Monaghan GAA
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| Irish: | Muineachán | ||
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| Province: | Ulster | ||
| Nickname(s): | The Oriel county, The Farney county |
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| County colours: |
White, Blue |
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| Ground(s): | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones | ||
| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football | ||
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| NFL: | Division 1 | ||
| NHL: | Division 3A | ||
| Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup | ||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||
| Camogie: | Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup | ||
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White, Blue
The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Muineachán) or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan inter-county football and hurling teams. Separate county boards are responsible for the camogie and ladies' Gaelic football teams. Their current team sponsor is Investec.
Gaelic 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 Kildare in a semi-final to reach the 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, where Kerry beat them by 3-11 to 0-2 without their goalkeeper touching the ball.
In 1979 the Monaghan team won the Ulster Senior Football Championship for the first time in 41 years with a defeat of Donegal. In the final Monaghan Kieran Finlay scored 1-09, which was a record in an Ulster final for 20 years, until Armagh's Oisin McConville bettered it with a 2-07 tally against Down in 1999. They also won the Dr McKenna Cup in 1979. Victories in the Ceannarus Tournament against Roscommon and Dublin in 1979 brought gloss to the county's finest year on the football field in almost half a century. In the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1979 semi-final at Croke Park, Monaghan were again beaten by Kerry, 5-14 to 0-07.
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