the last time monaghan were in an all ireland final was 2017.
the last time monaghan were in an all ireland final was 2017.
last time monaghan were in an all ireland final?
2017
1930 all-ireland senior football championship final









































the 1930 all-ireland senior football championship final was the 43rd all-ireland final and the deciding match of the 1930 all-ireland senior football championship, an inter-county gaelic football tournament for the top teams in ireland. 









































monaghan scored first but kerry won comprehensively with goals by john joe landers, john joe sheehy and ned sweeney.









































it was the first of five all-ireland football titles won by kerry in the 1930s.









































this was also the first championship meeting of kerry and monaghan. it is still monaghan's only final appearance.
1930 all-ireland senior football championship final
in the 2013 championship, monaghan were handed a "favorable" draw. they were drawn against antrim in the first round in casement park, belfast. monaghan had previously brushed aside the antrim men in the national league. monaghan started shakily and took a while to get going. they survived some scares but the free taking of conor mcmanus powered them over the line 0-11 to 0-6. in the ulster semi final monaghan were pitted against local neighbours cavan. the game was a tight affair with both teams trading scores tit for tat. in the end it finished on a score of 1-11 to 0-13. coming into the final monaghan faced the reigning ulster and all ireland champions, donegal. nobody had given monaghan a hope coming into the final but the farney men took the tir chonaill boys by surprise rushing into a 4-0 lead while also keeping donegal scoreless for 32 minutes. drew wylie and colin walshe were outstanding marking colm mcfadden and paddy mcbrearty respectively. at half time monaghan led 05-02. despite the 3 point advantage donegal were still much fancied but kieran hughes stuck over 3 quick points in succession to buffer the farney men's advantage. with vinny corey's rough housing of michael murphy, donegal failed to get going. monaghan beat donegal at their own game using the blanket defence system while darren hughes and conor mcmanus remained outstanding. it was tight up until the last 10 minutes when monaghan added some scores to put a gloss on the scoreline. tommy freeman one of the greatest servants of monaghan coming off the bench and firing over the last point. at the end of the game monaghan had won their first ulster senior football championship in 25 years. this result was coupled with the minors superb comeback win earlier in the day defeating tyrone to complete an historic double. at the final whistle there were scenes of unrivaled joy as owen lennon lifted the anglo celt cup as no monaghan captain had done for 25 years.
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