Taste of success has Galway hungry for more
Galway fired out a warning that they could prove a force in the Ulster All-Ireland Championship by the manner in which they clinched the Allianz League Division Two trophy at Croke Park yesterday.
Galway fired out a warning that they could prove a force in the Ulster All-Ireland Championship by the manner in which they clinched the Allianz League Division Two trophy at Croke Park yesterday.
Monaghan moved into a four-way tie at the top of the Allianz Football League Division One with a comfortable win over Roscommon in Inniskeen yesterday.
Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke has every reason for feeling satisfied now that his side have joined Dublin and Tyrone as pacesetters in division one of the Allianz Football League.
Monaghan advanced to the Dr McKenna Cup semi-finals as Section B winners after they got the better of a plucky St Mary's University outfit in Inniskeen last night.
Fermanagh schoolteacher Malachy O'Rourke is clearly rated top of the class - in Monaghan.
Donaghmoyne wrote their own chapter in Ulster GAA history when they retained the All-Ireland Senior Club Ladies Football title yesterday.
Last year's beaten Ulster club finalists Scotstown retained the Monaghan SFC title with a four-point win over Clontibret in yesterday's final in front of an attendance of almost 4,000 at Castleblayney.
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Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke wasn't making any comment on his future or that of his players after they were dumped out of the Championship in a shock defeat against Longford in Clones on Saturday.
The biggest disappointment was that it had to end some time. A fascinating and ferocious replay that was every bit as gripping as the first instalment concluded with Donegal - having been much the better side throughout - prevailing by just a point to book a berth in their...
If you are looking for a man to wax lyrical in the immediate aftermath of a game, Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke is not your man.
If tonight's Ulster Under-21 football Championship final needed any more spice, it comes for Tyrone under the category of unfinished business against Monaghan at the Athletic Grounds (throw-in 8pm).
Monaghan produced an outstanding final quarter of football in the decidedly old-school venue of Castleblayney to preserve their top-flight status, when they edged Donegal out 1-10 to 1-9.
Monaghan left Armagh floundering in their slipstream in this Ulster Under-21 football championship semi-final at Pairc Esler, Newry.
Ulster University made an impressive start to the Dr McKenna Cup with a 10-point win over Monaghan in Clones yesterday. Despite lining out without some of their star players, UU ran out convincing winners, with 10 players getting scores, led by Evan Regan and Cailean O'Boyle who hit a combined total of 2-5.
The Kildare-Kerry and Dublin-Fermanagh All-Ireland quarter-final ties produced one scarcely credible statistic last Sunday - not a single card was brandished in either game.
One of the most astonishing statistics being bounced around the place since Monaghan's Ulster final victory over Donegal, concerns the impact of Donegal's captain, Michael Murphy.
They say you win a breakthrough title for the people who follow and support you, and the second triumph is always for yourself.
As tough as Monaghan were getting it in the All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Dublin last year, their resistance collapsed after Colin Walshe ruptured his cruciate ligament.
Malachy O'Rourke is not in the least surprised that his Monaghan side will again be crossing swords with Donegal in the Ulster final on Sunday.
Although Fermanagh managed to negotiate their qualifier tie against Antrim without experienced defender Ryan McCluskey, manager Pete McGrath reserved some stinging criticism for the Central Hearings Committee's decision not to overturn his suspension following a red...
This win put a nice end to a week that troubled Monaghan GAA, with the revelation that it was county panellist Thomas Connolly who had failed a drugs test earlier in the season.
Ten points separated these Ulster neighbours at the final whistle of yesterday's Ulster semi-final, but another example of the fine margins that exist in this competition came into play with two contentious refereeing decisions.
It's a sign of the times that a team walks away from Croke Park with congratulations ringing in their ears for losing narrowly to Dublin.
It was a game that probably shouldn't have gone ahead, but Donegal booked their place in the Ulster U21 final for the third year in a row at Healy Park, Omagh last night after a late pitch inspection.
Derry, Donegal and Tyrone have all fallen to Monaghan in Division One of the Allianz Football League to date.
An eight-point haul from Conor McCarthy proved decisive as Monaghan turned on the style in the second half to see off 13-man Derry in the Ulster U21 quarter-final last night.
Monaghan enhanced their chances of surviving in Division One of the Allianz Football League when they showed tremendous staying power to squeeze out Donegal by 0-9 to 1-4 yesterday.
Monaghan might have known it was not to be their day in Division One against Mayo yesterday when ace marksman Conor McManus withdrew from their side to be replaced by Owen Duffy.
The Competitions Control Committee of the Ulster Council are set to meet tonight to discuss the contents of the referee's report arising out of Sunday's heated McKenna Cup derby clash between Cavan and Monaghan.
The first McKenna Cup for any incoming manager can be a tricky period akin to cramming before an exam, but Down manager Jim McCorry can see both perspectives of having an experimental squad as they travel to Clones to face Monaghan this Sunday (throw-in 2pm).
Monaghan held off a late challenge from UUJ to win this free-flowing McKenna Cup opener at Castleblayney.
Hard, really, to explain the attraction, or even the sense, that 2015 is upon us and the McKenna Cup is in the air.
A Fermanagh native who is rapidly establishing himself as one of the top managers in the country and a Tyrone man with an inherent ability to pinpoint and nurture emerging talent will oversee Monaghan football for the next three years.
Four All-Star nominations for Monaghan is a strong indication that people sat up and took note of their progression in 2013, despite losing their Ulster crown, says Conor McManus.
Four Ulster teams – Donegal, Armagh, Monaghan and Tyrone – are included in the latest top 10 football rankings, thus underlining that football in the province is currently in rude health.
After experiencing an evening of shock and awe up close, Monaghan veteran Dick Clerkin was ideally-placed to offer a first-hand account of what Dublin can do to teams, following their 17-point win in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
What do you do when you are so far out in front of all the rest? Before Saturday nights' game, Dublin had won their two previous games by 16 points. This time they went to 17 and when you try to pierce or get under the skin of this Dublin team, through their figurehead, your...
After the fun and games of last weekend, when a number of managers and selectors planted a few choice words of advice for referees about future opponents, Monaghan's manager Malachy O'Rourke is delighted no such gamesmanship has taken place so far with Marty Duffy set to take charge of their game against Dublin.
Conor McManus thought that after spending several months 'managing' a hip problem as he played his part in bringing Monaghan into Division One of the Allianz League, he had endured sufficient discomfort for one season.
The prospect of meeting Dublin either in the Leinster championship or All-Ireland series this summer has been enough to make even the most focused team tremble.
On Saturday night, Monaghan's Christopher McGuinness left the Croke Park dressing rooms, glowing with the achievement of having hit the decisive score to seal the Oriel county's first Championship win in Croke Park in 84 years.
Funny how history repeats itself. Three years previously, a different 'outside' Kildare manager was answering questions about pre-game comments made in relation to an Ulster sides' gamesmanship, after a loss.
It's not a contradiction in terms to label this as an error-ridden epic, one part Galway v Kerry 2008 with the torrential rain aspect, the other part Donegal v Kildare in 2011 for sheer longevity and twists and turns.
The six-day turnaround. For so long the bane of the losing Ulster finalists, the notion of having to face another game within a week of losing a provincial final has melted away with the restructuring of the backdoor system this season.
A Tyrone man could play an important part in helping Monaghan into the All-Ireland quarter-finals when they meet Kildare in a Round 4B qualifier tie at Croke Park tomorrow.
When Armagh and Monaghan embark on their All-Ireland football qualifier Round 4B missions against Meath and Kildare respectively in Saturday's attractive Croke Park double-bill, they will both lean heavily on the input of their more venerable warriors in a concerted bid to reach...
It was the All-Ireland semi-final of 1930, against Kildare of all teams, when Monaghan last won a Championship game in Croke Park. It seems a crazy statistic, especially since Monaghan have become accustomed to winning at the Jones Road venue with successive league final...
Tyrone and Cavan ladies have booked round two All-Ireland senior qualifier ties with Monaghan and Laois respectively following weekend wins.
On Sunday, the priest celebrating Mass in Aughnacloy took very little heed of the few Donegal jerseys scattered around the back of the church, offering up a prayer that "Our neighbours in Monaghan" would prevail in the Ulster final.
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