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Armagh Junior Football Championship
The Armagh Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1925. The national media covers the competition. Naomh Mochua Derrynoose are the title holders (2022) defeating Lissummon in the Final. History From the launch of the Junior Championship in 1925 until 2013, five clubs won the title four times, with 42 other clubs winning it at least once. The 2020 final went to a replay. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Sean Quinn Perpetual Cup.Armagh GAA The Armagh County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Coun ..., 29 September 2012, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Cluiche Ceannais, Craobh Sóiseareach Peile 2012'' (Official Programme of 2012 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh GAA
The Armagh County Board ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The county board is responsible for preparing the Armagh Gaa teams in the various sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball. The county football team won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2002; it was the fifth from the province of Ulster to win the Sam Maguire Cup, leaving only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan. Football Clubs The county's most successful football club is Crossmaglen Rangers. Crossmaglen have won the Armagh Senior Football Championship on 45 occasions, the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship on 11 occasions, and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship on six occasions. ;List of football clubs County team Armagh has a long tradition of football. Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullaghbawn Cúchullain's GFC
Mullaghbawn Cúchulainn's Gaelic Football Club ( ga, Cúchulainn CLG, Mullach Bán) is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA club in Mullaghbawn, southern County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is part of Armagh GAA, and plays at Chucullain Park ( ga, Páirc Chú Chulainn). It plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Senior Football Championship. History A team from Mullaghbawn lost the 1917 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Armagh Senior championship final (played in March 1918) to Armagh Harps GFC, Young Irelands of Armagh. The club was founded in 1934, winning the Junior county league in 1938 and Armagh Junior Football Championship, Junior championship in 1942. Also in 1942, Mullaghbawn reached the Senior final, losing to Armagh St Malachy's.Armagh GAA, ''Clá ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grange St Colmcille's GAC
St Colmcille's GAC, Grange ( ga, Naomh Colmcille CLG, An Ghráinseach) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club near Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is part of Armagh GAA and takes its name from the local Roman Catholic parish.Grange page on Armagh GAA website Their ground is St Colmcille's Park, Grange ( ga, Páirc Naomh Colmcille, An Ghráinseach). The club plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Intermediate Championship, and also has Ladies' and underage teams. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granemore GFC
St Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Granemore, also known as Granemore GFC, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located near the townland of Granemore, approximately seven miles south of Armagh in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Armagh GAA. As of 2023, Granemore's senior team was participating in the Armagh Senior Football Championship and the Division 1A League. The club, along with neighbouring clubs representing Ballymacnab and Clady, is within the parish of Cill Chluana. History While Gaelic football has been played in the Granemore area since 1884, Granemore GFC was established in 1949. In 1971, the club won its first Armagh Junior Football Championship, and won it again in 1990 and 1998. The Granemore senior team won the Armagh Intermediate Championship in 1991, and won it again in 2005 after defeating Whitecross in the final. In the early 2000s, Granemore's minor team won the mid-Armagh Championship. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annaghmore Pearses GFC
Annaghmore Pearses Gaelic Football Club ( ga, CPG Na Piarsaigh Eanach Mór) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is based in the village and townland of Annaghmore, near Portadown, and is part of Armagh GAA. The club is named in honour of the Irish revolutionaries Pádraic and Willie Pearse. The Club has appointed a new owner as of 20/06/22, DAVID BOGUSZ. Annaghmore currently plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Senior Championship. The club's underage teams are amalgamated with Clonmore and Collegeland O'Rahilly's, and play as Naomh Eoin. History Annaghmore won the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1970 and again in 1989.Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Peile Sóisearach'' (JFC final programme), 29 September 2012 On both occasions this earned promotion to the Intermediate ranks. The high point in Annaghmore's footballing history to date came in 1990, when it reached the final of the Armagh Intermediate Football Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dromintee St Patrick's GAC
Dromintee St Patrick's Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Naomh Pádraig, Dromainn Tí) is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA club in Armagh GAA, Armagh. It represents the Dromintee and Jonesborough, County Armagh, Jonesborough parish on the southern border of County Armagh. Dromintee plays Gaelic football and is currently in the Armagh Senior Football Championship. History Dromintee Gaelic Football Club was established in 1886 or 1887, becoming the first Armagh club to affiliate to the GAA. The Dundalk Democrat reported a match played on 27 February 1887 between Dromintee and Kilcurry (County Louth). The Dromintee team, which may have been known as Gap of the North, seems to have disappeared within a year. In the 1920s Gaelic games underwent a revival, with the formation in the parish of Jonesboro Border Rangers GAC. The high point of this club's existence was winning the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1934, defeating Sarsfields GAA (Armagh), High Moss by 1-7 to 2-2. The R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorsey Emmet's GFC
Dorsey Emmet's Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the hamlet of Dorsey and the surrounding area of Lower Creggan parish, in the rural south of County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Affiliated to Armagh GAA, it fields football teams at Under-8, U-10 and senior level, and is also involved in Ladies' Gaelic football. The senior men's team plays in the Armagh Junior Football Championship and (from 2013) in the Intermediate League. Dorsey's U-14 players are amalgamated with Newtownhamilton and play as Newtown Emmet's. The U-16s are joined with Belleeks and Newtownhamilton and play as Cavanakill Emmet's. History On 17 March 1917, the first recorded game of the Dorsey Emmet's took place in Caffrey's Meadow near Dorsey School, against Lislea. Their colours, green and gold, were a popular choice because of their patriotic associations. The War of Independence in 1919-21 saw a decline in interest in Gaelic football in the Dorsey area. In 1948 the Emmet's wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh Harps GFC
Armagh Harps Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in the city of Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It plays exclusively Gaelic football in the Senior competitions of Armagh GAA. Its home ground is Páirc na Mainistreach, also known as Abbey Park, in the north of Armagh city. The club has won the Armagh Senior Football Championship 21 times. History Founded in 1888, the Harps represented Armagh in the 1890 Ulster Final, beating Cookstown's Owen Roes, but losing to All-Ireland Champions Midleton of Cork in the All-Ireland Semi-Final. Football declined somewhat in the period 1910-1915, but revived in 1916 when it appears that the Harps reformed under a new name, Young Ireland. Another Armagh City club, St Malachy's, was active in the 1940s. The Armagh Harps were recreated under the original name in 1945. Honours * Armagh Senior Football Championship (21) ** 1889, 1890, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1946, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegeland O'Rahilly's GAA
Collegeland O'Rahilly's Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Uí Raithiligh CLG, An Choláiste) is a Gaelic football club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is located on the Armagh-Tyrone county border just outside Charlemont and the Moy. Collegeland is part of the Armagh GAA and participates in Naomh Eoin CLG, the joint underage team fielded along with Annaghmore and Clonmore clubs. History A club of the same name existed in the early 1900s, playing in black and amber colours, and in the 1930s in green and gold. It went out of existence in the 1940s, but the club was reformed and has remained in existence since 1949. It adopted royal blue as its colour due to the prominence of Cavan football at the time. A driving force in the reformation of the club was Fr William McKnight after whom the current playing facility is named. The Club won the Armagh Junior championship in 2007, defeating Clady in Armagh. In 1997 and again 2000 it lost the Intermediate final, on each occasion by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madden Raparees GAC
Madden Raparees Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Ropairí na Madan) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from the townland of Madden, southern County Armagh, Northern Ireland.Madden page on Armagh GAA website The club is part of and plays in the Armagh Senior Championship. They play at Raparee Park ( ga, Páirc na Ropairí). The club takes its name from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearse Óg GAC
Pearse Óg Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Na Piarsaigh Óga) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 'Na Piarsaigh Óga', which translates as 'the Young Pearses', takes its name from the Irish revolutionaries Pádraic and Willie Pearse. The club's crest includes a sword in flames, a symbol associated with Pádraic Pearse since his editorship of the nationalist newspaper ''An Claidheamh Soluis'', surrounded by the green and gold club colours and a skyline of Armagh city. website History The club was formed in 1950 as a result of the popular street leagues that were running at the time. The founder members met in Dougan's Loft, Navan Street, Armagh. They included Charlie McQuade, Felix McStravick, Sam Johnson, Gene McStravick, Eugene McKenna, Gerry Cush and the legendary Ulster footballer Big ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullaville Blues GAC
Culloville Blues Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Na Gormacha, Baile Mhic Cholla) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is based in the village of Culloville (often spelled Cullaville, possibly anglosised) in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland.Cullaville page on Armagh GAA website The club plays in the Armagh Senior Championship. The club has two playing fields. The main field is just south of the village, close to the Fane bridge, which marks the border with |