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Sligo v Armagh - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

Armagh momentum gathers with victory against Sligo

Sligo 1-13 Armagh 1-19

Mon, 25 Jun, 2018

Kieran McGeeney critical of free count as Armagh claim title

Armagh boss Kieran McGeeney has questioned if his team are getting enough frees and admitted it could require a change in tactics to address the issue.

Mon, 02 Apr, 2018

Waterford boss Tom McGlinchey handed eight-week ban

Waterford manager Tom McGlinchey has received an eight-week sideline ban after he chose not to contest the proposed suspension last night.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2018

Armagh’s escape to victory leaves Denis Connerton fuming

Armagh 1-11 Longford 1-10: This was the ultimate smash and grab operation.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2018

Murphy upsets O’Donoghue to claim Crowley Cup

Denis Murphy bowled impressively to win the Flor Crowley Cup final at Ballinacurra on Sunday.

Wed, 13 Dec, 2017

Susan Greene departure leaves road bowling at crossroads

Susan Greene has announced she will not to seek re-election as chairperson of Ból-Chumann na hÉireann, an organisation she has led with distinction since 2001.

Wed, 15 Nov, 2017

Another Croker choker for Lilies

Shouldn’t we have seen this coming? Armagh had momentum. They looked to be enjoying their football more too. Exemplified by Jamie Clarke, they were playing with a joie de vivre that had been missing these past few years.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2017

Cool Clarke guides Armagh to All-Ireland quarter-final

Jamie Clarke was in sublime form as Armagh marched into next Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin or Tyrone.

Sat, 29 Jul, 2017

Kerry captain Johnny Buckley poised to make his first appearance of the season

Captain Johnny Buckley will make his first appearance of the season for Kerry in tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with Galway at Croke Park.

Sat, 29 Jul, 2017

14-man Armagh bring an end to Westmeath's season

Westmeath restored battered pride, but it was 14-man Armagh who took the spoils in a bruising Round 2B Qualifier at Cusack Park.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

Michael Harrington out to make history in All-Ireland series

Michael Harrington leads the Munster team in the first All-Ireland series at Grenagh this weekend. The Killarney man is hoping to make history as the first Kerry native to win the title when he faces Paul Rafferty on Saturday.

Thu, 06 Jul, 2017

Riordan powers home against O’Donovan to reach final

Donal Riordan powered to the Munster Intermediate final, beating Willie O’Donovan by a bowl of odds at Castletownkenneigh.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2017

‘Rain man’ Gavin Twohig holds off Éamon Bowen fightback

Gavin Twohig beat Éamon Bowen by almost a bowl in the first round of the Munster senior championship in driving rain at Templemartin on Monday.

Wed, 07 Jun, 2017

James Cooney steals the show with big win over Murphy

James Cooney was the star of the Munster Junior A action last weekend, beating Michael Murphy by three bowls after a scintillating 10 shot salvo at Whitechurch on Sunday.

Wed, 24 May, 2017

Sigerson Cup: Ulster University need extra time to overcome Garda College

Ulster University 2-15

Wed, 01 Feb, 2017

Kieran McGeeney finds positives in Armagh’s narrow defeat

Derry 3-10 Armagh 2-12: Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney took more positives than negatives out of yesterday’s one-point McKenna Cup defeat to Derry at Owenbeg.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2017

Kieran McGeeney: Jamie Clarke must fight for his place

Kieran McGeeney hopes the returning Jamie Clarke “gives himself the best chance” to prove his class with Armagh in 2017.

Wed, 28 Dec, 2016

James Morgan and Seanie Johnston 29/5/2015

Cavan beat Armagh to set up Tyrone date

Cavan 2-16, Armagh 0-14: For the third week in a row, some of the gloss was taken off the Ulster senior football championship’s top billing as the most fiercely competitive product in the country.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Battling Armagh unable to beat drop

Armagh 1-18 Derry 0-15: Armagh went down, but not without a fight, and Kieran McGeeney took the positives from a difficult spring despite the team’s relegation from Division 2 for the second time in three seasons.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Cavan v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 2 Round 7

Cavan secure promotion as Meath send Laois down

Cavan have earned promotion and a league final place with a 1-16 to 1-12 win over Galway at Kingspan/Breffni Park.

Sun, 03 Apr, 2016

Kevin Walsh says Galway are unfairly ‘ridiculed’

Armagh 1-15 Galway 1-15: Claiming his Galway side have been unfairly “ridiculed” for having no backbone, Kevin Walsh saluted his players’ new-found powers of resilience after coming back from the dead for the second week running.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Patrick McBrearty inspires 14-man UUJ to victory over Garda College

UUJ 2-14 Garda College 0-11: Donegal’s Patrick McBrearty scored 1-4 in the opening 10 minutes to make life comfortable for 2016 Sigerson Cup hosts Jordanstown against Garda College yesterday.

Wed, 03 Feb, 2016

Meath v Armagh - Allianz Football League Division 2 Round 1

Ambitious Meath hit the ground running

Meath 1-10 Armagh 0-8: On goes Meath’s winter of content.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2016

Tyrone upwardly mobile: county by county guide to Div 2 of the Allianz NFL

John Fogarty considers the promotion prospects of the sides hoping to join the top tier.

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016

Armagh v Cavan - Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup Group C Round 1

Cavan claim victory after fiery day in Crossmaglen

Cavan 2-8 Armagh 0-11: Any lingering notion that the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup is nothing more than a gentle preamble into the more serious business of the GAA season was emphatically kicked into touch in this turbulent, fractious encounter at Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen yesterday.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Damien Comer’s goal helps to steady ship for Galway

Galway failed to score for the final 25 minutes, but held on to beat Armagh in a high-quality second round All-Ireland SFC qualifier in the Athletic Grounds yesterday.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Comer goal sends Tribesmen through to next round

Damien Comer’s second-half goal proved decisive as Galway marched on in the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, a three points win at the Athletic Grounds earning them a place in tomorrow's third round draw.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2015

Romp for Armagh despite misses

Armagh 2-17 Wicklow 2-7: Shooting practice will be taking centre stage at Armagh training sessions over the next two weeks, with Kieran McGeeney labelling some of their misses in the Athletic Grounds on Saturday as "criminal".

Mon, 29 Jun, 2015

Bad start takes its Martin Toal on Conor McGuigan

Martin Toal had an unexpectedly easy win over Conor McGuigan in the quarter-final of the Ulster senior championship at Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

Wed, 27 May, 2015

Armagh’s summer warning

Armagh 0-16 Fermanagh 0-11: It may ‘only’ have been the Division Three Allianz league final, but Armagh showed enough in Croke Park on Saturday night to suggest they have the tools to become a team worth fearing again.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2015

Armagh overturn Fermanagh to claim Division 3 title

Armagh continued the impression that they are moving in the right direction under Kieran McGeeney’s stewardship, overcoming a slow start and the first-half sending off of centre-back, Finnian Moriarty to bag the Allianz Football League Division 3 crown.

Sat, 25 Apr, 2015