Malachy O Rourke
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Roscommon bring Monaghan crashing back down to earth
- Gaelic Football
- February 3, 2019, 18:30
Roscommon 1-12 Monaghan 0-13 Anthony Cunningham admitted that his side were learning all the time about life in the fast lane as his side caused a hu(...)

Malachy Clerkin: Dublin’s loss to Monaghan no more than a pipe-opener
- Gaelic Games
- January 28, 2019, 06:00
For anyone looking for straws in the wind, it’s probably not worth spending too much time on the fact that Dublin lost their opening game of 2019 to M(...)

Top marks all round as Monaghan turn the tables on Dublin again
- Gaelic Football
- January 27, 2019, 17:47
Monaghan 2-13 Dublin 1-13 Nothing warms a small town in January like sending the Dubs home with their hides tanned for them. In front of 8,556 perish(...)

National Football League: Division One county-by-county guide
- Gaelic Football
- January 26, 2019, 09:30
Cavan Cavan make their way on to the field Manager: Mickey Graham (1st season) Selectors: Dermot McCabe, Martin Corey Last good leagu(...)

New managers face gruelling season with little to show for it
- Gaelic Games
- January 5, 2019, 06:30
James Horan and Terry Hyland will return to the sideline and to familiar game day routines when they convene in Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday for a low(...)

GAA Statistics: How important is it to play county minor and U21?
- Gaelic Football
- August 23, 2018, 10:00
It’s been a long, and for some players more than others, a winding road to Croke Park for the All-Ireland senior football final. The Dublin and Tyron(...)

Jim McGuinness: Monaghan abandoned game plan and saw a chance slip away
- Gaelic Football
- August 14, 2018, 06:00
When the dust settles this week, there will be a feeling of aching regret in Monaghan. The day passed a fine team by and they can’t get it back again.(...)

Monaghan come close but All-Ireland final still for other people
- Gaelic Football
- August 13, 2018, 07:00
“It’s very rare that anyone reaches their potential,” said Malachy O’Rourke afterwards, the weight of the day and the year and the loss puffing out th(...)

Mickey Harte ready to give Tyrone fans what they’ve been waiting for
- Gaelic Football
- August 13, 2018, 06:00
Mickey Harte is still here, still surviving, still bringing teams to All-Ireland finals. Billy Morgan went 14 years between 1993 and 2007, Mick O’Dwye(...)

Beggan and Monaghan turn their focus to final frontier
- Gaelic Football
- August 7, 2018, 06:00
Rory Beggan was last man standing out on the Pearse Stadium turf. Well, the last player as Monaghan’s goalkeeper was surrounded by a few thousand fam(...)