The Monaghan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by Monaghan GAA clubs. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888.

Scotstown are the title holders (2025), having defeated Inniskeen in the final.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Mick Duffy Cup. The winners of the Monaghan Senior Championship qualify to represent the county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals (r) = replay

Year Winner Score Opponent Score 1888 Inniskeen Grattans Carrickmacross 1889 No competition 1890 No competition 1891 No competition 1892 No competition 1893 No competition 1894 No competition 1895 No competition 1896 No competition 1897 No competition 1898 No competition 1899 No competition 1900 No competition 1901 No competition 1902 No competition 1903 No competition 1904 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Inniskeen Grattans 1905 Inniskeen Grattans Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1906 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Carrickmacross 1907 Castleblayney Faughs Monaghan Harps 1908 Carrickmacross Inniskeen Grattans 1909 Carrickmacross Currin 1910 Carrickmacross Monaghan Harps 1911 Monaghan Harps Greenan's Cross 1912 No competition 1913 Carrickmacross Ture 1914 Carrickmacross Magheramey 1915 Magheramey Castleblayney Faughs 1916 Castleblayney Faughs Clones 1917 Castleblayney Faughs Clontibret O'Neills 1918 Carrickmacross Clontibret O'Neills 1919 Carrickmacross 1-05 Clontibret O'Neills 0-00 1920 No competition 1921 No competition 1922 Monaghan Harps 2-04 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-03 1923 Monaghan Harps Castleblayney Faughs 1924 Castleblayney Faughs Clones 1925 North Selection South Selected 1926 Castleblayney Faughs Clones 1927 Kileevan Sarsfields Castleblayney Faughs 1928 Corcaghan Gaels Carrickmacross 1929 Kileevan Sarsfields Killanny 1930 Latton O'Rahilly's Inniskeen Grattans 1931 Castleblayney Faughs 3-04 Kileevan Sarsfields 0-02 1932 Castleblayney Faughs Kileevan Sarsfields 1933 Castleblayney Faughs Inniskeen Fane Rovers 1934 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Carrickmacross 1935 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Castleblayney Faughs 1936 Castleblayney Faughs Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1937 Castleblayney Faughs Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1938 Inniskeen Grattans 0-06 Kileevan Sarsfields 1-02 1939 Castleblayney Faughs Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1940 Castleblayney Faughs Inniskeen Grattans 1941 Castleblayney Faughs Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1942 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Clones St Tierney's 1943 Clones St Tierney's Inniskeen Grattans 1944 Kileevan Sarsfields Castleblayney Faughs 1945 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys Clones St Tierney's 1946 Castleblayney Faughs Killanny Geraldines 1947 Inniskeen Grattans Castleblayney Faughs 1948 Inniskeen Grattans 3-04 Castleblayney Faughs 1-03 1949 Clontibret O'Neills 0-11 Carrickmacross 2-03 1950 Clontibret O'Neills 2-11 Killanny Geraldines 1-02 1951 Clontibret O'Neills 5-07 Castleblayney Faughs 0-03 1952 Clontibret O'Neills 1-06 Inniskeen Grattans 1-03 1953 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 2-08 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 0-06 1954 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 2-09 Clontibret O'Neills 0-05 1955 Clontibret O'Neills 1-06 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-06 1956 Clontibret O'Neills 3-08 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 3-06 1957 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 2-04, 1-08 (r) Clontibret O'Neills 1-07, 0-04 (r) 1958 Clontibret O'Neills 0-07 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 0-04 1959 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 2-04, 3-07 (r) Clontibret O'Neills 1-07, 0-05 (r) 1960 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1961 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1962 Ballybay Pearse Brothers Castleblayney Faughs 1963 Castleblayney Faughs Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1964 Castleblayney Faughs Scotstown 1965 Castleblayney Faughs 1-05 Clontibret O'Neills 0-03 1966 Castleblayney Faughs Scotstown 1967 Castleblayney Faughs 2-09 Clontibret O'Neills 1-10 1968 Clontibret O'Neills 1-06 Scotstown 0-08 1969 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 3-05 Castleblayney Faughs 0-05 1970 Castleblayney Faughs 1-10 Clontibret O'Neills 0-09 1971 Castleblayney Faughs 1-10 Clontibret O'Neills 2-04 1972 Castleblayney Faughs Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1973 Castleblayney Faughs Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1974 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1975 Castleblayney Faughs Scotstown 1976 Castleblayney Faughs 0-06, 0-09 (r) Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1-03, 0-05 (r) 1977 Scotstown 0-05, 2-07 (r) Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-05, 1-04 (r) 1978 Scotstown 1-08 Castleblayney Faughs 1-03 1979 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1980 Scotstown Monaghan Harps 1981 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1982 Castleblayney Faughs Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1983 Scotstown Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1984 Scotstown Inniskeen Grattans 1985 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1986 Castleblayney Faughs Emyvale 1987 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-09, 0-08 (r) Monaghan Harps 0-04, 0-08 (r) 1988 Castleblayney Faughs 3-10 Clontibret O'Neills 0-07 1989 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1990 Castleblayney Faughs Inniskeen Grattans 1991 Castleblayney Faughs Monaghan Harps 1992 Scotstown Castleblayney Faughs 1993 Scotstown 0-09 Clontibret O'Neills 1-05 1994 Clontibret O'Neills 4-07 Donaghmoyne Fontenoys 1-11 1995 Castleblayney Faughs 0-14, 0-11 (r) Clontibret O'Neills 1-11, 0-08 (r) 1996 Castleblayney Faughs Latton O'Rahillys 1997 Clontibret O'Neills 0-11 Castleblayney Faughs 0-08 1998 Castleblayney Faughs 0-14 Clontibret O'Neills 1-07 1999 Castleblayney Faughs Carrickmacross 2000 Castleblayney Faughs Truagh Gaels 2001 Castleblayney Faughs 0-12 Truagh Gaels 0-07 2002 Clontibret O'Neills 0-13, 0-16 (r) Magheracloone Mitchells 2-07, 2-09 (r) 2003 Castleblayney Faughs 3-10 Latton O'Rahillys 0-06 2004 Magheracloone Mitchells 1-10 Scotstown 0-05 2005 Latton O'Rahillys 0-14 Magheracloone Mitchells 0-10 2006 Clontibret O'Neills 1-08 Magheracloone Mitchells 0-08 2007 Clontibret O'Neills 1-10 Castleblayney Faughs 0-10 2008 Latton O'Rahillys 0-15 Carrickmacross 0-11 2009 Clontibret O'Neills 2-13 Latton O'Rahillys 0-09 2010 Clontibret O'Neills 1-10, 1-11 (r) Magheracloone Mitchells 1-10, 0-12 (r) 2011 Latton O'Rahilly's 1-06 Scotstown 0-08 2012 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1-12 Clontibret O'Neills 2-05 2013 Scotstown 2-16 Clontibret O'Neills 0-07 2014 Clontibret O'Neills 1-10 Scotstown 1-09 2015 Scotstown 2-12 Monaghan Harps 0-09 2016 Scotstown 2-13 Clontibret O'Neills 1-12 2017 Scotstown 2-17 Magheracloone Mitchells 0-13 2018 Scotstown 1-12 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-13 2019 Clontibret O'Neills 1-14 Scotstown 0-11 2020 Scotstown 1-14 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 0-07 2021 Scotstown 1-13 Truagh Gaels 0-10 2022 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1-11 Scotstown 1-08 2023 Scotstown 0-17 Inniskeen Grattans 0-14 2024 Scotstown 1-10 Clontibret O'Neills 0-08 2025 Scotstown 0-22 Inniskeen Grattans 0-17

Wins listed by club

# Team Wins Years won Runner-up Years runner-up 1 Castleblayney Faughs 1907, 1916, 1917, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 1915, 1923, 1927, 1935, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2007 2 Scotstown 1960, 1961, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 1964, 1966, 1968, 1975, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2022 3 Clontibret O'Neills 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019 1917, 1918, 1919, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2024 4 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1987, 2012, 2022 1922, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2018, 2020 5 Carrickmacross 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919 1888, 1906, 1928, 1934, 1949, 1999, 2008 6 Donaghmoyne 1904, 1906, 1934, 1935, 1947 1905, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1953, 1958, 1994 Inniskeen Grattans 1888, 1905, 1939, 1947, 1948 1904, 1908, 1930, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1952, 1984, 1990, 2023, 2025 8 Latton O'Rahillys 1930, 2005, 2008, 2011 1996, 2003, 2009 9 Kileevan Sarsfields 1927, 1929, 1944 1938 Monaghan Harps 1911, 1922, 1923 1907, 1910, 1980, 1987, 1991, 2015 11 Corcaghan Gaels 1928 Clones St Tiarnach’s 1943 1916, 1924, 1926, 1942, 1945 Magheramey 1915 1914 North Selection 1925 Magheracloone Mitchells 2004 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2017 16 Kilanny Geraldines 1929, 1946, 1950 Kileevan Sarsfields 1931, 1932, 1938 Truagh Gaels 2000, 2001, 2021 Ture 1913 South Selection 1925 Currin 1909 Grennans Cross 1911 Emyvale 1986

References

External links Current Monaghan official website Official Monaghan Website - Archive Monaghan on Hoganstand Monaghan Club GAA