McKenna Cup 2024

[charlie stubbs]

From An Dún website down.gaa.ie

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup: Down v Queens Thur 7.30 pm Newry
  Date : 18/01/2009 22:59

Down will take on Queens University Belfast on Thursday Night at 7.30pm in Pairc Esler, Newry in the Dr McKenna Cup Semi Final.

The match was originally fixed for Wed night but Down boss Ross Carr agreed to change the match to Thursday night as Queens would have been missing upwards to 12 of their starting team due to exams.

awful good of ross..

[fitzroyalty]

All the better considering they haven't been together that long (or shouldn't have been anyway).
Good high scoring game, S O'Neill, McGinley stood out for the enemy whilst for monaghan McManus, Freeman and the two new faces that came on as subs (names?) both scored nice points. Was also expecting a few more yellows, from Monaghan anyway! Fair play 

The two subs you're on about are Paul McGuigan and Paul Meegan. Meegan scored 2 and McGuigan 1. Neither are new though, Meegan was on the panel 2 years ago, came on against Kerry and got a mis-aimed kick in the face from Dara O'Sé! Wasn't on the panel last year because of injury I think. McGuigan's been on the panel a couple of years, a regular last year. Actually came on against Tyrone in the league game in 2006 and scored 3 pts from the 40 if I remember correctly. Used mostly as a wing-back since, even though he's a natural forward.

pardon my ignorance! Wasn't familiar with either!

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

From An Dún website down.gaa.ie

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup: Down v Queens Thur 7.30 pm Newry
  Date : 18/01/2009 22:59

Down will take on Queens University Belfast on Thursday Night at 7.30pm in Pairc Esler, Newry in the Dr McKenna Cup Semi Final.

The match was originally fixed for Wed night but Down boss Ross Carr agreed to change the match to Thursday night as Queens would have been missing upwards to 12 of their starting team due to exams.

awful good of ross..

Only 2 days between the semi final and final now.

[Our Nail Loney]

From An Dún website down.gaa.ie

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup: Down v Queens Thur 7.30 pm Newry
  Date : 18/01/2009 22:59

Down will take on Queens University Belfast on Thursday Night at 7.30pm in Pairc Esler, Newry in the Dr McKenna Cup Semi Final.

The match was originally fixed for Wed night but Down boss Ross Carr agreed to change the match to Thursday night as Queens would have been missing upwards to 12 of their starting team due to exams.

awful good of ross..

Only 2 days between the semi final and final now.

And what. No bother to the flying mourne men.

[Our Nail Loney]

Where is the final likely to be? Casement again?

[western exile]

Where is the final likely to be? Casement again?

The Ulster gaa website has it as TBC  http://ulster.gaa.ie/2009/01/19/gl-dr-mckenna-cup-round-up/
I suppose they are waiting to see who is in it.  Last year Casement was natural choice for Down v. Derry.

[charlie stubbs]

would imagine if armagh progress it will be in casement as convenient for both down qub.  though if donegal win omagh could be the possible venue??

[Our Nail Loney]

would imagine if armagh progress it will be in casement as convenient for both down qub.  though if donegal win omagh could be the possible venue??

Love to see Down Armagh in Casement, thinking about heading up...

[armagh leg-end]

whats the chances of the final being in the athelic grounds if armagh dont progress that far!

im sure the ulster council would like to get a high profile game under lights there!!

[ardmhachaabu]

Would love the final to be in Casement again.  Can't see Armagh beating Donegal, being honest.  If we couldn't beat Cavan...

[RMDrive]

Can't see Armagh beating Donegal, being honest.  

What makes you think that? I can't see Donegal beating Armagh TBH but I suppose at this time of year it's hard to know.

[Uladh]

Are we confirmng that the semis are wed in omagh and thurs in newry?
home fot the week and that'd be hndy for taking in two games

[corn02]

Are we confirmng that the semis are wed in omagh and thurs in newry?
home fot the week and that'd be hndy for taking in two games

Indeed Uladh. The seocnd one is very appealing.

[J70]

Would love the final to be in Casement again.  Can't see Armagh beating Donegal, being honest.  If we couldn't beat Cavan...

Our sides have been very experimental too, so I'd imagine it will be tight enough.

[never kickt a ball]

Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup Rd 3

Tyrone 1-18 Monaghan 0-17

Tyrone made it back to back wins in the McKenna Cup when they had four points to spare over Monaghan at Healy Park Omagh on Sunday but the result wasn't enough to book a semi final place as they lost out to neighbours Armagh  on score difference.
Once again Mickey Harte made a number of changes to his starting fifteen although it was still a strong side that he sent out to battle with seven players on board who had began last September's All Ireland final against Kerry. Monaghan too field a strong side and they enjoyed a blistering start to the contest with four unanswered points inside the opening half a dozen minutes with the inform Tommy Freeman notching three of those. Tyrone though soon got into their stride with Sean Cavanagh, Tommy McGuigan and Stephen O'Neill all landing points before Enda McGinley fired in a twenty second minute goal for a lead that they were never to lose.
The Tyrone defence played particularly well with former All Star attacker Tommy Freeman the only starting Monaghan forward to feature among the scores. He hit a superb individual tally of ten points but on the day it wasn't enough to prevent Seamus McEnaney's side from slipping to defeat. With Sean Cavanagh and Stephen O'Neill helping themselves to seven points each and Enda McGinley and Aidan Cassidy on top in midfield Tyrone surged   into a 1-13 to 0-9 lead by the 13th minute of the second half and they were full value for that advantage as they played some superb football. Monaghan though hit back with Tommy Freeman leading the way in the scoring stakes and Paul Meegan, Paul McGuigan and Dessie Mone all coming off the bench to make a scoring contribution. Tyrone though weren't going to let a winning position slip and efforts from Sean Cavanagh, Gareth Devlin and man of the match Stephen O'Neill ensured victory.

Tyrone - Johnny Curran, Mickey McGee, Joe McMahon, Philip Jordan, Davy Harte, Peter Donnelly, Martin Swift, Enda McGinley, Aidan Cassidy, Ryan Mellon, Tommy McGuigan, Raymond Mulgrew, Gareth Devlin, Sean Cavanagh, Stephen O'Neill. Subs - Martin Penrose for Ryan Mellon, Kevin Hughes for Peter Donnelly, Jason McAnulla for Gareth Devlin, Collie Holmes for Enda McGinley, Conor O'Donnell for Stephen O'Neill

Monaghan - Padraig McBennett, Dermot McArdle, Mark McNally, Gary McEnaney, Vinny Corey, James Conlon, Conor McManus, Dick Clerkin, Paul Finlay, Kieran Hughes, Shane Smyth, Damien Freeman, Ciaran Hanratty, Brendan McKenna, Tommy Freeman. Subs - Dessie Mone for Kieran Hughes, Mark Downey for Damien Freeman, Rory Woods for Shane Smyth, Paul Meegan for Ciaran Hanratty, Shane Smyth for Brendan McKenna, Paul McGuigan for James Conlon [yellow]

Tyrone scorers - Sean Cavanagh 0-7, Stephen O'Neill 0-7, Enda McGinley 1-1, Gareth Devlin 0-2, Tommy McGuigan 0-1
Monaghan scorers - Tommy Freeman 0-10, Paul Meegan 0-2, Conor McManus 0-1, Dick Clerkin 0-1, Paul Finlay 0-1, Dessie Mone 0-1, Paul McGuigan 0-1

Referee - John Joe Cleary, Derry
Attendance - 1,211

http://www.tyronegaa.ie/county/football/news/story.jsp?newsid=739