Paddy "Monty" Monaghan was an Irish

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who played for

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and the Irish Free State national team. Monaghan played for Sligo before they entered senior football, winning the Leinster Senior League, the Metropolitan Cup and the

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. He played in the club's first senior match in 1934, against St James's Gate in the League of Ireland Shield. He went on to make a total of 165 appearances for Sligo Rovers, scoring 96 goals, of which 57 were in senior football. He was part of the Sligo team that won the 1936-37 League of Ireland title and reached the 1939 FAI Cup Final. He played twice for the Irish Free State, against

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and

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in 1935; he is the only Sligo Rovers player to have represented Ireland at full international level.

Honours

Sligo Rovers *

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: 1936–37

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monaghan, Paddy Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Irish Free State men's international footballers Sligo Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players Men's association football forwards Year of birth missing