Barry Monaghan
Irish Gaelic footballer
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Barry Monaghan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Four Masters and also, formerly, the Donegal county team.
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| Born | County Donegal, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Full back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club
Monaghan 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]
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.[1]
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.[5]
He played in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Armagh.[6]
He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship final at Croke Park.[7] 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.[8]
In 2010, he announced he would take a break.[9] He returned the following month.[10]
A serious leg injury ended his career.[5]
He also captained his county.[5]
He made 117 senior appearances for Donegal.[1]
He is the son of Donal Monaghan, the Donegal All Star winner.[1]