Articles in the GAA Category

Latton 1-14 Scotstown 0-13 Reigning champions Scotstown will have to rely on the back door route if they are to retain their Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship title following this defeat to Latton who were full value for their victory as they executed their game plan very effectively while Scotstown just failed to sparkle on the day. Despite conceding an early goal and losing Darren Hughes to injury after some 5 minutes Scotstown more than broke even in the opening half and opened a 2 points lead by the 20th minute but ...

Monaghan Harps 1-10 Castleblayney 0-12 Monaghan Harps, who were defeated in last year’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final, got their 2016 championship aspirations back on track when they staged a strong second-half performance to knock Castleblayney out. The crucial score was a goal by Gary White with eight minutes remaining and when Neil McAdam added a point immediately afterwards to put the Harps four points up, it left Castleblayney with quite a job on their hands. To their credit, Castleblayney rallied, but they could not engineer that vital breakthrough for the ...

“Following a period of reflection”, Malachy O’Rourke has decided to remain in charge of the Monaghan team. by COLM SHALVEY Having led Monaghan to Ulster titles in 2013 and 2015, this summer was an underwhelming one for O’Rourke and co., but the Fermanagh native has committed to a fifth year in charge. O’Rourke, who agreed an extension until the end of next year back in 2014, and his selectors are now “looking forward to the challenges a new season will bring”, Monaghan GAA announced in a statement on Tuesday. A comprehensive win ...

There are three games in the senior football championship this weekend, 2 on Saturday evening in Scotstown, Monaghan Harps taking on Castleblayney followed by the meeting of next door neighbours and fellow parishioners Doohamlet and Clontibret. The 3rd game sees Latton and Scotstown meeting in Castleblayney on Sunday evening. It’s the last chance saloon for both of these sides in this qualifier game as both suffered defeats in their opening championship games back in May, Monaghan Harps losing to Magheracloone by a 1-19 to 0-11 in Aughnamullen on May ...

There will be a unique pairing in the Silver Hill Farm Senior Hurling Championship Final with Inniskeen and Monaghan Harps set to contest the decider for the first time this Sunday in O’Neill Park. by COLM SHALVEY There is a novel pairing in Sunday’s Silver Hill Foods Senior Hurling Championship Final, as Inniskeen and Monaghan Harps contest the decider for the first time. Inniskeen are anything but strangers to this occasion, with this being their seventh consecutive final appearance, while the Harps are bridging a 12-year gap since they last made it ...

Donaghmoyne 1-14 Magheracloone 2-10 Donaghmoyne came with a late flourish to snatch victory in this absorbing under 21 Division 1 Championship Final that built to a sizzling climax in Pairc Eanna, Killanny, on Thursday evening last and in the process gained sweet revenge for their defeat by Magheracloone in last year’s decider at the same venue. Magheracloone held a slight edge on the scoreboard for most of this exciting contest that produced some brilliant passages of play and excellent scores, particularly from the respective sharpshooters, David Garland, Donaghmoyne and Alan McCahey ...

Currin’s travails in the intermediate league continue. On Sunday last, they out-scored (0-15 to 3-8) Emyvale but it was the visitors who went home with the Spoils after a fine contest. The homesters have been struggling of late to combat the effects that both injuries and emigration have had on their already small panel. That said, they started brightly, going five points ahead due to the complete dominance of Dick Clerkin, Jack Mc Carron and Stephen Smith. Indeed, Emyvale scored their only point from play in the first half in the eight ...

There will be a unique pairing in the Silver Hill Foods Senior Hurling Championship Final on Sunday week (August 7), with Inniskeen and Monaghan Harps in the final for the first time. by COLM SHALVEY Finalists Inniskeen are at this stage for a seventh year in a row after a comprehensive semi-final win away to neighbours Carrickmacross last Thursday evening. Ronan Meegan (0-11) and Tadhg Campbell (2-4) were in prolific form throughout for Inniskeen, who led by 2-11 to 0-3 at half-time and tacked on an unanswered 2-10 in the second half. ...

In the wake of Monaghan’s exit from the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the club scene moves up through the gears in the next few weeks. by COLM SHALVEY The tenth game of the 2016 Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship was a predictably easy win for Clones against Corduff last Saturday. Clones, who have seen a run of seven league games unbeaten lift them to third in the table, had goals by James Mealiff, Colm Connolly and Cian O’Connor and a string of points from Adrian Alford to thank for a straightforward ...

Monaghan’s summer came to an early end after a shock defeat at home to Longford in last Saturday’s Round 2B Qualifier at St Tiarnach’s Park. by COLM SHALVEY Longford and their manager Denis Connerton, who was also at the helm when the Leinster county won in extra-time in Clones back in 2002, came back to haunt Monaghan once again, with goals by Mickey Quinn and Robbie Smyth proving decisive. Having become accustomed to contesting Ulster finals and All-Ireland quarter-finals in the last few years – winning the provincial title in 2013 and 2015 ...