Summary

  • Result: Donegal 0-10 Monaghan 0-11

  • Monaghan claim their 16th Ulster title

  • Derry beat Cavan 1-11 to 0-11 in Ulster Minor Final

Live Reporting

John Haughey

  1. That's all folks

    So that's the Ulster Football Championship wrapped up for another year.

    We got the final that most pundits predicted but the Monaghan and Donegal were still able to serve up an exciting spectacle at Clones.

    Thanks for your thoughts on the BBC's Ulster Football Championship coverage, positive, negative or indifferent.

    Monaghan fans...enjoy the party tonight. The famous Clones burgers will never have tasted better in Farney mouths.

    And for you Donegal folk, commiserations and safe home as you mull over a more circuitous route towards All-Ireland glory this year.

  2. Paddy Bradley
    Derry All Star

    "Despite this defeat, Donegal will still have a big say in the business end of the championship. Nobody will be keen to face them. Monaghan need to push on now and believe that they are good enough to win the All-Ireland title."

  3. Lively debate in BBC Championship studio

    The pundits are going at it hammer and tongs in the BBC Championship studio as Oisin McConville berates Donegal for holding back for too long in the contest but Martin McHugh insists that Rory Gallagher's side were positive in the second half. Good stuff lads.

  4. Gallagher laments Donegal finishing

    Donegal manager Rory Gallagher says his team's poor finishing was the reason that they came up short in the Ulster decider.

    "Monaghan were by far the better side in the first half but I felt we played really well in the second half but we just missed chances that we would normally have taken."

  5. Martin McHugh
    BBC Sport NI GAA analyst

    "Donegal had too many players who didn't perform today."

  6. Married on Friday - Ulster Final winner Sunday

    That was Owen Lennon's run-of-the-mill week.

    "I planned to retire after last year but got injured for most of the season and didn't want to go out on that note so hence the clash with the wedding. It's been quite a week," smiled the Farney veteran.

  7. Philip Jordan
    Three-time All-Ireland winner

    "Conor McManus got three points from play off Neil McGee and that was the winning of the game for Monaghan."

  8. Martin McHugh
    BBC Sport NI GAA analyst

    "Monaghan produced a great performance. Donegal lost the game by allowing Monaghan to come onto them. Donegal had most of the possession in the second half but took the wrong options too often and kicked too many wides."

  9. McManus lifts the Anglo Celt Cup

    Ballybay native and Ulster GAA president Martin McAviney looks delighted to hand over the Anglo Celt Cup to his fellow Monaghan man Conor McManus.

  10. McManus thrilled after Monaghan triumph

    Conor McManus is thrilled after his team hang on to avenge last year's Ulster Final defeat by Donegal.

    "We maybe didn't get the credit we deserved for our Ulster title two years ago but we're just delighted to win the title again," says the former All-Star.

  11. Monaghan manager overjoyed

    Reaction from Monaghan manager Malachy O'Rourke: "It was tough on the heart at the end. Our hunger shone through in the end. The boys have put in a massive effort and I'm delighted they have got their rewards."

  12. Monaghan clinch 16th Ulster Football title

    Monaghan repeat their 2013 Ulster Final win over Donegal. Conor McManus's finishing has been the difference.

  13. Full-time: Donegal 0-10 0-11 Monaghan

    The wily Dick Clerkin earns another Monaghan free but keeper Rory Beggan's effort floats wide. Paddy McBrearty then has a last-gasp chance to earn Donegal a replay but his effort swings a foot wide. Game over. Cue Monaghan delirium.

  14. Monaghan lead by one in injury-time

    Monaghan earn a contentious free as the game enters injury-time as they are in no hurry to take the kick. There will be at least three minutes of added time.

  15. Donegal 0-10 0-11 Monaghan

    Suddenly, there is only a point in it as McBrearty slots another free. McManus then has a chance to re-establish a two-point lead for Monaghan but his effort comes back off the woodwork into a Donegal hand. It's getting rather nervy here.

  16. Orla Bannon
    BBC Sport at Clones

    "Michael Murphy has gone in to full forward for the first time today - could be a lot of high balls in to the square as Donegal go in search of the matchwinning goal."

  17. Donegal 0-09 0-11 Monaghan

    Are Monaghan starting to tire? The Farney men's play is becoming rather ragged as McBrearty swings over another glorious score from play after a turnover on the Donegal 21-metre line.

  18. Donegal 0-08 0-11 Monaghan

    But Donegal will feel they still have time to get back into the contest as McBrearty's 21-metre free leaves only a kick of the ball in it again after Martin O'Reilly is hauled down.

  19. More Donegal wides

    McBrearty and Martin McElhinney kick two more demoralising long-range wides for Donegal. There are still 11 minutes left but it looks as though Donegal may need a goal to get back into this game.

  20. Donegal wide of the mark

    Orla Bannon
    BBC Sport at Clones

    "It's clear where Donegal's problems lie. They've dominated possession but have kicked seven wides since half-time."