Articles in the GAA Category

Job Shadow Day, sponsored by IrishJobs.ie is a great opportunity to promote and encourage an inclusive workplace. Jobseekers gain an insight into a particular job or professional field by joining up for the day with a business in their community. Participants explore the world of work by ‘shadowing’ someone in the workplace as they go about their normal working routine. For the second year, Monaghan County Council has teamed up with Drumlin House training centre to support Job shadow day in county Monaghan. Social inclusion development officer with Monaghan County Council ...

Monaghan           4-10 Longford                 0-10 By COLM SHALVEY MONAGHAN made a fine start to the Nicky Rackard Cup with a convincing win over Longford at wet and windy Clones last Saturday. Despite playing two-thirds of this game with 14 men after Fergal Rafter was harshly sent off for two bookings in quick succession, Monaghan won both halves by two goals to go through with plenty to spare. Longford began with purpose and trailed by just a point on 25 minutes, playing ...

Latton                  0-09 Inniskeen                1-05 By COLM SHALVEY LATTON secured a second narrow home win in the County Monaghan Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League in less than a week when they edged out Inniskeen on Monday. Three consecutive defeats had seen Latton slip to second-from-bottom ahead of last Wednesday’s clash with Magheracloone, but they won that by three points and they dug out a win by the minimum margin here to move into a share of fourth place. Inniskeen ...

May 24th will see Monaghan and Cavan going head-to-head at Kingspan Breffni Park in the Ulster Senior Football Championship. by JOHN GRAHAM As of this moment in time with the launch of the senior football championship being held last night, Wednesday, May 6th in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal town, all nine counties can entertain thoughts of winning the 2015 Ulster senior football championship. Not too many though would give public voice to those thoughts given that not a ball has been kicked in anger and no doubt endless dramatic scenes ...

BY COLM SHALVEY Monaghan’s senior hurlers start their Nicky Rackard Cup campaign with a home game against Longford in Clones on Saturday at 5pm. Monaghan go into this championship on the back of a progressive spring, which saw them reach the Allianz National Hurling League Division 3A Final. Monaghan went through the Division 3A group games without losing and although their unbeaten record under new manager Trevor Hilliard ended in the final against Tyrone, they could take plenty of positives from their run. Saturday’s visitors to St. Tiarnach’s Park are Longford, who ...

The Cavan v Monaghan Ulster SFC clash is fast approaching. A Cavan native living in county Monaghan and a Monaghan man living in county Cavan give their views on what’s likely to happen on May 24th next. by KEVIN CARNEY For some fans of a certain vintage, Gaelic football these days is flat beer compared to the champagne commonly served up in times past. Those who claim to have often been lulled into somnolence by a lot of the football played this year so far are doubtless harbouring hopes that a ...

The creme de la creme of under 14 talent in Monaghan will be showcased this coming Saturday when the race to represent the county at this year’s national Feile football finals enters the final lap. by KEVN CARNEY Four clubs will stand shoulder to shoulder in Blackhill as they seek to get their hands on the mother and father of underage prizes with Carrickmacross Emmets, Castleblayney Faughs, Truagh and Donaghmoyne all set to put their best foot forward in the hope of claiming the spoils. First to cross swords at the mid-Monaghan ...

Carrickmacross 3-13 Drumhowan 1-06 By COLM SHALVEY CARRICKMACROSS continued their promising start to the Intermediate Football League campaign with a comprehensive win at home to Drumhowan last Sunday. Just four days after putting four goals past neighbours Corduff, Carrick hit the net three times in the first half of this one-sided game to put the 2014 JFC winners to the sword. Aaron Jones, Kevin and Peter O’Hanlon, Stephen Gollogly, Conor and Gary McEnaney and Niall Loughman all made important contributions for Carrick, while Drumhowan, who were without Kevin Mooney due to a bereavement, had few ...

Monaghan 0-15 Derry 1-08 PLAYING with fourteen men for the final eight minutes of the first half and finishing with thirteen players proved a bridge too far for Derry as Monaghan built in momentum and in the end won with something to spare at the end of this entertaining if never spectacular Ulster Uner-21 Football Championshp game played in chilly and greasy conditions in Inniskeen last Wednesday night. Monaghan’s preparations had been the most meticulous for a number of years, taking part in both the Hastings Cup, where they reached the Shield ...

Monaghan face a daunting task in Sunday’s trip to Tralee to face All-Ireland champions Kerry in the penultimate round of the NFL Div 1. by COLM SHALVEY Monaghan can be content with their league campaign so far, but the last two games provide arguably their toughest tests, with Sunday’s game coming a week before the previous All-Ireland winners, Dublin, come to Clones. Malachy O’Rourke’s side have put themselves in a good position to stay up, but they still need a big result against one of the big guns in the next ...