ARMAGH All-Ireland winner Aidan O’Rourke has been named as part of proposed Kildare manager Brian Flanagan’s management team. Flanagan has been appointed a four-year term, set to be ratified at September’s meeting of Kildare County Board. Flanagan guided the Kildare to Leinster and All-Ireland titles and will take over from Glen Ryan. O’Rourke, Armagh’s minor […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Shaun Casey THESE are exciting times for the Dromintee club. Not just at present, with a number of their young players involved with the Armagh minor team managed by the club’s most famous son Aidan O’Rourke, but for the future as […]
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship Final Derry v Armagh Sunday, O’Neill’s Healy Park, 2pm By Shaun Casey THE more things change, the more things stay the same. While Armagh haven’t had too much underage success in the last 15 years, plenty of onlookers from around the country will be familiar with a lot of the […]
By Shaun Casey PLAYING the game and not the occasion will be the key message from the Armagh minor management team to their squad of players this week as they take on Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final The Orchard County haven’t reached the last four of the All-Ireland series at this grade since 2009, when they went […]
By Michael McMullan REIGNING champions Derry and Armagh are both in All-Ireland minor semi-final action this weekend. Derry backed up their Ulster league and championship double with a hard fought win over Dublin after shipping goals at crucial times. Damian McErlain can call on a handful of last year’s starting team against Kerry on Saturday […]
By Michael McMullan ARMAGH minors have booked an All-Ireland semi-final clash with Mayo later this month and selector Stefan Forker has heaped the praise at the players’ door. It will be a first appearance in the last four since 2009 when a side including current senior stars Andrew Murnin and Rory Grugan went on to […]
By Niall Gartland ARMAGH minor coach Stefan Forker has acknowledged that qualifying for this weekend’s Electric Ireland Ulster final against Derry is a big deal for the county. The Orchard County haven’t made much of an impression at underage level in recent years and the last time they won an Ulster Minor Championship was all […]
By Michael McMullan WITH an in-form Donegal having a bye this weekend, the rest of Group A will look to keep the pressure on. In a change of format from last season, there is the added jeopardy of only second and third placed teams qualifying for the knock-out stages. Like the u-20 championship, the top […]
THIS Dromintee team, who take on Carryduff in Sunday’s semi-final of the Paul McGirr tournament, has already created some history for the south Armagh club. In July 2022 they won the club’s first All-Ireland Féile title and in reaching the Paul McGirr tournament, they have become the first St Patrick’s male side to reach a provincial competition […]
ARMAGH All-Ireland winner Aidan O’Rourke has been ratified as the county’s new minor football manager. As reported by Gaelic Life, O’Rourke was the frontrunner to take over from outgoing boss Brendan Hughes. The Dromintee man was appointed at Monday night’s meeting of Armagh GAA and will lead a management team of Stefan Forker (Maghery), Chris […]
