Donaghy and McKeever set to stay with Armagh


By Niall Gartland KIERAN Donaghy and Ciaran McKeever are set to remain as part of the Armagh backroom team for 2023, Gaelic Life understands. Team manager Kieran McGeeney was handed a one-year contract extension last week and it’s understood that McKeever and former Kerry footballer Kieran Donaghy have needed little encouragement to remain part of […]


McGeeney to stay on as Armagh manager for 2023


KIERAN McGeeney will manage the Armagh senior intercounty footballers until at least the end of the 2023 after he was handed a one-year extension to his contract this evening. It will be McGeeney’s ninth year in charge of the team (he was appointed in late 2014) and the news will come as no major surprise […]


Shields to stay with Armagh


By Shaun Casey ARMAGH’S Mark Shields has committed to another season with the Orchard County. The 33-year-old missed much of 2021 after suffering a hamstring injury, which required surgery and an intense rehab programme. He returned to play in the big wins over Dublin and Tyrone in Division One of the National League and the […]


Madden turning attention towards the championship


By Shaun Casey MADDEN’S chances of competing for a League title are gone according to boss Mickey Grimley and attention will now turn towards the Championship. Madden, along with Crossmaglen and Armagh Harps, are four points behind leaders Killeavy who have beaten the Raparees twice in the league. “We’ve sort of give up on the […]


A year still worth remembering for Armagh


By Shaun Casey WHEN Armagh fans reflect on the 2022 season just gone by, they’ll have fond memories as it was a year worth remembering. There may not have been any silverware to mark a memorable campaign, and it all ended in bitterly disappointing circumstances, but Kieran McGeeney’s men displayed an ability to mix it with […]


Armagh edged out in penalty shootout drama


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final Armagh 3-18 Galway 2-21 AET Galway win 4-1 on penalties By Michael McMullan Advertisement ARMAGH’S All-Ireland hopes were left in tatters after Sunday’s penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of Galway in Croke Park. Over 100 minutes of action couldn’t separate the teams, but when Stefan Campbell and Conor Turbitt […]


KEVIN CASSIDY: Clash of the titans


THINGS went up a notch or two last weekend with the latest round of National Football League fixtures. The table is starting to take shape with a few teams lingering at the bottom who now seem to be in serious bother. More pressure was heaped on Dessie Farrell‘s Dublin team after suffering their third straight […]