relegated twice and suffer first-round defeats in both the Ulster and All-Ireland championships could be redeemed somewhat by claiming a place in Ulster football’s showpiece on July 22. Monaghan have rarely, ...

EMYVALE 2-09 KILLEEVAN 0-07 BY JOHN GRAHAM A SHARPER, hungrier, more focused Emyvale got their junior championship campaign off to a winning start at the expense of an under strength Killeevan in what was overall a fairly low key yet competitive although at times scrappy affair that was played in wintry and blustery conditions in Tyholland on Friday evening last. Killeevan may have beaten Emyvale in the league earlier in the season but on this occasion Emyvale were hugely determined that there was going to be no repeat of that as they settled to ...

BALLYBAY 1-09 CARRICKMACROSS 0-12 BY JOHN GRAHAM BALLYBAY and Carrickmacross have to do it all again after they fought out an absorbing draw in their senior championship meeting in Aughnamullen on Sunday evening last. Overall a draw was probably a fair enough result although Ballybay will feel that they were marginally the better side throughout but they could never put any real daylight between themselves and a tenacious Carrickmacross who were fielding 8 players short of the team that won the intermediate double last year due to a variety of reasons and at ...

MON HARPS 1-12 TRUAGH 0-10 BY COLM SHALVEY MONAGHAN Harps kicked off the Gormley uPVC Senior Football Championship with a five-point win over Truagh in the preliminary round at Emyvale last Saturday. Truagh settled much quicker and they led by 0-6 to 0-1 after 20 minutes, but the Harps outscored them by 1-11 to 0-4 from that point on. A goal by Neil McAdam gave the Harps a foothold in the game and they produced a much-improved second-half performance to run out deserving winners. The Harps were grateful to goalkeeper Conall McKenna for making a couple ...

Monaghan can approach their Ulster SFC semi-final with confidence if Down’s travails against 14-man Fermanagh are a gauge. by KEVIN CARNEY Monaghan now stand between Down and a first appearance in an Ulster SFC final in nine years following the Mourne county’s workmanlike win over Fermanagh last weekend. The intensity and work-rate demonstrated by James McCartan’s troops suggests that the June 24th provincial semi-final shoot-out between his side and Monaghan will be a test of the ‘survival of the fittest’. In such a scenario, discipline is likely to be a key part ...

Drumlin Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League   P W D L F A PTS SD Ballybay 9 6 2 1 13 71 3 79 14 22 Carrickmacross 9 5 0 4 5 88 7 101 10 -19 Castleblayney 8 4 1 3 7 84 7 70 9 14 Magheracloone 8 4 1 3 5 83 5 75 9 8 Latton 8 3 2 3 8 69 7 64 8 8 Truagh 9 3 2 4 8 87 8 81 8 6 Clontibret 8 3 2 3 4 85 9 68 8 2 Monaghan Harps 9 3 2 4 5 86 8 86 8 -9 Scotstown 8 2 1 5 7 67 3 76 5 3 Currin 8 2 1 5 3 62 8 82 5 -35 Monaghan Electrical Intermediate Football League   P W D L F A PTS SD Doohamlet 8 7 0 1 10 82 6 62 14 32 Tyholland 8 5 0 3 12 82 5 85 10 18 Donaghmoyne 8 5 0 3 8 78 9 68 10 7 Aughnamullen 8 5 0 3 8 69 6 70 10 5 Cremartin 8 4 1 3 9 70 3 76 9 12 Corduff 8 4 0 4 9 83 9 67 8 16 Rockcorry 8 3 1 4 7 84 5 71 7 19 Inniskeen 8 3 0 5 4 82 8 82 6 -12 Toome 8 2 0 6 3 73 9 93 4 -38 Seán McDermotts 8 1 0 7 5 60 15 89 2 -59 Eurotech Junior Football League   P W D L F A PTS SD Clones 7 5 0 2 11 67 7 62 10 17 Emyvale 7 5 0 2 12 57 8 52 10 17 Aghabog 7 4 0 3 5 61 5 55 8 6 Killeevan 7 3 1 3 6 53 5 52 7 4 Drumhowan 8 3 1 4 6 77 14 76 7 -23 Blackhill 7 3 0 4 7 67 8 62 6 2 Killanny 7 3 0 4 5 63 9 67 6 -16 Éire Óg 7 2 1 4 4 67 4 69 5 -2 Oram 7 2 1 4 8 56 4 73 5 -5