Articles in the GAA Category

All-Ireland Club Final Truagh can become the second Monaghan club to win the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championship and the first since Inniskeen in 2006 when they contest Sunday’s final at Croke Park. by COLM SHALVEY iltane from Mayo are the team standing between Truagh and another piece of history in what looks to be a finely-balanced AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Football Club Championship Final at Croke Park this Sunday. Truagh, who were relegated in 2012 after spending four consecutive years in senior football, were immediately installed as favourites to bounce back, but ...

Monaghan 0-14 Down 1-11 By JOHN GRAHAM MONAGHAN are off the mark in their National Football League division 2 campaign after their game against Down finished all square in Newry, the Mourne men plundering a point with a late rally. This game was originally fixed for last Saturday night but earlier on Saturday evening Pairc Esler was deemed unplayable after a pitch inspection but for a pitch that was unplayable on Saturday night it stood up remarkably well on Sunday, after being passed as playable following another pitch inspection that took place around 9.30am ...

Victory for Monaghan is key to prevent having to play catch-up when the 2014 Allianz National Football Leagues begin on Saturday. by COLM SHALVEY he 2014 Allianz National Football Leagues begin on Saturday, with Monaghan one of the first counties in action when they travel to Newry to play Down. Starting a league campaign as Ulster champions for the first time in 25 years, Monaghan will now be a team that others will be targeting wins against, particularly provincial rivals. Having built up momentum last year by winning six out of eight league games ...

Truagh 2-10 Geraldines 1-09 By COLM SHALVEY Truagh qualified for their first ever All-Ireland final with a four-point win over Louth and Leinster IFC champions Geraldines after a dramatic finish to this semi-final at a wet and windy Crossmaglen last Sunday. Truagh looked to be cruising when they led by three points after playing into a strong wind in the first half and all the more so when Mark Counihan scored the opening goal just after the restart. An unanswered 1-5 blitz in the space of ten minutes brought Geraldines level, however, and they looked ...

Two Mile House 0-13 Emyvale 2-06 By JOHN GRAHAM IT was heartbreaking for Emyvale when Kildare and Leinster champions Two Mile House booked their place in the AIB All-Ireland Club Junior Football Championship Final with an injury time winner at Pearse Park Longford last Sunday. Two Mile House opened the scoring with a point by Chris Healy on four minutes and Niall Browne put them two points in front after seven minutes. A minute later Emyvale opened their account through David McAllister and then equalised through a Daniel McMahon free. Then, in the 16th ...

Cavan 0-16 Monaghan 1-09 By JOHN GRAHAM MONAGHAN’S interest in the Dr McKenna Cup was brought to an end as a sharper, stronger Cavan booked their place in the final at the end of this hugely entertaining and at times very exciting semi-final that was played in somewhat heavy going in Enniskillen on Sunday last. Monaghan enjoyed their best spell of game in the opening 20 minutes at the end of which they were ahead by three points but Cavan then started to come more into things especially in midfield with Eugene Keating, David ...

The Northern Standard/ R&S Printers Monaghan GAA Awards JOHN GRAHAM The Hillgrove Hotel has hosted many Gala occasions for the GAA in Monaghan over the years and last Saturday night was another such occasion when those who excelled at club level both on and off the field last year were recognised and their efforts rewarded in the Northern Standard/R&S Printers sponsored Monghan GAA Annual Awards. The Footballer of the year awards in senior, intermediate and junior all followed the championship winners where Scotstown, Truagh and Emyvale players were all recognised. Top of the agenda ...

Monaghan got a first win of 2014 in comfortable fashion in Clones last Sunday, when St. Mary’s University proved no match for the Ulster champions. Monaghan racked up 1-16 (1-14 from play) to get off the mark in the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup Section B. Just three of the starting team from the Ulster final were on from the throw-in of this one, but it was nonetheless a mature performance from a youthful Monaghan line-up that showed seven changes from the previous weekend’s loss to Derry. St. Mary’s had beaten Fermanagh ...

Monaghan 1-16 St Mary’s College 0-08 By JOHN GRAHAM After losing by four points to Derry in their opening game Monaghan needed a victory over St Mary’s College if they were to maintain any interest in this year’s Power Northern Ireland Dr McKenna Cup but the result of this clash in Clones last Sunday was never really in doubt even from the early stages as Monaghan proved the masters in most positions over the Belfast based students. St Mary’s had caused something of a surprise when they defeated Fermanagh last Wednesday night but on ...

By Kevin Carney Dr. McKenna Cup results will determine the line-up for this weekend’s semi-finals. Right from the time of the draw for the groups, we knew that the winners of Monaghan’s group would play the winner of Tyrone’s group and, after last Monday night when UUJ pulled the pin on their Wednesday night fixture away to Cavan, we knew the Breffni county would be facing the best runner up. Last Sunday, Cavan cruised to a decidedly unflattering 1-9 to 0-5 win over Down in Kingscourt. It was another shot in the ...