Malachy O Rourke
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Keith Duggan: Tyrone in need of Mickey Harte more than ever
- Gaelic Games
- November 7, 2020, 06:00
Sometime after half-past-three last Sunday afternoon, Mickey Harte sat staring out from a bleak, darkening stand on to an empty torn up football field(...)

Unfinished business beckons for Clontibret as they bid to reach Ulster final
- Gaelic Football
- November 16, 2019, 10:00
For Clontibret, tonight can be something or it can be nothing. The Monaghan champions play Naomh Conaill of Donegal in Omagh, with the winners through(...)

Football's managerial merry-go-round on its final spin
- Gaelic Games
- September 6, 2019, 06:00
There are just five vacancies left in the list of county football managers for the coming year. Galway, London, Laois, Wicklow and Tipperary have yet(...)

The Backdoor: Kerry in September can spring a surprise
- Gaelic Games
- August 26, 2019, 10:31
Expect a surprise Think of 2009, and Tadhg Kennelly smashing into an unsuspecting Nicholas Murphy; think of 1978, and Mikey Sheehy with that mischiev(...)

Tier Two plans in danger of creating second class citizens
- Sport
- July 6, 2019, 06:00
The GAA shares with the rap communities of America a genius for gifting the world with original words and phrases which then pass into the everyday. (...)

A twist of faith – Frank McNally on GAA supporters and the ‘Stockdale Paradox’
- Opinion
- June 27, 2019, 18:01
‘It’s the hope that kills you,” is a phrase that will probably have been uttered by fans of all Gaelic football-playing counties except one by the end(...)

Monaghan live to fight another day as they grind past Fermanagh
- Gaelic Football
- June 9, 2019, 15:58
Fermanagh 1-6 Monaghan 1-10 Monaghan survived a scrappy Round One qualifier against neighbours Fermanagh in Clones, who finished with just 12 men. M(...)

Cavan defy the odds to taste derby delight against Monaghan
- Gaelic Games
- May 18, 2019, 22:12
Cavan 1-13 Monaghan 0-12 Want to know how close this derby usually is? Only once in the past 30 years has there been five points in it – and that was(...)

Mayo resurrection continues as they set up final date with Kerry
- Gaelic Football
- March 24, 2019, 17:37
Mayo 3-15 Monaghan 1-18 It’s not even Easter and already Mayo are rising from the dead. Written off just a few weeks ago on a dismal night against th(...)

Both teams play better into the wind as Galway beat Monaghan
- Gaelic Football
- February 10, 2019, 19:20
Monaghan 0-11 Galway 1-9 A fine result for Galway on a perishing afternoon in Grattan Park Inniskeen. Kevin Walsh’s side arrived as underdogs given a(...)