Final round of McKenna Cup games set for midweek


CAVAN have made two changes for Wednesday’s final group game in the McKenna Cup in  Kingspan Breffni Park. Raymond Galligan takes over from Liam Brady between the posts. with Cian Madden coming into the attack at the expense of Brandon Boylan. Kieran McGeeney’s side were winners over Antrim with goals from Joe Sheridan and Conor […]


McKenna Cup gets off to a midweek start


THE 2023 inter-county football season gets underway in Ulster on Wednesday night with three group games (all at 7.30pm) in the Dr McKenna Cup Castleblayney will host a clash between two managers cutting their teeth at inter-county level. Vinny Corey begins life as the Farney senior manager, with new Down manager Conor Laverty in the […]


Rory Grugan gearing up for another year with Armagh


By Shaun Casey RORY Grugan was named as the 2022 Armagh Player of the Year after another fantastic season in the orange and white at the start of December. The Ballymacnab playmaker, who won an All-Ireland minor title in 2009, first represented his county at senior level in 2011. Over the past decade, he’s moulded […]


Ciaran Mackin back with Armagh for more in 2023


By Shaun Casey IT doesn’t get much more daunting than making your Armagh debut at midfield, in Croke Park, against Dublin. Sure, Ciaran Mackin had lined out in a few McKenna Cup games in the previous weeks, but this was a huge step up. Mackin showed his class that evening as Armagh claimed a famous […]


Armagh are “there or thereabouts” says Donaghy


By Shaun Casey BRENDAN Donaghy believes that Armagh can push on next season following their league and championship displays in 2022. Donaghy recently retired from the inter-county scene after 17 years of service and was the last remaining member of the panel to have an Ulster medal. The Clonmore man was part of the Armagh […]


Brendan Donaghy retires from intercounty duty


BRENDAN Donaghy has retired from inter-county football following 17 years of representing Armagh at the highest level. At Thursday’s ‘Armagh Club All-Star Award night’, Donaghy, along with recently retired hurler Simon Doherty, were presented with special recognition awards for their years of service. Donaghy made his Armagh debut back in 2006 against Fermanagh in the […]


‘Niamh Reel arrives with salmon for lunch’


ARMAGH ‘keeper Anna Carr spills the beans on some of her teammates… Age:  26. Teams played for:  Armagh ladies, Queen’s University and Carrickcruppen GFC. Earliest GAA memory?  I would probably say playing school football for St Paul’s, Bessbrook, who I played for from first year to seventh year. We had some great games over the […]


Jarly Óg Burns – we want to do ‘Geezer’ proud


By Shaun Casey FROM an early age, Jarly Óg Burns was destined to pull on the famed orange and white jersey that his father, ten years before his Armagh debut, had worn when holding aloft the Anglo Celt Cup. Jarlath senior helped the Orchard County end a 17-year wait for a provincial crown and now […]