So prodigious was Colm Cooper’s talent as a teenager that he usurped more established players, writes Kieran Shannon.

For those of you who initially thought last Sunday’s Ulster final was another desecration of what was once known as Gaelic football, a question — name a game in recent memory in which both teams helped serve up a greater number of exceptional long-range points than what Tyrone and Donegal did in Clones?

Jason Ryan last night stepped down as Kildare manager after two years in charge. Ryan had previously been coach and selector under Kieran McGeeney in 2013.

Ireland International Rules manager Joe Kernan believes the GAA will consider padded posts in the wake of Ronan Clarke’s injury last Saturday.

Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney has taken GAA commentators, including Joe Brolly, to task about their "lies" concerning the extent of his panel’s training schedule, writes John Fogarty.

New Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney is an "animal" who creates an environment in which hard work underpins everything, according to MMA fighter Conor McGregor.

Kieran McGeeney is expected to be announced as Armagh manager after Paul Grimley stepped aside following Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat to Donegal.

All-Ireland winner Kieran McGeeney met his Kerry match yesterday in stunning bride Maura O’Rahilly.

Newly installed Tipperary captain Brendan Maher admits the recruitment of football legend Kieran McGeeney came as a big surprise.

Jamie Clarke said the prospect of working with Kieran McGeeney was the big carrot which brought him back home to Armagh.

New Kildare manager Jason Ryan has admitted he wouldn’t have been offered the position were it not for his predecessor Kieran McGeeney giving him a coaching role at the end of last year.

Marc Ó Sé says he’ll never forget how his late uncle Páidí stuck by him after the 2002 All-Ireland final defeat.

Oisín McConville has made a startling claim that at least one player on every county panel in Ireland is battling gambling addiction.

Former Armagh star John McEntee has praised referees chief Pat McEnaney for making the game “a bit more manly again”.

The Armagh County Board have moved swiftly to install their new senior football manager, promoting Paddy O'Rourke's assistant Paul Grimley to the main role.

There has been no movement yet on a new Armagh football manager, with early favourite Paul Grimley suggesting that one of their 2002 All-Ireland winners should take over.

Armagh assistant-manager Paul Grimley has slammed claims by Oisin McConville that a complacent approach was responsible for the Orchard County’s shock defeat by Roscommon.

More often than not, the tone for refereeing in the Championship is set in the first couple of weekends.

Ronan Clarke is hoping to make his first Ulster SFC appearance since 2009 this summer, having resumed training with the Armagh footballers.

Kieran McGeeney claims coverage of Kildare’s financial woes has been unfair in comparison to other counties in similar and worse difficulties.

Armagh goalkeeper Paul Hearty had decided to call time on his inter-county football career, becoming the second member of the county's 2002 All-Ireland title-winning squad to retire in the past week.

And then there was just one — if Ronan Clarke gets back at all.

Steven McDonnell admits he derives a lot of pleasure from the amount of well-wishers following his decision to retire from inter-county football.

Crossmaglen joint-manager Tony McEntee claimed the threat of suspension precluded him from speaking out against referee Rory Hickey’s performance on Saturday.

CROSSMAGLEN joint-manager Tony McEntee has warned the best is yet to come from his side.

LAOIS have been one of the surprise packages of this year’s league campaign. Since 2004, they’ve struggled to live up to the mantle heir apparent to the Leinster thrown but that’s one of the reasons manager Justin McNulty agreed to become their manager.

WHEN it was all done, Kieran McGeeney gathered his Kildare players on the pitch for one last stirring oration. It lasted a minute or so before he broke off and departed for the tunnel, swatting tears from his eyes.

FORMER Armagh star Justin McNulty was last night appointed Laois senior football manager.

JUSTIN McNULTY is expected to be ratified as Laois senior football manager tonight.

Galway are on the lookout for their third senior football manager since 2007, following Joe Kernan's decision to resign from the post he took up just last September.

Several Laois footballers have come out in support of their former manager Mick O'Dwyer after he was labelled a "bluffer" by one of their former teammates in a radio interview.

LAST September, Steven McDonnell made it known he was considering his future with Armagh. He was going to draw a curtain on a storied career if the management set-up he backed was not appointed.

Reports linking Oisin McConville with a return to the Armagh senior football panel have been dismissed by the player himself.

KIERAN McGEENEY was in firefighting mode on Saturday evening but it was to no avail. The flames of expectation were already licking at his heels, fanned by his own team’s stunning performance.

WEXFORD fans will want to take more home from Croke Park this afternoon than the memory of a first ever championship meeting against Armagh.

Cavan 0-13 Armagh 0-17

Kildare 0-9 Wicklow 0-13

2002 All-Ireland winner and All-Star Aidan O'Rourke is expected to see action for Armagh during the 2008 Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup.