By Michael McMullan IT’S Conleith Gilligan’s second season in Kieran McGeeney’s management team and he hails what went before as the reason for Armagh’s strength in depth. Gilligan, an All-Ireland winning player with Ballinderry, coached Kilcoo to the same title before being asked on board with McGeeney in Armagh. One of the key ingredients to […]
Aaron McKay scored Armagh’s crucial All-Ireland final goal last summer but has yet to play a minute in 2025. One of the players who struggled in the Division Three days, he knows what battling back is all about. Michael McMullan writes… WHILE Armagh’s story of persistence turns up Church Hill in Clones on Saturday afternoon, […]
By Michael McMullan AFTER last weekend’s Munster and Connacht finals, there is a clearer picture ahead of the All-Ireland series. Reigning champions Armagh and Ulster champions Donegal now know exactly what they face when they dust themselves down after Saturday’s showdown in Clones. Galway’s win over Mayo puts them into a tough group with Dublin, […]
SO the Ulster final pairing has been decided and we will see most people’s two best teams in Ulster face off in Clones in nine days’ time. On the same weekend we will also see the novel pairing of Meath and Louth hit it off in the Leinster final. The word novel is not directed […]
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 SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL ARMAGH V TYRONE Saturday, Clones, 4.45pm By Niall Gartland WILL things come full circle for an injury-ravaged Armagh side in Saturday’s Ulster Championship semi-final at Clones? Tyrone were the last team to defeat the Orchard County in 70 minutes of championship football – that being an All-Ireland round robin clash […]
By Shaun Casey THE prospect of facing arch-rivals Tyrone, as All-Ireland champions, will raise the blood pressure for many Armagh supporters but for their manager Kieran McGeeney, Saturday’s showdown will just be another day at the office. The rivalry shared between the two counties reached its tipping point during McGeeney’s playing days. Armagh and Tyrone […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH All-Star defender Barry McCambridge has hailed the newcomers to the Orchard side. The Clann Éireann man spoke of how Tomás McCormack’s second-half goal gave the All-Ireland champions “breathing space” in their action-packed win over Antrim in Corrigan Park. It sets up a semi-final on Saturday week with Tyrone in Clones and […]
By Shaun Casey ALL-IRELAND champions Armagh will be unbackable favourites to secure a spot in the Ulster Championship semi-finals this weekend and see off Antrim at Corrigan Park with the minimum of fuss. In recent championship clashes in 2023 and 2021, played at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, the Orchard men cruised to victory, winning by […]
By Shaun Casey STANDING on the steps of the Hogan Stand last summer, Aidan Forker exclaimed that he and his teammates were living their dreams. Such heights seemed unimaginable for most of the Maghery man’s county career. For Forker, Rory Grugan, Andrew Murnin, Stefan Campbell and the likes, they had given over a decade of […]
