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 […]
WEEK Two and it’s still hard to find any negative aspects of these new rules. Last weekend, across all divisions, we were served up another mouthwatering serving of action with scores galore and free-flowing football. For me, these rules are working and that’s all that has to be said about them. The only people who […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH icon Steven McDonnell is back in charge of his home club Killeavy, having taken over midway through last year. McDonnell took charge after the opening round of the championship when the club parted ways with Niall McAleenan. The 2002 All-Ireland winner guided Killeavy to the last eight of the Senior Championship, […]
STANDING, soaked, on the sideline at Clones on Ulster final day, David Kelly couldn’t have imagined the season he was about to experience. Kelly was part of the 1999 Armagh team that was being honoured for their Ulster title achievements 25 years ago. In the months that followed, the Orchard County collected the Sam Maguire […]
By Shaun Casey ANTRIM’S Ulster Championship opener against All-Ireland champions Armagh should be played in Corrigan Park, says former Saffron attacker Kevin Niblock. The sides are due to get their championship campaigns underway next April. Armagh supporters follow their team in their droves and with Kieran McGeeney’s side facing into next season hoping to defend […]
By Shaun Casey FOLLOWING Cullyhanna’s historic run to All-Ireland Intermediate success last season, the St Patrick’s club are now back up competing at senior level in the Orchard County and eyeing up more silverware. Cullyhanna reached Senior Championship finals in 2013 and 2016, but lost out to Crossmaglen and Maghery respectively, and were relegated to […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH’S All-Ireland winning attacker Rory Grugan is set to miss out on the club championship with a knee injury picked up in that historic All-Ireland final win against Galway. The Ballymacnab playmaker left the action on the 50th minute mark, with Oisin O’Neill coming off the bench in his place as the […]
By Shaun Casey THE scramble for All-Ireland final tickets has surrounded Galway and Armagh for the past few weeks and that’ll only ease up now as the clock ticks towards Sunday. For Sinead Burke, a Galway girl residing in the Orchard County, she has got to experience both sides of it. A former Galway ladies […]
By Shaun Casey FORMER Armagh player, manager and coach Jim McCorry believes that the wide-open spaces of Croke Park will suit his county this weekend as they take on Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final. McCorry was a coach under Kieran McGeeney as recently as 2020 and spent three years in the management team. He suggests […]
By Shaun Casey AFTER a couple of rough weeks when results didn’t quite go their way, Ballyhegan are now back on track with two wins on the trot and are well in the promotion shake up heading into the final few rounds of the Division 3A league. The Davitts lost the Junior Championship final last season […]
