THE GAA world has been plunged into sadness following the tragic death of Monaghan Under-20 captain Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh.
The 19-year-old was killed in a car crash in County Monaghan last night just a couple of hours after captaining Monaghan to a win over Donegal in the Ulster Under-20 semi-final at Brewster Park.
Picture: Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh (left) pictured with referee Kevin Faloon and Donegal captain Rory O’Donnell before last night’s Ulster Under-20 semi-final at Brewster Park.
A two-car collision occurred at around 11.30pm on the N2 in Tullybuck, Clontibret, Co. Monaghan.
Mr Ó Dufaigh, the driver of one of the cars, was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was driving home from Cloghan, the Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence, having traveled on the team bus from the game.
The N2 remains closed at Tullybuck today to allow for Forensic Collision Investigators to conduct an examination of the scene and local diversions are in place.
A member of the Monaghan Harps club, Mr Ó Dufaigh was the Monaghan captain and played a lead role as they came from five points down to defeat Donegal by 3-10 to 1-11 in Enniskillen.