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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
TYRONE All-Ireland winner Ryan Mellon has been added to the Madden management team for the upcoming season. Mellon lifted the Sam Maguire twice with Tyrone in 2005 and 2008 before retiring from inter-county duty in 2010. The Moy native has joined the Armagh club with Mickey Grimley remaining in charge for another year. The Raparees […]
ARMAGH’S Aimee Mackin picked up a third All-Star award at last weekend’s award ceremony in Dublin. It capped off another fine season for the Orchard star. Niamh McLaughlin, also named as Player of the Year, was selected in the team for the first time. ALL-Ireland Senior champions Meath led the way with six representatives. Advertisement […]
THREE titles came to Ulster from last weekend’s All-Ireland Scór final in Castlebar. On Friday saw all eight Ulster Scór acts make the long journey west before a long day of activities commenced early on Saturday morning with soundchecks beginning for the solo singers at 8.30am and running through to lunch. Meanshile the Trath nc gCeist […]
McKEEVER Sports are delighted to kit out Armagh GAA once again for the next two seasons, with an initial release of the home jersey. To be quickly followed by the Away, and Goalkeeper jerseys for the men’s senior footballers, hurlers and underage squads. A new Armagh GAA Home jersey launched on Tuesday (pictured below) along […]
JOHN McEntee was the star of Crossmaglen and Armagh’s bid for glory with his playmaking and scoring exploits from centre forward. He takes us back through some of the memorable games from a glittering career. Teams played for: Crossmaglen Rangers, Armagh, University of Ulster and Ulster. Current involvement: The u-8 girls’ team in Crossmaglen. Which […]
Name: Leanne Donnelly. Age: 22. Teams played for: Eglish, Armagh, St Catherine’s, Armagh, Queen’s, Belfast and Ulster. Who are your main rivals? Our main rivals are usually the winners that come out of Down, in the past it has been Clonduff and Portaferry. Advertisement Which opposition ground do you like playing on and why? I […]
BBC are to broadcast an All-Ireland final across their TV network while RTÉ have committed to a second highlights programme in two of the main takeaways from the GAA right’s deal for 2023 to 2027 announced today. The new packages come a day after Sky Sports and the GAA ended their broadcast arrangement. BBC will […]
