By Shaun Casey NO one inside the Armagh changing room has ever played Dublin in the championship but that will change this weekend for Tiernan Kelly and co as the Orchard County travel to Croke Park for a top of the table clash. Both teams kickstarted their All-Ireland campaigns with opening round victories. Dublin saw […]
Tally hoping for an upturn after seven-week layoff
May 23, 2025
By Michael McMullan THERE are two halves to Paddy Tally’s tenure as Derry manager to date. Before Ballybofey and after Ballybofey. As the Oakleafers prepare to step into the lion’s den against All-Ireland champions Armagh, in their own patch, the Derry boss has had time to take stock. An eleventh-hour replacement for Mickey Harte was […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: A final for the ages
May 15, 2025
AS I sit down to write this week’s piece, I’m struggling in that I actually don’t know where to begin. I think I can speak for most when I say that was probably one of the best Ulster finals we have ever witnessed. If I’m being 100 per cent honest towards the end of the […]
The long road to the top – Callum O’Neill’s rise through the ranks
May 1, 2025
By Shaun Casey SIX weeks ago, not many people outside the Orchard County knew much about Callum O’Neill. But they know him now. The Belleek clubman has been one of the finds of the season for Kieran McGeeney’s Armagh men. Having only made two brief substitute appearances in the opening six rounds of the National […]
Ulster’s Croker match ups
April 25, 2025
With talk that this year’s Ulster final could be played at Croke Park, we take a look at some of the previous all-Ulster meetings at GAA Headquarters. 2003 All-Ireland SFC semi-final Armagh 2-10 Donegal 1-9 ARMAGH kept their two in-a-row hopes alive in front of 76,000 spectators with an extremely hard-earned win over Brian McEniff’s […]
Armagh v Tyrone: A famous footballing trilogy
April 24, 2025
Shaun Casey speaks to Gavin Devlin and Enda McNulty about Armagh and Tyrone’s famous trilogy of 2005. GAELIC games are built on local rivalries. Keeping an eye on them ‘uns across the road. Matching, or more importantly, surpassing their success is what the sport thrives on. Back in 2005, Armagh and Tyrone shared a memorable trilogy […]
Rafferty – I’d love to win an Ulster
April 2, 2025
By Shaun Casey IT’S 17 years since Armagh last captured the Anglo Celt Cup and 2025 provides another chance for Kieran McGeeney’s side to end that long drought but goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty says his team are taking it one game at a time. The Orchard County, who have lost the last two provincial finals after […]
McGeeney braced for “massive” Kerry challenge in Tralee
March 13, 2025
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH manager Kieran McGeeney is expecting a “massive” battle this weekend as his side travel south to Austin Stack Park, Tralee to face Kerry with both sides in desperate need of the points. Both teams are at the wrong end of the Division One table, with Armagh sitting on five points after five rounds […]
McGeeney: The home comforts will help Armagh
February 21, 2025
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH boss Kieran McGeeney is hoping that the home comforts of the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds will help Armagh bounce back from their round three defeat to Donegal as they host Mayo on Saturday evening. The game will be played as part of a double-header, with the Armagh and Mayo ladies battling it […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Coaches need to quit the complaining
February 6, 2025
WEEK Two and it’s still hard to find any negative aspects of these new rules. Last weekend, across all divisions, we were served up another mouthwatering serving of action with scores galore and free-flowing football. For me, these rules are working and that’s all that has to be said about them. The only people who […]