Farney book final slot after feisty affair

Gregory McGonigle’s Monaghan came through a tense battle against Galway on Saturday evening to book their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC final at Croke Park on September 29.

Monaghan, beaten finalists in 2011 and 2008, qualified for their third final in six seasons with a five-point victory against the Connacht champions in front of a bumper crowd at Kingspan Breffni Park in Cavan.

Both sides paid each other a huge amount of respect by adopting defensive systems and that led to an intriguing war of attrition.