Articles in the GAA Category

Hughes, Carey, McCarthy and Turley on the spot for champions Scotstown SCOTSTOWN 0-19 TRUAGH 2-13 John Graham reports Scotstown survived a real scare in this at times tense local derby game in Clontibret last Sunday afternoon, fighting back initially to force extra time and then surviving a penalty shootout when the sides were still deadlocked after twenty plus hectic minutes to keep their undefeated senior football championship run intact. This is a game that Truagh will look back on though as one that they were in a strong position to push for victory, but ...

COLM SHALVEY Monaghan teams thrived at the All-Ireland 7s in Naomh Mearnóg and Kilmacud Crokes last weekend. Emyvale, O’Neill Shamrocks and Castleblayney U-14s all brought All-Ireland titles home to top off an historic weekend for Ladies Football, which saw another record attendance at Sunday’s finals triple-header at Croke Park. Emyvale claimed their third All-Ireland Senior Sevens Ladies Football Championship title following a hectic day of action at Naomh Mearnóg and St. Sylvester’s GAA Clubs in Dublin on Saturday. The north-Monaghan club delivered their first All-Ireland Sevens success since 2015, following ...

Years are passing us by so quickly, it’s eight years since Denise Toner returned to the competitive running scene, and in that time she never could have dreamed of the feats she has achieved in to this point in her career. Back to the beginning, she had dominated the local road racing circuit in the early years, progressing on to the Cross Country where she won an Ulster Intermediate title in her second year. In 2014 she returned to track running and in 2015 after winning the National Indoor 800m ...

COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY There has been much talk about Séamus McEnaney’s return as manager of the Monaghan senior footballers for 2020, with experienced players Conor Mc- Manus and Darren Hughes welcoming the Corduff man’s re-appointment to take the reins from Malachy O’Rourke. Banty’s track record – including six campaigns in this role between 2005 and 2010 – is well known within the county, so here we put the spotlight on the high-profile members of his backroom….

Team captain delights in adding to Fontenoys’ fame KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Ever since winning the county JFC title in 2000, Donaghmoyne have been the flavour du jour in Monaghan ladies football circles. Last weekend, the Fontenoys did what they do best; they clinched yet another county title with their 1-15 to 0-11 SFC final victory over eager Emyvale marking their 17th successive annexation of the blue riband title. Back in 2003 when the Farneysiders clinched their first Monaghan SFC title, a 13 year old Hazel Kingham (CIRCLED) shone like a pearl on ...

Rampant Clontibret win coveted Corn Gael Linn with power-packed display CLONTIBRET 4-13 CASTLEBLAYNEY 2-12 Colm Shalvey reports Clontibret senior camogie team have become renowned for ‘boxing above their weight’, especially in the past year when they became the first-ever Monaghan camogie team to reach a Junior All-Ireland final. However, nothing quite prepared the spectators heading to Pάirc Grattan on Sunday last, for the heavy defeat they would inflict on a highly fancied Castleblayney team, seeking to get their hands on the coveted Corn Gael Linn for the first time since 2016. Clontibret took the ...

John Graham reports CASTLEBLAYNEY 2-15 DOOHAMLET 2-12 Castleblayney got their senior championship aspirations back on track while dumping next door neighbours Doohamlet out of the ser i es, in this at times scrappy e ncounter th at nevertheless built to an excit ing finish in a close ly fought second-half in Clontibret on Saturday evening last. Castleblayney were the more dominant team in the first half at the end of which they led by 1-8 to 0-4, the goal by Brendan McElroy in th e twen tieth minute. Do ohamlet were a transf ...

SCOTSTOWN 5-13 DOOHAMLET 2-12 Colm Shalvey reports Scotstown began their ‘drive for five’ with a five-star firstround win over Doohamlet in Clontibret last Sunday. Scotstown, who started with ten of the team that won their fourth straight SFC title last October, made light of the absence of three county players. The suspended Shane Carey and the injured Kieran Hughes were absent for Scotstown, but they have been boosted by the recent return to action of Darren Hughes, who got another 20 minutes of game-time. It was another Monaghan player, Conor McCarthy, who made ...

INNISKEEN 1-17 CURRIN 2-11 Colm Shalvey reports Inniskeen made a winning start to the SFC when they held off a valiant challenge from Currin in searing heat at Aughnamullen last Sunday. Inniskeen looked set for a fairly comfortable win during the first half, with Seán Jones, Andrew Woods and the Meegans causing Currin headaches, but the SFL’s bottom team belied their league form with their second-half comeback that took this game down to the wire. Jack McCarron hit 1-8 to keep Currin in with a chance of a shock win, but Inniskeen, who ...

COLM SHALVEY – COMMENTARY There was plenty of drama in last weekend’s club football championship action, with two games decided by penalty shoot-outs on Saturday. The first of those came in the JFC, where Rockcorry pipped neighbours Aghabog. That didn’t come without controversy, however, as one of the Rockcorry penalty takers hadn’t featured in the game but was apparently given the goahead by officials in Drumhowan. It went right down to the wire in Inniskeen, where it took ‘sudden death’ in the shoot-out for Donaghmoyne to see off fellow south-Monaghan side ...