Barry Monaghan Explained
| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Barry Monaghan |
| Irish: | Barra Ó Manacháin |
| Occupation: | ? |
| County: | Donegal |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Four Masters |
| Clyears: | ?– |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Counties: | Donegal |
| Icposition: | Full back |
| Icyears: | 2000–2010 |
| Icapps(Points): | 117 |
| Birth Place: | County Donegal, Ireland |
Barry Monaghan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Four Masters and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.
Club
Monaghan won the Donegal Senior Football Championship with his club in 2003. He scored two points in the final against Termon.[1]
Inter-county
Monaghan won the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship in 1995.[2]
Alongside Johnny McLoone, Michael Hegarty and Eamon Reddin, he played in a minor team that nearly qualified for the 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final.[3]
Monaghan made his senior Donegal debut in October 2000 in what was Mickey Moran's first game in charge, a league victory at home to Offaly, in which he scored a point.[4]
He made his championship debut in 2001.
He played in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh.[5]
He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship final at Croke Park.[6] He was a member of the Donegal team that won the National Football League in 2007, playing from the start to the end in the final against Mayo.[7]
In 2010, he announced he would take a break.[8] He returned the following month.[9]
A serious leg injury ended his career.[10]
He also captained his county.[10]
He made 117 senior appearances for Donegal.[3]
He is the son of Donal Monaghan, the Donegal All Star winner.[3]
Honours
- Donegal
- Club
External links
Notes and References
- News: DONEGAL SFC FINAL: Masters marvels. https://archive.today/20121209020151/http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/donegal-sfc-final-masters-marvels-200125.html. dead. 9 December 2012. Irish Independent. 13 October 2003. 13 October 2003.
- News: Declan. Bonner. Declan Bonner. Champions dethroned. Donegal News. 28 May 2020. 55. Our Vocational School team won the All-Ireland title against Leitrim in the curtain raiser [to the NFL final in 1995 which, in reference to the column title, was played one week before Donegal knocked out Down in the Ulster SFC preliminary round, 25 years before the column was written]. Brian McLaughlin, Eamon Reddin, Barry Monaghan and Ray Sweeney were all on that team and would go on to represent the county at senior level..
- News: Alan. Foley. Peter. Campbell. When Donegal minors lit up the summer of 1996. Their story and 'where are they now?'. 30 July 2021. 30 July 2021. His father Donal was Donegal’s second ever All-Star in 1974. Became a member of the Donegal senior team playing 117 senior games..
- News: Donegal make light of conditions to give Moran the ideal start. The Irish Times. 30 October 2000. Three of Donegal's newcomers — Stephen Cassidy, Michael Doherty and Barry Monaghan — got on the scoresheet, while established forwards Adrian Sweeney and James Gallagher shared seven points between them… The win was a great start for new manager, Mickey Moran, who had four debutants on the team..
- News: Armagh's double still alive. Irish Independent. 1 September 2003.
- News: Donegal 0–09 1–09 Armagh. BBC Sport. 9 July 2006. 9 July 2006.
- News: Donegal achieve historic win — First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo. Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. 25 April 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412230842/http://www.donegaltimes.com/2007/04_2/sport.html. 2015-04-12. dead.
- News: Barry Monaghan opts to take a break . https://archive.today/20130217180156/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/barry-monaghan-opts-to-take-a-break-1-2003191 . dead . 17 February 2013 . . 30 March 2010 . 30 March 2010 .
- News: Monaghan and McGee boost Donegal. BBC Sport. 21 April 2010. 21 April 2010.
- News: Chris. Nulty. 1992–2011: The best XV not to win Ulster…. Donegal News. 22 July 2011. 22 July 2011.
