Armagh will not contest Tiernan Kelly's six-month ban for eye-gouging against Galway

Tiernan Kelly has received the 24-week ban for an altercation involving Galway forward Damien Comer as the two sets of players returned to their dressing rooms on the Cusack Stand side of Croke Park after Armagh forced extra-time.

Armagh’s Tiernan Kelly will not contest his six-month suspension for the eye-gouging incident at the end of normal time in last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final defeat to Galway.

Kelly is among four players, three from Armagh, to be issued proposed bans by Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) arising from the brawl. The other three are all substitutes – Armagh’s Conor Turbitt and Blaine Hughes and Galway’s Cathal Sweeney – and all had been recommended one-match penalties for acting dangerously towards an opponent. The Irish Examiner also understands the counties have been hit with €10,000 fines.