By Niall Gartland THE Armagh camogs have displayed their strength-in-depth this season and have been rewarded with a Division 3A final berth against Carlow this Saturday. Ciara Donnelly, for so long their score-getting supremo, is sidelined at the moment with injury but the remaining forwards have stepped up to the plate and then some, racking up […]
Meet Armagh goalkeeper Ciarrai Devlin… Name: Ciarrai Devlin. Age: 25. Teams played for: St Mary’s, Granemore, Armagh, Ulster, UUJ. Advertisement Which team mate has been the most inspirational and why? Colleen O’Hare – every match she gives 100 per cent and usually wins her individual battle. Who’s the best team mate to train with and […]
Name: Leanne Donnelly. Age: 22. Teams played for: Eglish, Armagh, St Catherine’s, Armagh, Queen’s, Belfast and Ulster. Earliest GAA memory? My earliest memory is playing a Go Games blitz in Granemore. I was u-8 at the time and we were using soft touch and ground play was suggested at that age group, but I remember […]
ARMAGH SENIOR CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL BALLYMACNAB V GRANEMORE Friday, Athletic Grounds, 8.30pm It’s a repeat of last year’s championship decider, which Ballymacnab won to complete their three in a row charge and are hoping to extend their domination on Friday evening. They face their arch-rivals Granemore who were the kingpins before Ballymacnab took over. The […]
By Shaun Casey IN the build up to Sunday’s Premier Junior All-Ireland final, Armagh hosted a ‘Meet the Players’ evening for supporters to come along and get selfies and autographs with the team. It was a welcomed distraction from the game itself admits manager Jim McKernan, who has guided Armagh to their third All-Ireland final […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH are “like a club team, we’re not like a county team” says joint captain Michelle McArdle ahead of Sunday’s Premier Junior All-Ireland final. The Orchard ladies face Antrim in the showpiece, a side they’ve already beaten three times this year. “The forward line has clicked and it’s the same with the […]
By Niall Gartland BEFORE this season, Maria McLarnon had never represented Antrim at any level or age group, but now she’s set to lead her team out on All-Ireland final day alongside vice-captain Emma Laverty. The Portglenone defender says it’s been a roller-coaster of a season culminating in Sunday’s decider against Armagh, a game which […]
By Niall Gartland THERE was some initial scepticism about the necessity of fielding a ‘Junior’ camogie team in Antrim, but the proof is in the pudding and in their first year they’re on the brink of All-Ireland glory at Croke Park. Brian Kearney (joint-manager of the team alongside Mark ‘Duck’ McFadden) said the development of […]
TIPPERARY official Mike Ryan will take charge of the all-Ulster clash of Aramgh and Antrim in Sunday week’s All-Ireland Premier Junior All-Ireland Camogie final. The Nenagh man was in the middle at this level two years ago and was the referee for the Munster Club Senior ginal earlier this year. Cavan officials Philip McDonald and […]
CAVAN have claimed a victory against their All-Ireland semi-final opponents Armagh already this season, but their joint-captain Aideen Coyle knows a lot of water has passed under the bridge in the meantime. It was February 26 in the first round of Division Three fixtures and Cavan pipped their Ulster rivals by a point away from […]
