By Michael McMullan RYAN Johnston will be ready for action when Down take on rivals Armagh on Sunday in Clones (4pm) insists assistant manager Marty Clarke. The Kilcoo star kicked 0-3 in a Man of the Match performance against Donegal on Sunday before being replaced after an hour and didn’t look to be moving too […]
All hell broke lose when Armagh and Cavan clashed during a pre-match parade back in 2014. We chat to two of the men who played that day for their take on the infamous brawl. By Shaun Casey ARMAGH and Cavan matches don’t really have much history behind them, but when the orange and blue do […]
RIAN O’Neill has been listed in the Armagh squad for Saturday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final against Cavan but will start the game on the bench. O’Neill had been sidelined with a quad injury and missed Armagh’s last two games, against Tyrone in the league and Antrim in the Ulster Championship opener. James Morgan and Tiernan Kelly […]
By Niall Gartland MUCH has been made of Armagh’s poor provincial record in recent years, but Cavan legend Damien O’Reilly says there’s just as much at stake for the Breffni County in Saturday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final clash at Kingspan Breffni. Cavan have to progress to the Ulster final if they’re to be included in the […]
By Shaun Casey ARMAGH were routine winners over Antrim in the preliminary round of the Ulster Championship, sending them through to a mouth-watering quarter-final encounter with Cavan in two weeks’ time. From start to finish, Kieran McGeeney’s side dominated the tussle, bursting out of the traps to strike the first five scores of the game […]
By Shaun Casey JUST three months ago, Antrim travelled to the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds for the opening game of the year as Andy McEntee got his tenure underway against Armagh in the first round of the McKenna Cup. A massive 4,500 fans gathered in the Cathedral City to watch the Orchard County’s domination over the […]
ANDY McEntee and Kieran McGeeney have named their squads ahead of Saturday’s Ulster SFC opener at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. There is no place for Andrew Murnin who was replaced in Armagh defeat by Tyrone, while Ben Crealey and James Morgan are listed to start for what would be a first appearance of the season. […]
THIS week, Éabha Lennon looks at the opponents from her career… Age: 19. Teams played for: Mullabrack ladies, St. Brenda’s Camogie Club, Ballymacnab, Ulster University ladies, Armagh camogie, Armagh ladies to minor level, St. Patrick’s High School, Keady camogie and football teams. Who are your main rivals? Advertisement Football would probably be Clan na Gael, and […]
By Alan Rodgers ALL the permutations surrounding relegation or deciding the National League final pairing will only be secondary to the fact that this latest clash of Tyrone against Armagh carries massive significance for both counties. Two wins on the trot mean that the Red Hands enter this round seven game in buoyant mood. Victory […]
IT was Michael Murphy’s final game for Donegal and Declan Bonner’s as manager, but June 12, 2022 will be a day Dave Gallagher will never forget. Donegal had knocked Armagh out of the Ulster Championships and the Qualifiers draw dragged them back to Clones for an all or nothing rematch. For Donegal followers they were […]
