By Michael McMullan DERRY named an unchanged side for Saturday’s All-Ireland clash with Ulster champions Armagh in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. The Oakleafers will be hoping to bounce back from a devastating extra-time defeat at the hands of Monaghan. Ciarán Meenagh has made to changes his matchday squad with former All-Ireland winning minor captain James […]
O’Neill returns as Armagh name squad for Derry visit
May 29, 2026
By Michael McMullan BELLEEK’S Callum O’Neill has made a return to the Armagh squad for the visit of Derry on Saturday. After impressing since making a breakthrough, he picked up an injury the same week Ben Crealey and hasn’t played since the Ulster opener against Tyrone. Kieran McGeeney has made one change to his listed […]
Revealed: Gaelic Life player of the week
May 29, 2026
ARMAGH star Aoife McCoy has been chosen as the latest Gaelic Life Player of the Week. She led the way in Sunday’s Ulster final win over Armagh. The Dromintee player was voted by you, our readers, ahead of Donegal’s Michael Langan who was in second place. Derry minor Rocco Devlin, Finnbarr Roarty and Eoin McElholm […]
Preview: Consistency v inconsistency as Armagh look to take another step forward
May 28, 2026
ALL-IRELAND SFC Armagh v Derry Saturday. 7.15pm, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds By Michael McMullan CONSISTENCY meets inconsistency on Saturday with Ulster champions Armagh taking on Derry on home soil. Since winning the 2024 All-Ireland title, Armagh have lost two of their 11 championship games. Advertisement One by a point to Donegal in last year’s Ulster final. […]
Patrick Morrison: Self-taught is best-taught
May 26, 2026
OVER my football career I have played in many positions. From defence to forwards I have experienced playing in every position possible on the field. In later years, from U16 up to senior I played at midfield until I was 24 at which time a took a four-year sabbatical from football. When I returned to […]
All-Ireland LGFA fixtures
May 26, 2026
THE All-Ireland Senior LGFA fixtures have been announced. Ulster champions Armagh will travel to Cork in the first round with Donegal handed a bye. Sunday 7th June – Round 1 Cork v Armagh, 3 pm Live on TG4 Kerry v Tipperary, 2 pm Mayo v Dublin, 1 pm Live on TG4 Meath v Galway, 2 […]
JOE BROLLY: Moulded in Geezer’s image
May 25, 2026
THE news that star full back Sean Fitzgerald (aka Fitzy) has been shortlisted for the upcoming series of Love Island is exactly the boost that Galway and Padraic Joyce need at this difficult time. It means he will miss the remainder of the season but hey, when you have a body off Baywatch, who needs […]
Armagh and Monaghan: Planting the seed for more of the same
May 23, 2026
By Michael McMullan LAST Sunday in Clones was always going morph into a sea of colour. Orange or blue? Well, that simply depended on the result. Nothing can suppress such an outpouring of emotion. That’s what famines do. There is no fuel like hunger. Monaghan’s 2013 Ulster final pitch invasion was one of those moments. […]
Armagh ladies anxious about unfamiliar face says McConville
May 23, 2026
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH are well used to the hype and build-up that comes with Ulster final day, but they face an unfamiliar opponent this time around as near-neighbours Tyrone stand in the opposite corner this year. For the seventh season on the bounce, the Orchard County are represented on Ulster final day and they […]
Previews: This weekend’s LGFA games at a glance
May 22, 2026
Compiled by Jackie Cahill THE 2026 TG4 provincial championships will be wrapped up on Sunday – with the Munster and Ulster senior titles up for grabs. In Kilmallock, holders Kerry and Waterford meet in a repeat of the 2025 Munster final, which will have a 2pm start, while Armagh and Tyrone will throw in at […]