By Michael McMullan DONEGAL put their 100 per cent league record on the line when All-Ireland champions Armagh come to Ballybofey on Sunday. For selector Colm McFadden, an All-Ireland winner in 2012, getting points on the board has been the most satisfying aspect of their winning start. An early defeat brings a glance over the […]
CLAN na Gael GAC in Lurgan recently held a special evening to celebrate their young club volunteers who have been completing the Ulster GAA Joint Award Programme. Ulster GAA President Michael Geoghegan visited the club, along with Avril Ryan from Gaisce – The President’s Award and Kate Thompson from Duke of Edinburgh Award, to present […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH aren’t expecting many surprises when they travel to Dr Hyde Park this weekend says boss Karl McKeegan. His Orchard County side are fairly familiar with that particular journey, and their opponents. Roscommon have been regular foes for Armagh in the last number of years and results against the Rossies have been […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH aren’t expecting many surprises when they travel to Dr Hyde Park this weekend says boss Karl McKeegan. His Orchard County side are fairly familiar with that particular journey, and their opponents. Roscommon have been regular foes for Armagh in the last number of years and results against the Rossies have been […]
By Niall Gartland TYRONE defender Aidan Clarke was among those to impress in their opening night win over Derry, and he very much welcomes the heightened sense of competition with the return of some familiar faces to the panel in recent months. Two All-Ireland SFC winners of 2021 who later left the panel – Rory Brennan […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney has made three changes to the Armagh team for Saturday’s NFL clash with Ulster rivals Tyrone (6pm, BOX IT Athletic Grounds). Paddy Burns, Jarly Óg Burns and Cian McConville are all listed to start with the latter two having came on in the defeat to Galway. Niall Grimley will miss […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH and Tyrone renew their famous rivalry on Saturday evening as Malachy O’Rourke’s Red Hand County visit the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds for the second round of the National League. Both head into the contest off the back of very different opening round displays, as All-Ireland champions Armagh fell to Galway by six […]
By Shaun Casey ALL-IRELAND champions Armagh meet Galway on Saturday night to kickstart their Division One campaign in a repeat of last year’s Sam Maguire decider. These two teams have built up quite a solid rivalry over the past few seasons. It goes back to that sensational All-Ireland quarter-final meeting in 2022, which Galway won […]
By Michael McMullan KIERAN McGeeney and Pádraic Joyce have named their teams for Saturday’s NFL opener in Salhtill. Armagh have 10 of the team who started against the Tribesmen in last summer’s All-Ireland final. Joe McElroy, Rian O’Neill, Aaron McKay and Paddy Burns aren’t in the squad while Conor Turbitt is listed on the bench. […]
WHENEVER I was younger, Sherry’s Field in the heart of Armagh City was our playground. A very large field that included five full tennis courts, a soccer pitch, a playground as well as some fringe areas for building tree huts and the like. No matter what the weather was like most of our time was used playing […]
