Barry Monaghan

Barry Monaghan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Four Masters and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.

Barry Monaghan
Personal information
Irish name Barra Ó Manacháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full back
Born County Donegal, Ireland
Occupation ?
Club(s)
Years Club
?–
 Four Masters
Club titles
Donegal titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2001–2010[1]
 Donegal

Club

Monghan won the Donegal Senior Football Championship with his club in 2003. He scored two points in the final against Termon.[2]

Inter-county

Monaghan won the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship in 1995.[3]

He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at Croke Park.[4] 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.[5]

In 2010, he announced he would take a break.[6] He returned the following month.[7]

A serious leg injury ended his career.[1]

He also captained his county.[1]

He is the son of Donal Monaghan, the Donegal All Star winner.

References
  1. Nulty, Chris (22 July 2011). "1992–2011: The best XV not to win Ulster…". Donegal News. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "DONEGAL SFC FINAL : Masters marvels". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2003.
  3. Bonner, Declan (28 May 2020). "Champions dethroned". Donegal News. p. 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.
  4. "Donegal 0-09 1-09 Armagh". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2006.
  5. "Donegal achieve historic win - First national league title comes to county after victory over Mayo". Donegal Times. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
  6. "Barry Monaghan opts to take a break". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 30 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  7. "Monaghan and McGee boost Donegal". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
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