Two-point shot from Jack Carney and he lands the first score of the day.

What a start for Mayo.

Meath referee David Coldrick throws the ball in and the All-Ireland SFC first round clash between Monaghan and Mayo is under way.

Derry boss Ciaran Meenagh said his side "didn't attack well enough" in their 1-18 to 1-13 defeat against Armagh in the first round of the All-Ireland SFC at the Athletic Grounds.

The Oak Leafers were back in action for the first time since they let an 11-point lead slip against Monaghan in the Ulster semi-final at the same venue last month.

They were ultimately left to rue missed chances, especially in the second half when they failed to really capitalise on Jason Duffy's black card for Armagh, who ran out comfortable winners.

"It was never going to be easy to win, but to not bring the game down the stretch when they had the black card and we brought it back to three, it looked like we had the potential to do it, but we didn't attack well enough and it's devastating the number of chances we didn't take," he said.

"To have a good day at kickouts and things we did well, it's a really disappointing result.

"At half-time we were in a good enough place but didn't put enough pressure on Armagh."

Derry will now drop into Round 2B and face a tough route to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition.

When asked if he believes if they can make it to the last eight Meenagh said he "would like to think they can".

"We've had some great days and some not so great in recent weeks but I believe in the quality of players there there's serious quality in the changing room and on the bench," he added.

"It's just a matter of getting one big result or scalp but we're running out of time and if we don't get it right over the next two weeks our season will be over."

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Conditions are fairly pleasant at the minute here in Clones, the sun has now finally made an appearance.

We had one torrential shower of rain about half an hour ago, but thankfully that has subsided, the pitch looks immaculate (as it always does, to be fair).

There's barely a breeze out there, so the wind should have little to no impact on this game.

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Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney felt the black card shown to Jason Duffy in their 1-18 to 1-13 win over Derry in their opening All-Ireland SFC game was "harsh".

Duffy was shown the card on 42 minutes for a late hit on Conor McCluskey but the Ulster champions still went on to claim a comfortable victory.

McGeeney was critical of the performance of referee Martin McNally and had made his feelings known to the officials at half-time after a perceived missed breach.

"There was plenty out there and that seemed to be the one that was punished. It was harsh, but what can you do," he said.

"The less I talk about referees the better. There's a lot of good referees out there trying to do well but I think our focus can be on the wrong things at times. I think we need to know what rules to ignore to tell our players," McGeeney also joked on the topic of officials letting more go.

"I think everyone needs to know the parameters of the game. I don't think it's that complicated. We have rules we don't enforce. You're getting me talking about referees again and it's not my favourite subject."

On his side's performance, McGeeney added that the Orchard County were "very workman like" in getting over the line.

"It was tough at times going down to 14 men, the fellas controlled the ball and didn't give too much away. Our efficiency in front of goal wasn't as good as we liked."

Armagh got their All-Ireland SFC campaign under way by beating Derry 1-18 to 1-13 in their first round clash at the Athletic Grounds on Saturday.

Tiernan Kelly's wonder goal and two bursts of six points without reply in the opening 20 minutes of the contest laid the foundations for a comfortable victory.

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Gabriel Bannigan makes three changes to the Monaghan side which lost the Ulster final to Armagh two weeks ago.

Jack McCarron is in for Cameron Dowd, Ryan McAnespie replaces Stephen O'Hanlon who is out completely and his place on the bench is taken by Fionan Carolan.

David Garland starts in the full-forward line as Stephen Mooney drops to the bench.

The Farney men are without the suspended Darragh McElearney after his red card in that Orchard defeat.

Andy Moran makes six changes to the side which lost to Roscommon in the Connacht semi-final five weeks ago, with three debutants in from the start.

Jack Livingstone makes his maiden bow between the sticks as Rob Hennelly drops out.

Donnacha McHugh replaces Rory Brickenden at full-back, there's a debut for Diarmuid Duffy at wing-back as Paddy Durcan drops out.

Darragh Beirne will also make his senior bow in the full-forward line instead of Aidan O'Shea, who drops to the bench. Hugh O'Loughlin also starts instead of Cian McHale.

In one late change - Stephen Coen replaces Bob Tuohy at midfield.

Monaghan: Rory Beggan; Oisin McGorman, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Aaron Carey, Ryan O'Toole, Dessie Ward; Micheal McCarville, Karl Gallagher; Conor McCarthy, Micheal Bannigan, Conor McCarthy; Jack McCarron, Andrew Woods, David Garland.

Subs: Kian Mulligan, Ryan Wylie, Robbie Hanratty, Bobby McCaul, Max Maguire, Fionan Carolan, Shane Hanratty, Ryan Mohan, Stephen Mooney, Cameron Dowd, Thomas Hughes.

Mayo: Jack Livingstone; Jack Coyne, Donnacha McHugh, Enda Hession; Sam Callinan, David McBrien, Diarmuid Duffy; Stephen Coen, Jack Carney, Hugh O'Loughlin; Conor Loftus, Jordan Flynn; Darragh Beirne, Ryan O'Donoghue, Kobe McDonald.

Subs: Robert Hennelly, Fenton Kelly, Paddy Durcan, Eoin McGreal. Sean Morahan, Aidan O'Shea, Bob Tuohy, Paul Towey, Diarmuid O'Connor, Tommy Conroy, Cian McHale

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

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If Mayo's Aidan O'Shea features today, it will mark his 100th championship appearence in the green and red.

O'Shea will also secure another nice piece of history as he will become the first outfield player to reach a century of inter-county championship appearances.

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Monaghan have kicked more two-pointers than any other county in Ireland throughout their three championship games to date.

The Farney men have raised 15 orange flags, that accounts for 18% of their 1-82 scoring total.

Rory Beggan tops the two-point chart with five scores from outside of the arc.

Kobe McDonald was the star on Mayo's last visit to Clones in February as he scored 1-4 on his senior debut off the bench.

The 18-year-old, son of former Mayo star Ciaran McDonald, is moving to Australia later this year after signing for Australian Football League (AFL) club St Kilda.

Before that, he will try to inspire Mayo to a first All-Ireland title since 1951, starting with another eye-catching display at St Tiernach's Park.

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Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of Monaghan's All-Ireland SFC first round game against Mayo at Clones.

The Farney men must park the devastation of the Ulster final as they return to Clones hoping to get their push for Sam Maguire off to a good start.

Mayo have been inconsistent under Andy Moran this year and were well beaten by Roscommon in the Connacht semi-finals, but they possess considerable firepower, as evidenced by their last trip to Clones in February when they racked up 2-30 to win by 19 points.

Stay with us for all the action from St Tiernach's Park.

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