By Michael McMullan ARMAGH have made one change in their team named for Saturday’s Ulster final showdown with Donegal in Clones (5.25pm). All-Star Conor Turbitt has been listed in the starting 15 for the All-Ireland champions ahead of Tomás McCormack. Jason Duffy and Tiernan Kelly have been included in the squad, while Joe McElroy, Aaron […]
Goal hero McKay in the face of another battle back
May 8, 2025
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, […]
UPDATED: The search for Sam
May 6, 2025
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, […]
OUT NOW: Draw made for Sam Maguire Cup group stages
April 28, 2025
THE prize for the winners of Saturday week’s Ulster final is a mini-Ulster championship in Group One of the All-Ireland SFC group stages. Wednesday’s draw pits the winners of Donegal and Armagh against Tyrone and Cavan with Connacht runners up as the second seed. Derry, who have yet to win a game in 2025, face […]
Armagh chasing Anglo Celt dream
April 5, 2025
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 […]
JOE BROLLY:The Red Little Hen
March 30, 2025
LIKE the Little Red Hen, Jimmy doesn’t need any help. But unlike the Little Red Hen, he doesn’t ask for it. I watched them training once in 2011, shortly before their All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin and was amazed that, apart from the goalies, he took the entire session himself. The drills, the running, the talks […]
McEvoy expecting another blockbuster with the Dubs’ return
February 27, 2025
By Michael McMullan WHEN Armagh last hosted Dublin in 2011, was Philip McEvoy was between posts. It was electric then and the Dromintee man is expecting the same on Saturday night. Armagh had just returned to Division Two. It was the opening of the new stand in the Athletic Grounds and Dublin would end a […]
Hughes: Champions Armagh excited by Division One campaign
January 25, 2025
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 […]
Champs Armagh out to defend their crown
January 2, 2025
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 […]
Burns set for spell on the sidelines
January 2, 2025
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, […]