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Irish Daily Mirror
24-05-2025
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Louth v Monaghan LIVE score updates from All-Ireland football clash
Louth take on Monaghan this afternoon in the opening game of their All-Ireland journey. Today's game throws in at 4.45pm, with Newbridge the venue for the contest. The game is not being shown on TV, but it is being streamed live on GAA+. However, the best place to keep up to date with the action as it unfolds is in our live blog below. Louth come into this one on an unimaginable high. Just thirteen days ago, they edged past Meath in an epic Leinster final to win the Delaney Cup for the first time in 68 years. They face a Monaghan side that know all about big wins in the Championship. Over the past decade or so, the Farney have stopped many a teams momentum and they will be gunning to silence the Wee County this evening and move one step closer to an All-Ireland quarter-final. Team news to follow below. Louth have had a fortnight to get their heads around achieving a lifetime's dream in landing a first Leinster title since 1957. Ger Brennan will need all his managerial qualities to get their heads right here after what is bound to have been a hectic fortnight. Monaghan will have a plan for Louth wing back Craig Lennon, who scored a goal and set up another in the Leinster final, but man marking players out the field is harder in the new game. The Farney men press relentlessly with Andy Moran shouting the orders, but this may be dangerous against All Star Lennon, who can cut holes as well as anyone in the country. Monaghan pushed Donegal hard in the Ulster quarter-final and will have their eyes on topping the group. Ryan McAnespie, Conor McCarthy and Dessie Ward give them serious drive and scoring power from the middle third. They also the pace of Stephen O'Hanlon and the scoring power of Jack McCarron to bring in off the bench for two pointers.
Irish Daily Mirror
12-05-2025
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Video shows fight breaking out on Hill 16 during Louth v Meath
A video that has circulated widely on social media shows a fight breaking out between a number of Louth and Meath supporters during Leinster's Senior Football final. Some 65,000 packed into GAA HQ for the novel final but with tensions brewing in Hill 16 during the game, a fight broke out among a small number of Louth and Meath supporters. The short video shows a number of Louth and Meath fans pushing and shoving before punches begin to be thrown, while it appears a male Meath supporter threw a punch at a female Louth fan, further escalating the brawl. The Irish Mirror has contacted the Garda Press Office enquiring if any arrests were made during the clash. The final ended up a tense affair with Louth ending their 68-year Leinster title famine as they beat Meath 3-14 to 1-18 in a thriller. Meath went into the break as one point leaders despite conceding three first-half goals while Louth began to turn the screw in the second half and battled into a lead. A late Sam Mulroy two-point free was enough to set daylight between the two teams while All-Star wing back Craig Lennon's final score of the game gave Louth a two-point cushion to end the game. It has been a victory that has been a long-time coming for the Wee County with Sunday their third Leinster Football final appearance in a row. Louth, under the stewardship of Ger Brennan, were narrowly beaten by Dublin in the 2024 final and their win means they are drawn into a favourable All-Ireland group with Clare, Monaghan and Down while Meath take on Kerry, Roscommon, and Cork.
Irish Independent
12-05-2025
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- Irish Independent
‘That shows how strong we are when we get everyone on the field…we're a damn good team' Louth goalkeeper Niall McDonnell
Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship Final – post match reaction The Argus Today at 00:45 He may have tak en some stick in the early part of the league after some errors but there is no doubt as to the importance of goalkeeper Niall McDonnell to this Louth team. Craig Lennon described him as the best shot-stopper he'd seen after his heroics against Kildare in the semi-final. While Meath may have got the ball past him in the second half, it's the measure of McDonnell that even after winning the Leinster title, he was disappointed to have conceded a goal.
Irish Examiner
11-05-2025
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- Irish Examiner
Meath boss Brennan upset with Louth's winning free
Meath manager Robbie Brennan didn't want to take away from Louth's victory yet he couldn't but question the validity of what turned out to be their winning two-point free. For a borderline foul on Conal McKeever, Sam Mulroy converted the long-range kick to restore Louth's lead, which they doubled with a Craig Lennon point and retained until the final whistle. Even if his team's only score for the final 23 minutes of the game was Matthew Costello's 62nd-minute goal, Brennan appeared agitated following the final whistle. Asked about the decision, he said with a wry smile: 'Looking at my media (county board) colleagues here, making sure I don't say the wrong thing. Yeah, straight out, absolutely. Disappointed. The two-pointer one, it's on the TV (big screen) you can see it's not a foul. 'They're fine margins and we said at half-time the 1% margins, as the rugby boys always say, is what you have to go after. A few of them fell Louth's way but that's not to take away from Louth and how well they played. But, yeah, we're frustrated with some of them but I'm sure we got a couple of bounces our way as well. We just have to go with it.' Brennan must now contemplate the visit of Cork to Navan in their opening All-Ireland group game the weekend after next. He thinks the players will be able to build themselves up again having done so for this major occasion following the historic Leinster semi-final win over Dublin. 'Ironically, we felt this was going to be a tougher challenge. You come from the high then come down and come back up again. We probably didn't train brilliantly the Tuesday and Thursday after the Dublin game. We put in a really good week this week gone. 'I felt we performed today. Had we not and been flat, that would have been more worrying as disappointing as a defeat is but I thought the lads were able to take that and come back up. We need to do the same again for Cork.' To be ahead at half-time despite conceding three goals was unusual for Meath. Brennan lamented two of them, the second that Craig Lennon created for Ryan Burns and the third which the 2024 All Star defender scored. 'It was poor from our side because we said once Craig got into that channel somebody had to tag him and stay with him, no matter what happens. We didn't do that so another learning for us.' In the second half and facing the breeze, Meath came under the same pressure as they had put on Louth when they enjoyed it. 'It was hard,' reviewed Brennan. 'We certainly lost that kick-out battle. We found it hard to get out and in the possession stats Louth were well ahead in that second half. Once they force you to rattle it out around the middle, that can happen.'
Irish Daily Mirror
27-04-2025
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- Irish Daily Mirror
What time, TV channel is Kildare v Louth on today in the Leinster Championship?
Louth are getting bodies back but will they get enough of them back in time? They got All Star Craig Lennon in off the bench in the win over Laois and Ciaran Byrne started, hitting 1-3. Kildare edged out Westmeath in the quarter-final. The winner here will play in the All-Ireland this summer. The loser will play in the Tailteann Cup. Louth are the more battle hardened from Division 2, but there is likely to be nothing in it. Where is the game being played? The game is being played at O'Connor Park, Tullamore. What time is throw-in? Throw in is at 2pm. Can I watch the game on TV? No, the game is not on TV. Is the game being streamed online? The game is being live streamed on GAA+ Betting Odds: Kildare: 13/8 Draw: 15/2 Louth: 8/13
