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 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 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 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 […]
By Shaun Casey EVERY manager wants to instil a winning mentality into their team and Monaghan now have then says their manager Arthur Hughes, but it’s about pushing on now and aiming for bigger and better in 2024. Monaghan claimed their first ever All-Ireland title last season, defeating Lancashire in the Lory Meagher Cup final […]
By Oisín Duddy CASTLEBLAYNEY hurler Niall Garland says that hurling is the only thing on their minds as they prepare for this weekend’s Twinning final against Sean Treacy’s in London. The Monaghan side qualified for the Twinning Cup game (effectively an All-Ireland quarter-final) with victory over St Eunan’s, Letterkenny in the Ulster Junior final a […]
By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN were crowned Lory Meagher Cup champions for the first time in their history last weekend as they saw off Lancashire following a high scoring affair, winning 3-22 to 3-20 in the end. It was a “fairytale finish” according to manager Arthur Hughes. Monaghan drew with Leitrim before losing to Cavan in the […]
