Friends reunited as Monaghan and Galway to add new chapter to modern rivalry 

The counties have met a half dozen times in the last six years.

FAMILY TIES: Galway manager Padraic Joyce is linked by marriage to the Farney. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Maybe it's because he is married to a Monaghan woman or maybe it's because the Farney are simply a team that refuses to be ignored.

Either way, a rivalry that Galway manager Padraic Joyce couldn't have conceived of in his playing days has suddenly developed and come sharply into focus.