Three Monaghan Finals in Three Days: Donaghmoyne, Drumhowan, Aghabog and Ballybay Chase Titles
Monaghan's club season has a packed finals weekend: Donaghmoyne v Magheracloone in the ladies senior league final on Friday, Drumhowan v Aghabog in the junior final on Saturday, and Ballybay v Donaghmoyne in the intermediate final on Sunday. Times, venues and referees.
By the Monaghan Brief staff·Edited by Seamus McKenna·Published · 2 min read
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The round tower, Clones. Archive location photograph; not a photo of the events in this story. Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and colour-graded; cropped in layout.
The Monaghan senior title is settled, but three more county finals are listed for this Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October, according to Monaghan GAA's fixtures. Donaghmoyne are in two of them.
Friday 23 October: Ladies Senior League final
Donaghmoyne v Magheracloone, ladies Division 1 Senior League final, Aughnamullen, 7.30pm. Referee to be confirmed. Donaghmoyne topped the league with six wins from six, then beat Emmet Óg 6-17 to 0-6 while Magheracloone beat Scotstown 2-10 to 3-2 in the semi-finals on 4 October. Donaghmoyne's ladies are also unbeaten in Ulster (our report).
Saturday 24 October: Junior Football Championship final
Drumhowan v Aghabog Emmets, Scotstown, 4pm, referee Niall Finnegan. Drumhowan won all four group games and topped the Junior League with 17 points; Aghabog beat Currin 1-12 to 0-10 in the semi-final. The winners host St Mary's Rasharkin in Ulster on 1 November (all Ulster dates).
Also on Saturday at 4pm: the reserve football O'Duffy Cup final between Carrickmacross Emmets and Truagh, venue to be confirmed.
Sunday 25 October: Intermediate Football Championship final
Ballybay Pearse Brothers v Donaghmoyne, Clontibret, 3pm, referee Colin Murphy. Both won every group game; Ballybay beat Clones 3-19 to 0-12 and Donaghmoyne beat Emyvale 1-17 to 0-16 in the semi-finals (our semi-final report).
Earlier on Sunday, Tyholland host Aughnamullen at 11am in the ladies intermediate championship relegation game, and Truagh host Latton at 11am in a top-of-the-table ladies intermediate league game, with the sides level on 18 points.
Monaghan GAA notes fixtures can change. Check its fixtures page before travelling. Last weekend's results: senior final, minor final.
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Ballybay beat Clones 3-19 to 0-12 and Donaghmoyne edged Emyvale 1-17 to 0-16 in the IFC semi-finals, while Aghabog beat Currin to reach the junior final. Both finals are fixed for the weekend of 24-25 October.
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.
Members from Men's Sheds across Cavan and Monaghan met in Belturbet after the 2025/26 sustainability grant was not paid. Monaghan has four sheds — Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Clones and Monaghan Town — and Cllr Damien Brady says groups remain in limbo in the final quarter of 2026.
