By Shaun Casey CHOOSING between Ethan Rafferty and Blaine Hughes to guard the Armagh goals is an extremely difficult decision says boss Kieran McGeeney after his side saw off old rivals Tyrone last Saturday evening. Hughes was in sublime form last season as the Orchard County collected the Sam Maguire trophy, conceding just two goals […]
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 Shaun Casey WHEN the Armagh bus pulls up at Pearse Stadium later on this month, and the All-Ireland champions step into the dressing room, the heroics of last year will long be forgotten and aspirations for the year ahead is all that will consume their minds. Armagh reached heights in 2024 that even the […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH will be without Jarly Óg Burns for the start of the National League as the Silverbridge man is set for a spell on the sidelines after the player tore his lateral meniscus in a club championship game back in September against Crossmaglen. The All-Ireland champions take on Galway, away from home, […]
1 Securing Sam AT the start of the season, an Ulster title felt like the ceiling of Armagh’s ambitions. Maybe inside the Orchard changing room they were envisioning a bigger prize, but for their faithful followers, the Anglo Celt was the main target. While Kieran McGeeney’s men came desperately close in Ulster once again this […]
Armagh suffered their fair share of disappointments but ended up with the All-Ireland. Niall Grimley opens up to Shaun Casey. AFTER another heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat in the Ulster final, Armagh were at a low ebb. Niall Grimley didn’t really know where he stood. He hadn’t featured for Kieran McGeeney’s men since the second round […]
By Shaun Casey ALL eyes have already turned towards 2025 for the reigning All-Ireland champions Armagh, says midfielder Niall Grimley. The Orchard County will no doubt have a target on their back in the new season. Kieran McGeeney’s side are back in Division One having earned promotion from the second-tier last season and they will […]
By Shaun Casey KIERAN McGeeney isn’t the type of fella to sit back and bask in his fine stack of achievements. Instead, he’s always on to the next thing. He has that unrelenting drive that makes the best sportspeople who they are. Think Roy Keane, Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo. Nothing is ever enough and no […]
