By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN’S season is on the line at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park this Saturday as they take on Longford in a must win Lory Meagher Cup encounter. At the present minute, Monaghan sit outside the top two in the table. Leitrim claim the number one position on eight-points and already have booked their […]
By Shaun Casey WITH two games remaining in the Lory Meagher Cup, Monaghan are still in the shakeup for a two-top finish, which would qualify them for the final, and Arthur Hughes says that’s the target for his side. The Farney men are at home in round four as they welcome Lancashire to Inniskeen, a […]
By Shaun Casey TRUAGH have the massive challenge of taking down Monaghan hurling kingpins Castleblayney on Sunday as they attempt to win the Senior Championship for the first time in their history, and boss Brian Cummins says they’ll give it their best shot. The hurling end of the club was only created 30 years ago, and […]
By Niall Gartland STANDING in Monaghan’s way of a place in the Lory Meagher Cup final are a New York team that has yet to play a game in the competition, an “absolute joke” on two fronts according to Farney boss Arthur Hughes. The Monaghan Hurlers have battled their way through five group stage matches […]
By Shaun Casey WHILE Saturday’s final league fixture against Longford will have zero bearing on how the Division Four table ends up, Monaghan are still targeting an improved performance as they look towards the championship, says Niall Garland. The Farney men have been in poor form lately, winning just once in their previous five outings, […]
By Shaun Casey BOTH Monaghan and Lancashire are pretty much out of the promotion race in Division Four but with two games remaining until the end of the league, pride will still be at stake inside the two changing rooms on Sunday. Arthur Hughes’ Farney men have picked up two points from their four outings […]
By Shaun Casey CASTLEBLAYNEY regained their position as the top team in Monaghan and made up for last year’s devastating one-point defeat to Inniskeen with a convincing victory over the same opposition last Sunday afternoon. Brian McGuigan and Thomas Hughes rattled off early goals to give ‘Blayney a foothold in the game as they flew […]
By Michael McMullan IT’S a busy time for Monaghan u-20 hurling manager Patrick Hannon. On Saturday he’ll be in Kingspan Breffni as the county take on Leitrim with the aim of winning the All-Ireland C title. Last weekend, he oversaw the u-17s double scores win over Longford to book a Celtic Challenge final berth. Advertisement […]
By Niall Gartland THE Monaghan hurlers are already potentially in a spot of bother as they gear up for a difficult assignment away to Donegal this Saturday in Letterkenny. The Farney are bottom of the table with nothing to show from their first two matches, having lost heavily at the hands of Roscommon and Mayo […]
By Shaun Casey WHETHER it be a meaningless challenge game at the start of the season or a hell for leather championship match, Cavan and Monaghan usually bring the best out in each other. A win in a derby is nothing to be sniffed at. Cavan upset the odds last season in the second round […]
