Drumhowan Beat Rasharkin 4-14 to 2-12 to Reach Ulster Junior Club Semi-Final
Four first-half goals in Clones sent Monaghan junior champions Drumhowan past Antrim's St Mary's Rasharkin. Fermanagh champions Newtownbutler are next on 15 November.
By the Monaghan Brief staff·Edited by Seamus McKenna·Published · 2 min read
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St Tiernach's Park, Clones, before the 2025 Ulster Senior Football final. Archive location photograph; not a photo of the events in this story. Milzo1986 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and colour-graded; cropped in layout.
Drumhowan are through to the semi-finals of the AIB Ulster Club Junior Football Championship. The Monaghan champions beat Antrim's St Mary's Rasharkin 4-14 to 2-12 in the quarter-final at St Tiernach's Park, Clones, on Sunday 1 November.
The game came eight days after Drumhowan needed extra time to beat Aghabog in the Monaghan junior final.
How the game went
Aodhán Brennan scored Drumhowan's first goal inside the opening five minutes. Eamonn McNeill replied with a Rasharkin goal on 11 minutes.
The second quarter decided the game. Jason Clarke scored a goal on 18 minutes, and Éanna Curran and Tom Doherty added two more in quick succession.
Drumhowan led 4-9 to 1-4 at half-time, a 14-point lead.
Rasharkin finished stronger. Daniel Doherty scored their second goal on 53 minutes, but Drumhowan held on to win by eight points.
According to the club's own match report, Tom Doherty was Drumhowan's top scorer with 1-5, four of the points from frees. Eamonn McNeill scored 1-5 for Rasharkin. The report says manager Paddy Kelly emptied his bench in the second half as his side tired.
What's next
Drumhowan play Fermanagh champions Newtownbutler in the Ulster semi-final. Gaelic Life's Ulster club fixture list gives the date as 15 November. Newtownbutler beat Kilclief 2-18 to 0-7 in their quarter-final.
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Ulster champions Scotstown will play Magherafelt in the Ulster Senior Club Football quarter-final in Clones on the weekend of 8 November. Magherafelt beat Newbridge 3-17 to 0-20 to win the Derry title.
Monaghan's club champions now head into Ulster. Scotstown host the Derry champions in Clones on Sunday 8 November, the junior champions meet St Mary's Rasharkin on 1 November, and Donaghmoyne and Truagh Gaels ladies are already winning in the provincial series.
Champions Scotstown, chasing a fourth title in a row, beat Inniskeen 1-18 to 3-09 to reach a 14th straight decider. Truagh edged Clontibret 4-16 to 2-19 in a six-goal semi-final. Throw-in is 3.30pm.
