Having suffered a disappointing defeat in last year's Monaghan senior hurling championship final, Castleblayney lifted the Mick Quigley cup for the seventh time in eight years; when beating defending champions Inniskeen on Sunday.
Two early goals from Brian McGuigan and Thomas Hughes gave Blayney a comfortable lead on the scoreboard.
While the Grattens made inroads into the lead during the course of the second-half. Their player/assistant manager Niall Arthur admitted the two goals were hard to come back from.
Castleblayney will now go forward to represent the county in the Ulster intermediate championship. Whereas, Inniskeen will face Truagh who made it back-to-back junior titles with victory over Clontibret in a play-off to determine the Ulster junior representive.
