The pen pics provided in GAA match programmes can be notoriously fickle. Take Donegal’s Ryan McHugh for instance.
Apparently, he was a spritely 25-year-old when he featured against Armagh in Ballybofey, but the Kilcar ace had aged three years by the time he lined out against Derry in last Sunday’s Ulster SFC final in Clones.
Even allowing for the odd discrepancy, the Monaghan teams selected by Seamus McEnaney for their two Championship outings to date were older than any other side in Ulster.