Aughnamullen Are Monaghan Minor Champions After 1-16 to 1-9 Final Win Over Donaghmoyne
Aughnamullen beat Donaghmoyne 1-16 to 1-9 in the Monaghan Minor Football Championship Division 1 final in Clones on Sunday, the curtain-raiser to the senior final, finishing the championship unbeaten.
By the Monaghan Brief staff·Edited by Seamus McKenna·Published · 2 min read
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Castle Lake, Rossmore Forest Park. Archive location photograph; not a photo of the events in this story. Anthony Foster · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and colour-graded; cropped in layout.
Aughnamullen are the 2026 Monaghan minor football champions. They beat Donaghmoyne 1-16 to 1-9 in the Division 1 final at St Tiernach's Park, Clones, on Sunday 18 October, according to Monaghan GAA's official results. The game was the 1.30pm curtain-raiser to the Scotstown v Truagh senior final, as Northern Sound had previewed.
Monaghan GAA listed Paul Graham as referee.
An unbeaten run
Monaghan GAA's results show Aughnamullen won every championship game:
Group 2: beat Castleblayney 2-10 to 0-13, and Truagh 5-17 to 0-7, topping the group with six points from three games.
Semi-final: beat Clontibret 1-15 to 0-16 at Toome on 26 September.
Final: beat Donaghmoyne 1-16 to 1-9.
Donaghmoyne reached the final by topping Group 1 and beating Patrick Ógs 2-14 to 1-16 in their semi-final. They had beaten Castleblayney in the Division 1 minor league final in August, the Anglo-Celt reported at the time.
Aughnamullen also finished second in the Division 1 minor league table, three points behind Castleblayney.
Killanny beat Na Sáirséalaigh Buíochar 3-20 to 3-10 in the Monaghan Minor Football Championship Division 2 final on Saturday, months after losing the Division 2 league final.
Castleblayney beat Inniskeen 0-14 to 1-7 to reach the Monaghan minor hurling final, while Inniskeen's adult hurlers won all three Ulster Junior B group games and face Buncrana in the semi-final on Sunday.
Clontibret have won the 2026 Monaghan senior camogie championship, claiming the county title in Sunday's final against Inniskeen at Blackhill Emeralds and earning a place in the Ulster club campaign.
