By Shaun Casey GETTING to play new teams offers new challenges and for Magheracloone manager Damian Feeney, he is embracing the freedom of Ulster. In Monaghan, the teams know each other inside out, but Ulster is an entirely different ballgame. Sure, opposition managers will do their homework and analysis, as Feeney has spent the past […]
By Niall Gartland 2021 ULSTER Junior Champions Carrickmacross have solidified their progress in recent seasons and now stand on the cusp of a provincial title at Intermediate level. They take on Mullahoran in Omagh on Sunday in the curtain-raiser to the Ulster Senior Club Championship showdown, but Carrick fans shan’t be too worried about what […]
By Shaun Casey FOLLOWING on from their impressive victory over Middletown the first day out, Castleblayney sharpshooter Niall Garland is hoping his side can continue their winning trend against Antrim champs Carey Faughs on Sunday. Both sides arguably upset the odds in the Ulster quarter-finals, with a late Garland free helping Blayney nip by Middletown […]
By Shaun Casey MAGHERACLOONE has been painted black and white for the last few weeks and manager Damian Feeney is hoping that the feel-good factor surrounding the club will hang around for another wee while yet. The ladies team reached the county final, after ending Donaghmoyne’s dominance on the club scene, but unfortunately for them […]
By Shaun Casey FINALS don’t come around too often for Éire Óg so boss Raymond Leonard and his team are certainly making the most of this opportunity. They take on Drumhowan this weekend in their first Monaghan Junior Championship final appearance since 2007. Aughnamullen earned the crown that year, so you have to go all […]
By Shaun Casey MONAGHAN goalkeeper Rory Beggan is “excited” by the new rule enhancements that will be trialed at Croke Park over the weekend and hopes they will improve Gaelic football as a spectacle. Jim Gavin’s FRC committee have brought forward seven new rules that will change the face of the sport. A number of […]
By Niall McCoy THE realities of the provincial bear-pit will have become apparent for recently-crowned Monaghan champions Emyvale as they prepare for Sunday’s home tie with Armagh representatives Clann Éireann. For a week, the Oriel side were celebrating and for once, when a team says they weren’t looking past their own county championship there probably […]
EIMEAR McAnespie from newly-crowned Monaghan senior club champions Emyvale has been honoured with The Croke Park Hotel/LGFA Player of the Month award for September 2024. Emyvale made history on Sunday September 29 when they won the coveted county senior title for the first time in the club’s history. Eimear, 26, captained Emyvale to glory against […]
By Shaun Casey LOCAL derbies can often take on a life of their own and Latton boss David Lennon is expecting that to once again be the case this weekend as his side take on Ballybay in the Monaghan Championship quarter-final. Ballybay edged both league encounters by the minimum of margins, so Latton will be […]
By Niall Gartland NEW Monaghan boss Gabriel Bannigan says that assembling an impressive backroom team was pivotal to his decision to put his name forward for the position of manager. An enticing opportunity opened up when Vinny Corey stepped down after two years in charge, and Bannigan, who had been part of Corey’s backroom team, […]
