By Kevin Egan Armagh 1-14 Roscommon 1-8 ARMAGH secured an immediate return to Division 2 of the Centra National Camogie League and cemented their status as favourites for the All-Ireland Junior Championship into the bargain with a straightforward Division 3A final victory over Roscommon at Abbotstown this afternoon. The Orchard County managed the elements very […]
The Ulster Championship kicks into action with Sunday’s showdown between Armagh and Tyrone. Michael McMullan takes a look why it remains one of the best competitions in the calander. THERE is just something about Clones. Not everybody gets it, but Ulster Gaels, they just know. It’s a step back in time. A lick of paint […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney and Malachy O’Rourke have named their teams ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship opener in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Armagh have listed the same starting 15 from their last league game against Kerry but there are changes on the bench. Rory Grogan, Andrew Murnin and Barry McCambridge are listed. Conor […]
By Shaun Casey IT’S 14 years since Aidan Forker first experienced the fierce Armagh-Tyrone rivalry. The Maghery man encountered his Loughshore neighbours in the opening round of the 2012 Ulster Championship. He hit the net from wing half forward on his debut at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds in a game the hosts lost 0-19 to […]
By Shaun Casey Armagh 2-26 Cavan 0-10 Armagh earned a second victory in the u-20 Ulster Championship with a huge 22-point win over Cavan at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Having beaten Down in the first round, Barry O’Hagan’s men made it two from two on home turf to top the group ahead of round three, […]
By Shaun Casey AARON Haughey knows exactly what his Armagh u-20 team can expect when they line out against Down in Páirc Esler on Wednesday evening in the first round of the Ulster Championship. Having spent his school days at St Colman’s Newry, he has rubbed shoulders will plenty of the players that will be […]
Lidl National Football League Division 1 Armagh 1-13 Kerry 2-8 By Elaine Ingram ARMAGH desperately needed a win to move out of the Lidl National Football League Division 1 relegation zone and they managed to get it in a tight tussle against Kerry with a two-point victory. While there was no breeze in Silverbridge, Kerry […]
By Shaun Casey A running theme throughout Armagh’s Division One campaign has been their slow starts but they have showed real grit and determination to pull themselves back from impossible positions. In Croke Park against Dublin in round six, Armagh trailed by 11-points at one stage but battled back to win the game while last […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH have given themselves a real fighting chance of clinging onto their top tier status, but manager Kieran McGeeney expects their “toughest game” of the campaign when they host Kerry on Sunday afternoon. The Orchard County currently rest just above the relegation zone, with Dublin and Monaghan, the two teams they have […]
By Shaun Casey AS far as dead rubbers go, Armagh’s meeting with Fermanagh on Saturday means absolutely nothing to either side, outside of fulfilling the fixtures. Both teams have already suffered relegation and will compete in Division Four come 2027. Neither has picked up a single point from their five previous outings, suffering five consecutive […]
