FEATURE: Inniskeen’s road to glory


Shaun Casey looks back on Inniskeen’s surge to All-Ireland Intermediate honours in 2006 IT may not have felt like it at the time, but relegation from the Senior division at the end of the 2004 season was a blessing in disguise for Inniskeen. While dropping back into Intermediate hurt, it provided the springboard for the […]


Blayney hoping to end 12 months of hurt


By Shaun Casey LAST season’s gut-wrenching defeat at the hands of Inniskeen has been a pain that has stuck with Castleblayney for a whole 12 months. One point was the difference in the 2023 decider, and ‘Blayney have the opportunity to avenge that defeat this weekend against the same opposition. That loss knocked Castleblayney into […]


Monaghan eyes move towards championship


THE draws for the 2024 Monaghan Championships have been made. Senior champions Scotstown, who reached the Ulster Club final last year and are currently top of the league, will once again begin the campaign as heavy favourites to continue their domination. They begin their title defence against Ballybay a repeat of the 2022 decider, which […]


McEntee back with Inniskeen


By Shaun Casey LAST season’s beaten Monaghan finalists Inniskeen have retained the services of their manager John McEntee. McEntee led the club to their first Senior Championship final appearance since 1990, but they lost out to Oriel kingpins Scotstown. The 2002 All-Ireland Armagh winning centre half-forward has already tasted championship success in the Farney County […]


Scotstown hoping to recapture their throne


By Shaun Casey 77 days after locking horns in the opening round of the championship, Inniskeen and Scotstown will once again do battle on Sunday in the Senior Championship Final (Clones, 3.30pm). That day, two points were on offer at the start of the group stages, but now, the Mick Duffy Cup is the prize […]


A long time coming for Inniskeen


These days don’t come around too often for Inniskeen as we reflect on the last time they reached a Monaghan SFC final all the way back in 1990. Shaun Casey reports…. NO one imagined it would take over 30 years for Inniskeen to reach another Senior Championship final, especially at half time of the 1990 […]


Final four face off in Farney County


By Shaun Casey SEMI-FINALS are for winning and at St Tiernach’s Park this Sunday, four teams are 60 minutes away from securing their spot in the Monaghan SFC final. Scotstown are part of the furniture on county final day at this stage, having featured in the last ten, while Clontibret have collected the Mick Duffy Cup […]


JACK MADDEN: Moving day in Monaghan


THE Monaghan Senior Football Championship hasn’t been hugely kind to Donaghmoyne Fontenoys. Last year, their campaign began with a daunting trip to 2019 champions Clontibret. Former Sigerson player of the year Davy Garland was deployed as the sole forward, as Donaghmoyne set up a rigid 14-man defence, breaking at rapid pace to feed Garland. Conor McManus […]


O’Dowd set for McEntee reunion


By Kieran Lynch ON Saturday, Clontibret host Inniskeen in a top of the table clash in Group Two of the Monaghan Senior Football Championship, with the potential to jump above them and move into first place. However, because that game throws in at 6pm, with Donaghmoyne facing Scotstown at 3pm, Clontibret manager Mick O’Dowd believes […]