Articles in the GAA Category

ell-known former manager of the Monaghan county team, and current Meath GAA football manager, Seamus “Banty” McEnaney has had a High Court judgement of €13.49 million registered against him in favour of Allied Irish Banks. Last Thursday’s Irish Times reported that Pilerp Ltd, a development company in which Mr McEnaney had a one-third share, had gone into receivership. The company had been involved in developing apartments at The Diamond, Monaghan Town. But on 13th December last, AIB appointed Martin Ferris of Ferris & Associates as receiver. The ...

The great and the good associated with Monaghan GAA will be present at the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan town on Saturday night, January 22nd for what should prove to be another star-spangled Annual Awards night jointly sponsored by the Northern Standard and R&S Printers. The night will showcase the array of Gaelic games talent who plied their skills in county Monaghan during 2010 as well as reflecting on the exploits of some of the stars from the past. In that latter regard, the members of the 1985 National Football League and Ulster ...

The shock and grief widespread in Co Monaghan at the news of the murder of Tyrone woman Michaela McAreavey while on honeymoon in Mauritius found expression at Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council when members united with Co Mayor Jackie Crowe in expressing sympathy with her family on the tragedy. Councillors emphasised the close bonds between the people of Monaghan and Tyrone and the local esteem and affection commanded by Michaela’s father Mickey Harte, the manager of the Tyrone county football team. Formally proposing a vote of sympathy ...

Darren Doherty arrived home to a hero’s welcome once again when Emyvale GAA and invited guests assembled in the Leisure Centre in Emyvale to honour his achievements at the US Junior Nationals. The Irish Junior Team arrived in Dublin Airport on Monday at 1.30 after a long journey of 18 hours from San Diego via San Francisco and Frankfurt, tired but a happy bunch of handballers following their amazing success story at the 55th USHA Junior Nationals. The 6 members of the team, Caolan Daly (Tyrone), Killian Carroll ...

By Kevin Carney The changing of the guard at county management level in the dregs of 2010 will not dilute the hunger and the ability of the Monaghan senior footballers to challenge for honours in 2011. That’s the view of erstwhile county selector Adrian Trappe ahead of the commencement of action in the Dr. McKenna Cup this weekend. Trappe was part of Seamus McEnaney’s management team for four years until the much-publicised exit from the stage of the Corduff man’s think-tank last Autumn. With just days to go before Eamonn McEneaney’s charges make their ...

This Sunday Monaghan open their 2011 season with a trip to Celtic Park in Derry for their opening game in the Barrett Sports Lighting Dr McKenna Cup. Celtic Park has not been a happy hunting ground for Monaghan over the years and Sundays contest will be a good test for what will be by and large an experimental Monaghan team. Team manager Eamonn McEnaney has been unable to get much by way of preparation done due to the training ban that applies for the months of November and December ...

Their long delayed final of the Streamline Coaches sponsored intermediate football league between Doohamlet and Inniskeen has been postponed yet again, the return of the Arctic chill making for a situation where it was impossible to go ahead with last Sunday’s rescheduled fixture. Already postponed on four previous occasions it was hoped that the staging of the final on Sunday last would have completed the club fixtures programme within the calendar year but the weather again took a hand and for the first time in many years if not over a ...

Corduff’s reign as Ulster junior club champions could be a short one if Swanlinbar are successful with their objection to the constitution of the Corduff team that defeated them in the final. Swanlinbar have lodged an objection to the result of last Sunday week’s final with the Ulster Council on the grounds that Corduff played someone who was ineligible to compete in adult championship football as laid out in Rule 6.18 of the Official Guide. By JOHN GRAHAM That rule sets out the respective age criteria for grades from Under 12 ...

Barring the intervention of the weather yet again or some other unforeseen circumstance this Sunday should see the conclusion of the domestic programme of matches with the final of the Streamline Coaches sponsored intermediate football league between Doohamlet and Inniskeen in Drumhowan. This is a game that has been in the waiting for some time as it was originally fixed for November 21st but the recent inclement weather and Doohamlet’s involvement in the final of the Ulster intermediate club championship saw it put on hold in successive weekends all of which ...

By JOHN GRAHAM The continuation of the big freeze with subzero temperatures right across the country saw the decimation of practically every sporting event in the country over last weekend and the blanket cancellation of all the GAA matches. The previous weekend all three Ulster club championship finals, the junior decider between Monaghan champions Corduff and Cavan champions Swanlinbar, the intermediate decider between Doohamlet and Fermanagh champions Lisnaskea and the senior final between Armagh champions Crossmaglen and Donegal champions Naomh Conaill, Glenties, were called off as the weather situation deteriorated. Immediately the games ...