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Armagh Senior Football Championship
The Armagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1889. Clann Éireann are the title holders (2021) defeating Crossmaglen Rangers in the Final. History The first official football champions of Armagh, following the creation in 1889 of the County Board, were Armagh Harps, in the 1889 final which saw the defeat of Blackwatertown in Armagh by a scoreline of 4-14 to 0-03. Crossmaglen Rangers have won the Armagh senior football championship on most occasions, with 40 victories since 1906, including a run of 13 wins from 1996 to 2008. During the 1997-2000 victorious seasons, Crossmaglen went on to claim three All-Ireland Club Championships in four years. They have since added All-Ireland titles in 2007, 2011 and 2012. Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Gerry Fagan Cup. The winners of the Armagh Championship qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish News
''The Irish News'' is a Compact (newspaper), compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest selling morning newspaper and is available throughout Ireland. It is broadly Irish nationalist in its viewpoint, though it also features Unionism in Ireland, unionist columnists. History ''The Irish News'' is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Charles Stewart Parnell, Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister. It merged with the ''Belfast Morning News'' in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been ''The Irish News and Belfast Morning News''. T.P. Campbell was editor from 1895 until 1906 when he was succeeded by Tim McCarthy who served as editor until 1928. Appointed in 1999, Noel Doran is the current editor. ''The Irish News'' saw a dramatic growth in its circulation with the beginning of The Troubles in 1969; this peaked around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossmaglen Rangers
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Paul's GFC, Lurgan
St Paul's Gaelic Football Club ( ga, Naomh Pól CLG) is a GAA club in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It plays Gaelic football at various age levels in Armagh GAA competitions, and is currently in the Armagh Intermediate Football Championship. Its ground is The Playing Fields ( ga, Na Páirceanna Imearthea). History St Paul's was founded in 1971 in the Taghnevan housing estate in Lurgan, and seven years later won the county Junior Championship. The high point of the club's footballing history came in 1984, when it won the county Intermediate title.Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Craobh Idirmheánach Peile'' (IFC final programme), 6 October 2012 Honours * Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (2) ** 1984, 2014 * 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 ... [...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] |
Gort GAA Colours
Gort ( or ) is a town of around 3,000 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 and R460 regional roads, which connect to the M18 motorway. Etymology Gort is short for the complete Irish name, ''Gort Inse Guaire'' (''gort:'' a meadow, field, ''inse:'' an island, and ''Guaire:'' a proper name) and translates to "field of Guaire's island". History Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Gort, Ballyhugh, Cloghnakeava, Cloonnahaha and Lavally. In 2022, a large Bronze Age fort, located in Coole Parke near Gort, was dated between 800 and 1200 BCE during archeological work in the Burren lowlands. The Guaire in ''Gort Inse Guaire'' refers to King Guaire "The Generous" (Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin), the seventh century King of Connacht. Guaire reputedly kept royal residences i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maghery Sean MacDermott's
Maghery Sean MacDermott's GAC ( ga, CLG Sheáin Mhic Diarmada, An Mhachaire) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club from Maghery, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is Felix Hamill Park which opened in 2003 (formerly St Mary's GAA Park, opened 1956) History The club was founded in 1906 and plays in blue with a gold hoop. The club fields football teams at senior, u-21, minor, u-16, u-14, u-12 u-10, u-8 and u-6 levels. Maghery Sean MacDermott's GAC won their first Armagh Senior Football Championship on 16 October 2016 beating St. Patrick's Cullyhanna at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Football titles *Armagh Senior Football Championship (2) **2016, 2020 *Armagh Intermediate Football Championship (1) **2003 *Armagh Junior Football Championship (3) **1937, 1958, 1961 *Armagh Under 21 Football Championship (1) **1982 *Armagh Minor Football Championship (3) **1974, 1978, 1988 *Armagh Minor League (1) **1988 *Armagh All County League Division 1 (7) **197 ... [...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] |
St Patrick's Carrickcruppen GFC
St Patrick's Carrickcruppen Gaelic Football Club (GAA, ga, CPG Naomh Pádraig, Carraig Chrupáin) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is one of three GAA clubs in the village of Camlough, near Newry, in the south-east of County Armagh, Armagh (the others being Shane O'Neill's GAC, Shane O'Neill's and Craobh Rua GAA, Craobh Rua Camlocha hurling club). It currently plays Gaelic football in the Armagh Senior Football Championship, Armagh Senior Championship, and in the Armagh Senior League. History The club was founded in 1944. website The founding members were Oliver Loughran, Colin Crilly, Paddy Carlisle, Bobby Browne and James Galloghly. Magill's field was the club's pitch for many years, before its relocation to the current grounds on Lowes Lane. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Na Gael CLG
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverbridge Harps GFC
Silverbridge Harps Gaelic Football Club ( ga, Cláirsigh Bhéal Atha an Airgid) is a Gaelic football club in southern County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is based in the parish of Upper Creggan, including the village of Silverbridge and surrounding townlands. Silverbridge plays at Keeley Park ( ga, Páirc Uí Chaolla), as part of the Armagh GAA and is currently in the Armagh Intermediate Football Championship. History The first GAA club in the parish, the Carnally William Orr's, was established in 1887, as one of the earliest in Armagh. This club dissolved after the 1888 Annual Congress and the Parnell split. A revived team, Silverbridge, played for one season in 1906, but although football continued in the locality, it was not until about 1920 that the club reformed. This club reached the semi-final of the Armagh Senior Football Championship in 1924.Club history iLocalLotto.iewebsite A new Silverbridge Harps club was organised in September 1935, and in 1937 reached the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfe Tone GAC, Derrymacash
Wolfe Tone Gaelic Athletic Club ( ga, De Bhulbh Ton CLG) is a GAA club in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is based in the townland of Derrymacash, on the southern shore of Lough Neagh, close to Lurgan.Wolfe Tone GAC page on Armagh GAA website It is part of and plays at Raparee Park ( ga, Páirc na Ropairí. The club takes its name from the leader of the 1798 revolution, . The club plays |
St Michael's GAC, Newtownhamilton
St Michael's Gaelic Athletic Club, Newtownhamilton ( ga, CLG Naomh Micheál, Baile Úr) is a GAA club in Armagh. It's playing fields fall within the townland of Tullyvallan, including the village of Newtownhamilton, in south County Armagh. St Michael's plays Gaelic football and is currently in the Armagh Junior Football Championship. History The club was founded in 1932. After a few years of near-misses, the men from Newtown captured the 1939 Junior football championship, marking the beginning of what would go on to be a successful decade. In 1940 St Michael's appeared for the first time in a county Senior final, defeating Crossmaglen by 1-6 to 0-3. The club retained the title in 1941, again defeating Cross. St Michael's added Junior championship titles in 1946 and in 1950 In 1987 St Michael's won the Armagh Junior Football Championship.Armagh GAA, ''Clár Oifigiúil, Cluiche Ceannais, Craobh Sóisearach Peile'' (JFC final programme), 29 September 2012 St Michael's lost the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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