Aidan Desmond was a comprehensive winner over Michael Barry in the Munster Junior C final at Whitechurch on Saturday.

David Murphy is back on top of the bowling world after winning his second All-Ireland senior title, for just under €50,000, with almost two shots to spare on Ulster’s Thomas Mackle at Port Mór-Blackwatertown on Sunday.

Several thousand spectators thronged the Portmore-Blackwatertown Road on the Armagh–Tyrone border to witness the clash of Ulster senior champion Thomas Mackle against his Munster counterpart David Murphy for the All-Ireland senior title.

David Murphy and Thomas Mackle meet in what promises to be a thrilling All-Ireland senior bowling final at Port Mór- Blackwatertown in County Armagh on Sunday.

Thomas Mackle is Ulster senior champion following a last shot win over his uncle, Martin Toal, at Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

James O’Donovan finished with five brilliant bowls at Templemartin to dethrone All-Ireland senior champion Aidan Murphy in the Munster quarter-final on Sunday.

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.

When we took Jim over to Celtic, there was a lot of pressure on him writes Neil Lennon

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 has been handed a five-year term as Armagh’s new senior football manager.

Good job Paul Grimley wasn’t in Langton’s the other night. He’d have been in grave danger of choking on his fillet steak.

It was a point stressed in the midst of last summer’s run to the All-Ireland final.

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.

We’ll start with the football rather than all that palaver between Armagh and the media and acknowledge what seems to be the county side’s burgeoning renaissance first.

Armagh 1-11 Donegal 1-12

With 13 wins from their last 14 games against Ulster opposition for Donegal, Armagh have done well to keep their name from the list of beaten and battered teams left strewn across the northern province to date.

"Retrace your steps very accurately. Respect and good manners are not difficult qualities to carry... We strongly feel we have been disrespected and dismissed..."

In October 1983, as she sat down to write her 301st column for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Diane Shah had a dream.

Only those who were in Crossmaglen on June 26 2010 can fully appreciate what Jim McGuinness achieved the following season.

Former Armagh star Oisín McConville, pictured, claims the county’s behaviour has reached a ridiculous level after they pulled out of a scheduled press conference yesterday.

Referees are above and beyond any pre-match attempts by managers or selectors to influence them, according to Feargal McGill, the GAA’s director of games administration and player welfare.

Armagh 0-18 Meath 0-13

Armagh will return to Croke Park for the first time in five years this weekend with their siege mentality intact and assistant manager Peter McDonnell having spoke out about how the team has been "disrespected and dismissed".

GAA president Liam O’Neill has rejected Paul Grimley’s assertion that he, along with Director General Páraic Duffy and the media, influenced the decision to ban three Armagh players earlier this summer.

GAA fans have been asked to think twice before making hard hitting personal criticisms of players as the football and hurling championships gravitate towards Croke Park and the levels of expectation increase.

Armagh always looked likely winners as they claimed a five-point win over Roscommon in Round 3 of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers at Dr. Hyde Park this evening.

Back in the spring of 2010 Roscommon football could only have dreamed of weekends like this.

Monaghan have gone with the same 15 that beat Armagh in their semi-final replay for Sunday’s Ulster final showdown against Donegal in Clones.

Coach Peter McDonnell revealed how Armagh players fell to their knees and wept in the dressing room after knocking old rivals Tyrone out of the Championship.

Armagh have been drawn against Roscommon for the Round 3A qualifiers next weekend, while Clare will host Kildare in the other clash.

While the stands emptied and Tyrone players disjointedly made their way to the dressing room, in the middle of the pitch, an Armagh squad stood with their arms wrapped around each other huddled tightly together listening to the man in the middle.

Tyrone 0-10 Armagh 0-13

After watching his team dismantle Armagh with a minimum of fuss, Malachy O’Rourke’s thoughts were already turning to Jim McGuinness and the revenge mission Donegal will have in store for his team on July 20.

Monaghan boss Malachy O'Rourke praised his players’ composure and workrate after the Ulster champions downed Armagh at the second attempt.

Paul Grimley, pictured, has claimed the media influenced the GAA into doling out suspensions to Armagh after last month’s pre-match altercation against Cavan.

Armagh 0-14 Monaghan 0-14

Armagh’s siege mentality was clear and present prior to Saturday’s draw when selector Peter McDonnell claimed the team had been given a "raw deal" arising from the Paradegate controversy.

We can’t say we didn’t see it coming.

At some stage in your life you end up on the other side of a table having a discussion with your manager about how the previous few weeks has been from a performance perspective.

Aidan Murphy is Joe McVeigh Cup champion following his bowl of odds win over Ulster champion Eddie Carr on the Markethill Road in Keady yesterday.

Armagh 1-8 Donegal 2-10