All-Ireland winners head to America for the summer


By Shaun Casey ARMAGH All-Ireland winners Darragh McMullan, Oisin Conaty and Peter McGrane are all jetting off to America for the summer. The Orchard County saw their season end abruptly last weekend at Croke Park. Kerry proved too strong for the All-Ireland champions and entered the last four in the race for Sam Maguire with […]


Kelly excited for his first Dublin championship clash


By Shaun Casey NO one inside the Armagh changing room has ever played Dublin in the championship but that will change this weekend for Tiernan Kelly and co as the Orchard County travel to Croke Park for a top of the table clash. Both teams kickstarted their All-Ireland campaigns with opening round victories. Dublin saw […]


Tally hoping for an upturn after seven-week layoff


By Michael McMullan THERE are two halves to Paddy Tally’s tenure as Derry manager to date. Before Ballybofey and after Ballybofey. As the Oakleafers prepare to step into the lion’s den against All-Ireland champions Armagh, in their own patch, the Derry boss has had time to take stock. An eleventh-hour replacement for Mickey Harte was […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: A final for the ages


AS I sit down to write this week’s piece, I’m struggling in that I actually don’t know where to begin. I think I can speak for most when I say that was probably one of the best Ulster finals we have ever witnessed. If I’m being 100 per cent honest towards the end of the […]


Ulster’s Croker match ups


With talk that this year’s Ulster final could be played at Croke Park, we take a look at some of the previous all-Ulster meetings at GAA Headquarters. 2003 All-Ireland SFC semi-final Armagh 2-10 Donegal 1-9 ARMAGH kept their two in-a-row hopes alive in front of 76,000 spectators with an extremely hard-earned win over Brian McEniff’s […]


Armagh v Tyrone: A famous footballing trilogy


Shaun Casey speaks to Gavin Devlin and Enda McNulty about Armagh and Tyrone’s famous trilogy of 2005. GAELIC games are built on local rivalries. Keeping an eye on them ‘uns across the road. Matching, or more importantly, surpassing their success is what the sport thrives on. Back in 2005, Armagh and Tyrone shared a memorable trilogy […]


Rafferty – I’d love to win an Ulster


By Shaun Casey IT’S 17 years since Armagh last captured the Anglo Celt Cup and 2025 provides another chance for Kieran McGeeney’s side to end that long drought but goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty says his team are taking it one game at a time. The Orchard County, who have lost the last two provincial finals after […]


McGeeney braced for “massive” Kerry challenge in Tralee


By Shaun Casey ARMAGH manager Kieran McGeeney is expecting a “massive” battle this weekend as his side travel south to Austin Stack Park, Tralee to face Kerry with both sides in desperate need of the points. Both teams are at the wrong end of the Division One table, with Armagh sitting on five points after five rounds […]


McGeeney: The home comforts will help Armagh


By Shaun Casey ARMAGH boss Kieran McGeeney is hoping that the home comforts of the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds will help Armagh bounce back from their round three defeat to Donegal as they host Mayo on Saturday evening. The game will be played as part of a double-header, with the Armagh and Mayo ladies battling it […]