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 […]
By Niall Gartland MONAGHAN minors have reached their first All-Ireland final in 84 years and yes, it didn’t just happen by chance. It’s a relatively small county population wise (28th in the country in fact) but they have their house in order when it comes to gaelic football at all levels. Their flagship team – […]
THERE’S some good news for Monaghan fans ahead of their All-Ireland Group Stage opener against Derry on Saturday night. Ryan McAnespie returns to the starting 15 for the first time this season having returned from Australia in the build-up to last month’s Ulster Championship semi-final defeat against Derry. It’s a significant boost as he had […]
Derry man Diarmuid Scullion has coached in his own county and is in his fourth year with Scotstown seniors where he now lives. Michael McMullan asked him about both counties and their development. BORN in Bellaghy, Diarmuid Scullion has a different blue jersey on this radar. Married to Bernie, he has lived in her native […]
Ulster SFC semi-final Derry v Monaghan Saturday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 5pm By Michael McMullan RYAN O’Toole. What a man. The Scotstown defender’s wonder strike shot the Farney County into Saturday’s repeat of last year’s semi-final and another clash with reigning champions Derry. As a story, it will take some beating in Ulster this summer. Advertisement […]
By Michael McMullan FORMER Derry goalkeeper Barry Gillis is not surprised the underage production line has helped push the county up the footballing ladder. He feels the Oakleafers have pushed on since last year but Rory Beggan’s range of kicking will keep Derry guessing on Saturday at O’Neill’s Healy Park. Ironically it was Gillis who […]
Monaghan 2-17 Tyrone 1-18 RYAN O’Toole popped up with a dramatic late goal, on his championship debut no less, to seize victory for Monaghan in today’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Tyrone at O’Neill’s Healy Park. The wing-back had the goal at his mercy, six minutes into stoppage time, but it still would have been the […]
By Shaun Casey A LOT has changed in the twelve years since Kieran Duffy pulled on the blue and white jersey of his native county and lined out in the Ulster Championship for the very first time. That was back in 2011 as Monaghan travelled to Omagh to take on Tyrone in the provincial opener. […]
By Shaun Casey MINUTES before throw in, Monaghan announced four late changes to their previously named starting line-up for their relegation decider against Mayo in Castlebar. Karl O’Connell and Shane Carey came into the half-back line while Jack McCarron and Conor McManus started as the two corner-forwards. Kieran Duffy and Ryan Wylie were already in […]
By Shaun Casey CONOR McManus can still play a pivotal role for Monaghan this season, even if it’s only from the bench, suggests his Clontibret clubmate Dessie Mone. Mone spent many years battling alongside McManus in the blue and white of Monaghan, winning Ulster titles in 2013 and 2015. Mone also insists that Vinny Corey, […]
