Fixtures: Sunday, June 21: U-14 FL Division Five Shield Final v Donaghmoyne (Home) at 10.30am

Monday, June 22: U-14 HL v Carrickmacross (Away) at 7.30pm; LGFA U-14 FL Division One S-F v Donaghmoyne (Away) at 7pm

Tuesday, June 23: LGFA U-14 FL Division Four v O’Neill Shamrocks (Away) at 7pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday’s draw were 9, 15, 18 and 28. Jackpot of €2,600 not won. This week’s four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Rose Lawlor c/o Marian O’Brien; Mary McRory c/o Paddy Donnelly; Noel Hennessy c/o himself; and Michael McElvaney c/o Paddy Donnelly. The sellers’ prize of €20 was won by Séamus Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, June 21 is €2,700. Thanks to everyone for continuing to support our Lotto and to the committee and the regular helpers for their efforts in keeping the show on the road and providing essential funding towards our development work over the last three decades. We would greatly appreciate if every family involved in the club would consider setting up a recurring Lotto entry via ClubZap. Please note that the cut-off point for ClubZap each week is 6pm on Sunday.

IFL: We won away to Doohamlet in the Intermediate Football League last Friday night. Early goals by Kevin Loughran and Oisín Fagan got us off to a flying start, although Doohamlet cut the gap to just two points by half-time: 2-3 to 0-7. Our lads put in a strong performance during the second half, with scores from Seán Callan, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, John McCrystal, Lochlainn Power and Daragh Croarkin sealing a 2-17 to 0-10 win.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin (0-2, 1 2-pt-f); Ethan McCaffrey, Jake McConnon, Shane Moran; Shea Corrigan, Kevin Loughran (1-0), Gary Devlin; Lochlainn Power (Capt., 0-3, 1 2-pt), Dylan McKenna; Michael Galligan, Seán Callan (0-5, 1 2-pt, 1 2-pt-f, 1 ‘45), Oisín Fagan (1-0); Fionán Ó Gallchóir (0-4, 1 2-pt), John McCrystal (0-3), Dara Mullin.

Subs used: Cian Bradley; Daniel Alexis, Liam Hahessy; Conor Devlin.

Our next game is at home to Killanny on Friday, June 26.

Reserves: Our Division 1B team lost out to Truagh and Emyvale in the league this week. We wish Senan Cudden a speedy recovery from his injury from Friday’s game.

Team and scorers (v Truagh): Jason Allister; Ethan McCaffrey, Shane Moran (1-0), Max Mallen; Conor Devlin (Capt.), Oisín Fagan, Eoin O’Hanlon (1-1); Senan Cudden (0-2, 1 2-pt), Daniel Alexis (0-1, ’45); Shea Swift, Cian Bradley, Dara Mullin (0-2); Francis Lynch, Liam Hahessy (0-2f), Niall Greenan (0-1f).

Subs used: Evan Doherty; Luke Coyle; Gregory O’Connell; Ali Galligan.

Team and scorers (v Emyvale): Evan Doherty; John Sherry, Jake McConnon (0-1), Gregory O’Connell; Conor Devlin (Capt.), Ethan McCaffrey, Dara Mullin (0-1); Senan Cudden, Daniel Alexis (0-1, ’45); Cian Bradley (0-1), Francis Lynch (1-2), Eoin O’Hanlon; Luke Coyle, Liam Hahessy (1-1), Niall Greenan (0-1).

Subs used: Fionán Ó Gallchóir (0-4); Shane McGarry; Mark Lynch; Shane Moran.

Minors: The Minor Football Leagues are on an exam break until the end of June.

U-16: Our U-16 Division One team have qualified for a league semi-final at home to Inniskeen, which is scheduled for Thursday, June 25. The Division Four lads are back in action on June 27, away to Inniskeen. 

 

U-14: Our U-14 Division One team fell just short in an entertaining league semi-final at home to Castleblayney on Saturday morning. Cailean Clerkin, Tiernan Loughran and Hunter Ray kicked points in the first half, but Blayney led by 2-4 to 0-6 at the break. Our lads worked hard to get back into the game, but try as they might, they couldn’t find a way past the Blayney keeper. Despite points from Marc Garvey, Callum McCullagh, Cailean, Tiernan and Hunter keeping it close, Blayney hit another two goals to win by 4-8 to 0-15.

Team and scorers: Caolán Donnelly; Dahy Finnegan, Bobby Creighan, Aaron Bannon; Niall Brett, Tommy McElwain, Marc Garvey (0-1); Senan Durnin, Callum McCullagh (0-2); Cailean Clerkin (0-7, 2f), Tiernan Loughran (0-2), Hunter Ray (0-3); Diarmuid Woods, Shay McCaffrey, Shay O’Neill.

Subs: James Morgan; Shay Brennan; Conor O’Farrell; Donnacha Mac Airt; Dylan McCabe; James Brannigan; James O’Connor.

Well done to our Division Five team on qualifying for the Shield Final with a fine win away to Magheracloone on Sunday. 

Panel: Caolán Donnelly, Donnacha Mac Airt, Harry Reidy, Dylan McCabe, James Morgan, James Brannigan, Conor O’Farrell, Niall Brett, James O’Connor, Sam O’Neill, Shay Brennan, Ben Scott, Shay McCaffrey, Matt Swift, Jairon Cooney, Logan Mulhall, Darragh Woods, Tommy Hamill. 

The Shield Final will be played at Gavan Duffy Park on Sunday morning at 10.30am.

 

Dates to remember: The 2026 Monaghan Harps Golf Classic takes place in Rossmore on June 27. Our annual in-house summer camp is set for August 10-14.