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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] |
Athletic Grounds
The Athletic Grounds ( ga, Páirc Lúthchleasaíochta) is a GAA stadium in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the county ground and administrative headquarters of Armagh GAA and is used for both Gaelic football and hurling. Uses The stadium is the county ground of Armagh GAA, i.e. the primary stadium in the county, and as such is used for higher profile games such as county finals and inter-county matches in the national leagues and Ulster and All-Ireland Championships. Features The ground has a capacity of 18,500, with one covered stand seating 5,575, one covered terraced stand, uncovered terracing at both ends of the grounds, floodlighting, changing rooms, administration facilities, a treatment suite, media room, referee's area, and access for disabled spectators. A new attendance record for the redeveloped ground was set on 14 June 2015 when 18,186 spectators attended the Ulster Senior Championship quarter-final between Armagh and Donegal. History The grounds were purchase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossmaglen Rangers GAC
Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, Raonaithe na Croise) is a GAA club in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football and camogie. Their home football ground is St. Oliver Plunkett Park, which was opened in 1959. In 1971 the British Army took possession of a portion of the ground despite opposition from the club and the Irish Government, and this led to a controversy regarding the British Army's conduct. BreakingNews.ie/ref> The club have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship on six occasions. They have won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship 11 times and won the Armagh Senior Football Championship 46 times . History Founded in 1887 as Crossmaglen Red Hands, the club did not acquire its present name until 1909. The Red Hands claimed the Armagh Senior Football Championship in 1887 through default by Keady Dwyers. After a period of inactivity due to political differences, the Red Hands reaffiliated in 1905, w ... [...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 |
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] |
Clonmore Robert Emmet's GFC
Clonmore Robert Emmet's Gaelic Football Club ( ga, CLG Roibeard Eiméid, An Chluain Mhór website, Robert Emmet's GFC) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is part of the Armagh GAA. It is based in the hamlet (place), hamlet and townland of Clonmore, County Armagh, Clonmore, in the north-west of County Armagh. It is named in honour of the Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet. History A Gaelic football team has existed in the area around from at least 1916, becoming a founding member of the first North Armagh League in 1917. From this time up until 1953 Clonmore's participation in organised Gaelic football was sporadic due to the limited availability of players. However throughout this time there were many successful periods particularly during the 1930s. During these years Clonmore al ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clann Éireann GAC
Clann Éireann GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lurgan, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Clann Éireann GAC, part of Armagh GAA, incorporates a youth club. With a total membership of 1,500, the youth club and GAC provide a wide range of sporting, social and developmental activities throughout the year. The GAC provides Gaelic football and handball for boys and girls of all age groups from under 8s to senior level. History Formed in 1910, the club was only officially named "Clann Éireann" in 1937 after numerous name changes. Gaelic football Clann Éireann won the Armagh Junior Football Championship in 1945. In the 1954 Armagh Senior Football Championship final, Clann Éireann secured its first Senior title by defeating the neighbouring club, Clan na Gael, by 2–04 to a single point. The dismal performance of Clan na Gael was despite its hosting the match. After a frustrating sequence of SFC final losses in 1959-62 (including the replay of the drawn 1960 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Na Gael GAA (Armagh)
Clan na Gael Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG Clan na Gael) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated in the town of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club's pitch, Davitt Park, is named in honour of Michael Davitt, also the original club name. Throughout its 99-year history it has provided some of the most successful Gaelic footballers in Ireland. The club will be celebrating its Centenary in 2022. The club pursues the founding ideals of the GAA, namely the promotion of all things Gaelic - the Irish language, the culture, the games, the pastimes and the country. The club also takes great pride in its tradition in camogie. The club now has a strong nursery programme, which in turn has meant the club now fields football teams at under 7.5, under 9.5, under 11.5, under 13, under 15, Minor (under 17), under 19, Senior B and Senior. This nursery programme has now also allowed the club to develop its girls and ladies teams, who are now performing extremely well within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymacnab Round Towers GAC
Ballymacnab Round Towers Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, CLG na gCloigthithe, Baile Mhic an Aba) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is based in the townland and village of Ballymacnab in County Armagh, Ireland, in the parish of Cill Chluana, four miles south of the city of Armagh.Ballymacnab page on Armagh GAA website The club plays in the Armagh Senior Championship. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyhegan Davitts GAC
Ballyhegan Davitts GAA Club (also "Ballyhegan Davitts Cumann Luthchleas Gael") is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in central County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is affiliated with the Armagh GAA and is based in the parish of Kilmore which has two ends: Mullavilly and Stonebridge. It currently competes in football, at under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 levels, and its senior team competes in the Armagh Intermediate Football Championship and in the Intermediate Division of the All-County League. The club is named after the Irish patriot and agrarian leader, Michael Davitt (1846-1906). History Ballyhegan Davitts was founded in 1902, which makes it one of the oldest clubs in Armagh. Football The Senior team featured in the first-ever Armagh Intermediate Football Championship final, in 1964, losing by a goal to Madden. The Davitts have since won the IFC twice, in 1975 (beating Oliver Plunkett's 0-13 to 0-06) and 1997 (beating Collegeland 1-09 to 1-08).Armagh GAA ... [...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] |
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] |
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