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Monaghan County Hurling Team
The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Mhuineacháin) or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan county Gaelic football, football and hurling teams. Separate County (Gaelic games), county boards are responsible for the promotion & development of Gaelic handball, handball, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football, ladies' football within the county, as well as having responsibility for their representative county players/teams. The current team sponsor of Monaghan GAA is Investec. Football Clubs Clubs contest the Monaghan Senior Football Championship. County team Football was recorded in Inniskeen in 1706 in a poem. Monaghan were prominent in Ulster championship competitions during the period 1914–30 and one of the first Ulster counties to contest an All-Ireland final. Monaghan beat Kildar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Tiernach's Park
St Tiernach's Park is the principal GAA stadium of Ulster GAA located in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is used mainly for Gaelic football. Such is its association with the town of Clones ( ), which is located to the south, the venue itself is often referred to simply as Clones. With a current capacity of 29,000, it hosts major Gaelic football matches such as the Ulster Senior Football Championship final and is home to Clones GAA and Monaghan GAA. History The ground is named after Saint Tiarnach (''Tigearnach'', d. AD 548), who founded Clones as a monastic settlement AD 500. The Ulster Final was held in Clones from 1905 until 2004. Prior to this, a mixture of grounds were used as venues for the Ulster final. Between 2004 and 2006, due to increased capacity, the Ulster Final was played at Croke Park in Dublin. However, with the 2007 Leinster Senior Football Championship final being scheduled for the same date, that year's Ulster Final was restored to Clones, with Tyrone narrowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
