Armagh GAA
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:For more details of Armagh GAA see Armagh Senior Football Championship or Armagh Senior Hurling Championship.
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| Irish: | Ard Mhacha | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Ulster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | The Orchard County | ||||||||||||||||
| County Colours: | Orange and White | ||||||||||||||||
| Grounds: | Athletic Grounds, Armagh | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant Sport: | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Armagh. The county board is also responsible for the Armagh inter-county teams
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[edit] Gaelic football
[edit] History
Armagh has a long tradition of football stretching back to the 19th century when they became only the second team to win the Ulster SFC in 1890. Despite early success at provincial level, national success at junior and minor level and All-Ireland final appearances in 1953 and 1977, it took until 2002 for Armagh to win their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The following year saw the Orchard County almost become the first team for more than a decade to retain the Sam Maguire cup but they were narrowly beaten in a tense final with their fellow northern rivals Tyrone. Since then the county has netted a further two Ulster championships and won their first ever National Football League title. Over the course of the past ten years Armagh, along with neighbours Tyrone and the ever-present Kerry, have established themselves as the 'big three' of Gaelic football. They have been recently replaced by Mayo in the pecking order
[edit] Honours
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 1
| Year | Squad | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | B Tierney, J McNulty, E McNulty, F Bellew, A O'Rourke, K McGeeney, A McCann, P McGrane, J Toal, P McKeever, J McEntee, O McConville, S McDonnell, R Clarke, D Marsden. Subs: B O'Hagan for McEntee, T McEntee for McKeever. |
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships: 1
| Year | Squad | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | G Wilson, G Smyth, F Moriarty, A Mallon, A Kernan, C McKeever, B McDonald, M Mackin, G Swift, G Loughran, S Kernan, P Toal, M McNamee, R Austin, B Mallon. Subs - P Duffy, B Toner, J Murtagh, M Moore, S O'Neill. |
All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 1
| Year | Squad | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | L McCorry, E McCann, J Brattan, J McKnight, F Kernan, B O’Neill, T McConville, E Mee, S Collins, T Connolly, S Blaney, J Cunningham, S Smith, PJ McKeever, B McGrane. Sub - M McKnight for S Collins. |
All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
| Year | Squad | Opponent |
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| 1926 | C Morgan, H Cumiskey, Gene Hanratty, J Vallely, Joe Harney, J Maguire, Owen Connolly, J Corrigan, F McAvinchey, F Toner, P Fearon, J Kernan, H Arthurs, J Donaghy, J McCusker. Sub - J McEntee for F McAvinchey. |
National Football Leagues: 1
| Year | Squad | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | P Hearty; A Mallon, F Bellew, P McCormack 0-1; A Kernan 0-1, K McGeeney, C McKeever; J Toal, P McGrane; M O'Rourke, J McEntee 0-1, O McConville 0-2; S McDonnell 0-10, R Clarke 0-2, B Mallon 0-4. Subs - P McKeever 1-0, A McCann, J McNulty, P Loughran, A O'Rourke. |
- Ulster Under 21 Football Championships: 2
- 1998, 2004
- Ulster Minor Football Championships: 11
- 1930, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1992, 1994, 2005
===All-Stars=== 23
- 1972: P Moriarty
- 1977: J. Kernan, J Smyth
- 1980: C McKinstry
- 1982: J. Kernan
- 1993: G Houlihan
- 1999: K McGeeney, D Marsden
- 2000: K McGeeney, O. McConville
- 2002: E McNulty, A O'Rourke, K. McGeeney, P McGrane, S McDonnell, O. McConville.
- 2003: F. Bellew, S. McDonnell
- 2005: A. Mallon, P. McGrane, S. McDonnell
- 2006: R.Clarke
[edit] Armagh Gaelic Football Squad
| Number | Player | Position | Local Club | ||
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| 1 | Paul Hearty | Goalkeeper | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| 2 | Andy Mallon | Right Full Back | Pearse Óg | ||
| 3 | Francis Bellew | Full Back | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| 4 | Enda McNulty | Left Full Back | Na Fianna | ||
| 5 | Aaron Kernan | Right Half Back | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| 6 | Ciarán McKeever | Centre Back | St.Patrick's | ||
| 7 | Paul Duffy | Left Half Back | Pearse Óg | ||
| 8 | Kieran McGeeney | Midfield | Na Fianna | ||
| 9 | Paul McGrane Captain | Midfield | Ballyhegan | ||
| 10 | Martin O'Rourke | Right Half Forward | Dromintee | ||
| 11 | John McEntee | Centre Forward | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| 12 | Malachy Mackin | Left Half Forward | St.Patrick's | ||
| 13 | Stephen McDonnell | Right Full Forward | Killeavey | ||
| 14 | Ronan Clarke | Full Forward | Pearse Óg | ||
| 15 | Oisín McConville | Left Full Forward | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| Substitutes | |||||
| 16 | Ciarán McKinney | Goalkeeper | Pearse Óg | ||
| 17 | John Paul Donnelly | Right Half Back | Armagh Harps | ||
| 18 | Paul Keenan | Right Full Back | Carrickcruppin | ||
| 19 | Stephen Kernan | Centre Forward | Crossmaglen Rangers | ||
| 20 | Paul McCormack | Leftt Full Back | Keady | ||
| 21 | Philip Loughran | Midfield | Clady | ||
| 22 | Paddy McKeever | Right Half Forward | Ballyhegan | ||
| 23 | Finnian Moriarty | Right Full Back | Wolfe Tones | ||
| 24 | Liam O'Hare | Left Full Forward | St.Patrick's | ||
| 25 | Aidan O'Rourke | Right Half Back | Dromintee | ||
| 26 | Brian Mallon | Left Full Forward | Tír na nÓg | ||
| 27 | Michael O'Rourke | Left Half Forward | Dromintee | ||
| 28 | Peadar Toal | Left Full Forward | Armagh Harps | ||
| 29 | Gareth Swift | Full Forward | Armagh Harps | ||
| 30 | Charlie Vernon | Right Half Forward | Armagh Harps | ||
| John Toal | Midfield | Keady | |||
| Tony McEntee | Left Half Forward | Crossmaglen Rangers | |||
| Manager | |||||
| Joe Kernan | Manager | Crossmaglen Rangers | |||
| John Rafferty | Selector | ||||
| John McCloskey gaa | Trainer | ||||
[edit] Hurling
Like most counties outside of the game's heartland of Munster and south Leinster, hurling tends to live in the shadow cast by Gaelic football in Armagh. However, in recent years the county hurlers have shown a marked improvement. In 2006 Armagh won the NHL Division 3 championship beating Louth 3-10 to 1-11 in the final at Breffni Park in Cavan. Now competing as a Division 2 side in the National League, Armagh will be aiming to be one of the first counties to take advantage of the new hurling championship format in the Nicky Rackard Cup.
Armagh will also enter a team into the 2007 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship. Their first opponents will be Derry
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[edit] Honours
- National Hurling Leagues:
- Division 3 Champions 2006
- Ulster Under 21 Hurling Championships: None
- Ulster Minor Hurling Championships: 1
[edit] External links
- Armagh on Hoganstand.com
- Titles won by Armagh teams
- Club championship winners
- Armagh GAA site
- Unofficial Armagh GAA site
| Gaelic Athletic Association | ||
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| National Football League | ||
| Division 1 | A |
Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Limerick| Mayo | Tyrone |
| B |
Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Louth | Westmeath |
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| Division 2 | A |
Carlow | Clare | Leitrim | London | Longford | Monaghan| Offaly | Roscommon |
| B |
Antrim | Cavan | Meath | Sligo | Tipperary | Wexford| Waterford | Wicklow |
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| National Hurling League | ||
| Division 1 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 2 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 3 | A | |
| B | ||
| Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level | ||
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Nicky Rackard Cup (2007) | ||
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Armagh | Cavan | Donegal | Fermanagh | Leitrim | Longford | Louth | Monaghan | Roscommon | Sligo | Tyrone | Warwickshire |
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Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
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