With the interprovincial football series making a return at the weekend, Niall McCoy has a look at the recent roll of honour with one province enjoying plenty of success 2024 – Ulster AFTER an eight-year hiatus, the competition returned to test the new FRC rules and produced a good weekend’s entertainment, especially the final between […]
By Niall Gartland NEW Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan is hoping that some of the county’s living legends will decide to stay on board for 2025, but understands that it’s their own decision to make. Conor McManus, Darren Hughes and Karl O’Connell are all in the twilight of their playing careers and have yet to confirm […]
By Niall Gartland MONAGHAN’S search to appoint a successor to Vinny Corey has picked up pace – but there remains a considerable degree of uncertainty hanging over the vacant position of Derry Senior manager. In Monaghan, the date for applications has now expired and it’s been left to a management committee to determine who will […]
AFTER another weekend of championship action, here is the latest Gaelic Life team of the week… 1 HELEN CORCORAN Drumlane Big save early in the second half kept her side in control as they claimed their first-ever Cavan SFC title. Advertisement 2 JASON CAMPBELL Naomh Conaill Did a fine marking job on Patrick McBreaty […]
AFTER another weekend of championship action, here is our latest Team of the Week… 1 Rory Beggan Monaghan Pulled off two miraculous saves as Monaghan ground it out against the Lilywhites. 2 Michael McKernan Tyrone Advertisement McKernan had another championship stormer, coming up to score two points. 3 Cahir Spiers Derry His late, lobbed goal […]
Monaghan boss Vinny Corey has named his team to take on Kildare in O’Connor Park, Tullamore on Saturday. The All-Ireland series has reached the knockout stage and the loser of tomorrow’s clash will exit the competition. Monaghan are coming off the back on a two-point defeat to Donegal in the final round of the group […]
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 […]
By Shaun Casey AFTER back-to-back victories over Ulster rivals Donegal and table-toppers Roscommon, Monaghan breathed a sigh of relief last Sunday, their first of the season. After all the huffing and puffing that followed their defeats to Armagh and Kerry, things aren’t looking too bad. They’re not safe from relegation just yet, but those fears have […]
By Shaun Casey REMEMBER the 2005 and 2007 versions of the ‘Gaelic Games Football’ PlayStation games that offered so much but failed miserably to build on it’s potential? The shockingly bad graphics, repetitive commentary, and just the all-round poor quality meant the game was short lived. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s “banana and cup of tea at […]
MONAGHAN manager Malachy O’Rourke has included Darren Hughes amongst his substitutes for Sunday’s Ulster quarter-final against Cavan.
