Armagh Senior Football Championship
| Armagh Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2019 Armagh Senior Football Championship | |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Trophy | Gerry Fagan Cup[1] |
| Title holders |  Maghery (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Crossmaglen Rangers (45 titles) |
The Armagh Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Armagh football clubs. The winners of the Armagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
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 in Armagh by a scoreline of 4-14 to 0-03.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Wins listed by club[]
| Team | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
45 | 1906, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 |  Armagh Harps
|
21 | 1889, 1890, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1991, 2017 |
 Clan na nGael
|
14 | 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1994 | |
| 3 | Armagh Young Irelands | 7 | 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934 |
| 4 |  Keady Dwyer's
|
4 | 1938, 1953, 1956, 1984 |
 St Patrick's Carrickcruppen
|
4 | 1959, 1978, 1979, 1982 | |
 Pearse Óg GAC
|
4 | 1985, 1988, 1992, 2009 | |
| 5 |  Killeavy St Monnina's
|
3 | 1914, 1915, 1948 |
| Bessbrook Geraldines / An Sruthán | 3 | 1909, 1916, 1939 | |
| 7 | Mullaghbawn
|
2 | 1964, 1995 |
 Clann Éireann
|
2 | 1954, 1963 | |
| St Michael's
|
2 | 1940, 1941 | |
| Armagh Tír na nÓg | 2 | 1904, 1935 | |
| Shane O'Neill's
|
2 | 1907, 1910 | |
| Maghery
|
2 | 2016, 2020 | |
| 7 | Sarsfields
|
1 | 1990 |
| Collegeland
|
1 | 1961 | |
 St Peter's
|
1 | 1951 | |
| St Malachy’s | 1 | 1945 | |
| St Peter’s Sel | 1 | 1944 | |
| Wolfe Tones
|
1 | 1943 | |
| Armagh St Malachy’s | 1 | 1942 | |
| Creggan Rovers | 1 | 1908 | |
| Crossmaglen Red Hands | 1 | 1906 | |
| Whitecross
|
1 | 1905 |
Finals listed by year[]
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[2] | Maghery
|
4-09 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-17 |
| 2019[3] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-18 |  Ballymacnab
|
2-09 |
| 2018[4] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-24 | Ballymacnab
|
1-15 |
| 2017[5] | Armagh Harps
|
2-09 | Maghery
|
0-11 |
| 2016 | Maghery
|
1-13 |  St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna
|
0-13 |
| 2015[6] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-22 | Armagh Harps
|
0-10 |
| 2014[7] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
4-14 | Armagh Harps
|
0-09 |
| 2013[8] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-17 | St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna
|
0-08 |
| 2012[9] | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
3-09 |  Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-11 |
| 2011 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-22 | Ballymacnab
|
0-03 |
| 2010 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-11 | Dromintee
|
1-08 |
| 2009 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-08 | Armagh Harps
|
0-04 |
| 2008 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-13 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-08 |
| 2007 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-12 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-06 |
| 2006 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-14 | Clan na Gael
|
0-08 |
| 2005 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-12 | Dromintee
|
0-09 |
| 2004 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-09 | Mullaghbawn
|
0-06 |
| 2003 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-13 | Dromintee
|
0-11 |
| 2002 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-10 | Dromintee
|
1-08 |
| 2001 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-08 | Dromintee
|
1-07 |
| 2000 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-14 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
1-06 |
| 1999 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-11 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-06 |
| 1998 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-16 | Madden | 0-09 |
| 1997 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-07 | Mullaghbawn | 0-06 |
| 1996 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
3-12 | Clan na Gael 1-04 | |
| 1995 | Mullaghbawn
|
0-10 | Armagh Harps | 1-05 |
| 1994 | Clan na Gael | 2-05 | Mullaghbawn | 0-06 |
| 1993 | Clan na Gael | 2-15 | Maghery Sean MacDermott's | 1-06 |
| 1992 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-13 | Sarsfields | 0-03 |
| 1991 | Armagh Harps | 0-11 | Maghery Sean MacDermott's | 1-07 |
| 1990 | Sarsfields | 0-09 | Armagh Harps | 0-06 |
| 1989 | Armagh Harps | 3-09 | St Paul's, Lurgan | 2-08 |
| 1988 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
1-10 | Killeavy | 0-05 |
| 1987 | Clan na Gael | 2-06 | Armagh Harps | 0-06 |
| 1986 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
3-08 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-11 |
| 1985 | Pearse Óg GAC
|
0-07 | Armagh Harps | 0-03 |
| 1984 | Keady Dwyer's | 0-07 | Armagh Harps | 0-02 |
| 1983 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-09 | Maghery Sean MacDermott's | 1-06 |
| 1982 | Carrickcruppen | 0-06 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-04 |
| 1981 | Clan na Gael | 0-10 | Carrickcruppen | 0-07 |
| 1980 | Clan na Gael | 3-07 | Carrickcruppen | 1-08 |
| 1979 | Carrickcruppen | 2-13 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-08 |
| 1978 | Carrickcruppen | 0-11 | Clan na Gael | 1-07 |
| 1977 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-11, 1-07 (R) | Clan na Gael | 3-05, 0-05 (R) |
| 1976 | Clan na Gael | 1-08 | Maghery Sean MacDermott's | 0-07 |
| 1975 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-06, 0-09 (R) | Armagh Harps | 0-09, 0-04 (R) |
| 1974 | Clan na Gael | 3-13 | Carrickcruppen | 0-07 |
| 1973 | Clan na Gael | 3-14 | Wolfe Tone | 0-08 |
| 1972 | Clan na Gael | 0-08 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-07 |
| 1971 | Clan na Gael | w/o | Carrickcruppen | scr. |
| 1970 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-06 | Clan na Gael | 0-06 |
| 1969 | Clan na Gael | 2-06 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-04 |
| 1968 | Clan na Gael | 2-06 | Clann Éireann | 0-04 |
| 1967 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-12 | Wolfe Tone | 0-03 |
| 1966 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
4-11 | Carrickcruppen | 0-05 |
| 1965 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-05 | Clann Éireann | 1-03 |
| 1964 | Mullaghbawn | 0-10 | Wolfe Tone | 1-04 |
| 1963 | Clann Éireann | 3-06 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-04 |
| 1962 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-03 | Clann Éireann | 0-04 |
| 1961 | Collegeland O'Rahilly's | 4-11 | Clann Éireann | 4-07 |
| 1960 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-11, 4-08 (R) | Clann Éireann | 3-05, 3-03 (R) |
| 1959 | Carrickcruppen | 2-07 | Clann Éireann | 0-05 |
| 1958 | Armagh Harps | 1-02 | Keady Dwyer's | 0-04 |
| 1957 | Armagh Harps | 2-02 | Keady Dwyer's | 0-05 |
| 1956 | Keady Dwyer's | 2-07 | Armagh Harps | 0-11 |
| 1955 | Armagh Harps | 3-09 | Killeavy | 1-02 |
| 1954 | Clann Éireann | 2-04 | Clan na Gael | 0-01 |
| 1953 | Keady Dwyer's | 0-10 | Armagh Harps | 2-03 |
| 1952 | Armagh Harps | 1-03 | Clan na Gael | 0-03 |
| 1951 | Lurgan St Peter's | 2-07 | Killeavy | 1-09 |
| 1950 | Clan na Gael | 1-03 | Lurgan St Peter's | 0-03 |
| 1949 | Clan na Gael | 0-06 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-02 |
| 1948 | Killeavy | 2-04 | Lurgan St Peter's | 0-03 |
| 1947 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
3-06 | Armagh Harps | 4-02 |
| 1946 | Armagh Harps | 0-07 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-02 |
| 1945 | Armagh St Malachy's | 0-07 | Silverbridge (selection) | 0-05 |
| 1944 | St Peter's (selection) | 2-08 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-03 |
| 1943 | Wolfe Tone (selection) | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
||
| 1942 | Armagh St Malachy's | Mullaghbawn | ||
| 1941 | St Michael's | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
||
| 1940 | St Michael's | 1-06 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-03 |
| 1939 | Bessbrook Geraldines | 2-05 | Armagh Young Irelands | 1-04 |
| 1938 | Keady Dwyer's | w/o | Armagh Tir-na-nÓg | scr. |
| 1937 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-08 | Keady Dwyer's | 1-00 |
| 1936 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-08 | Armagh Young Irelands | 1-02 |
| 1935 | Armagh Tir-na-nÓg 0-04 | (won on objection) | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-02 |
| 1934 | Armagh Young Irelands | 2-05 | Keady Dwyer's | 0-04 |
| 1933 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-01 | Armagh Young Irelands | 0-02 |
| 1932 | Armagh Young Irelands | 3-02 | Crossmaglen Rangers 0-05
| |
| 1931 | Armagh Young Irelands | 3-06 | Cullaville Blues | 0-03 |
| 1930 | Armagh Young Irelands | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
||
| 1929 | No Championship | |||
| 1928 | Armagh Young Irelands | Forkhill Red Hugh O'Donnell's | ||
| 1927 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-08 | Armagh Young Irelands | 1-03 |
| 1926 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
Armagh Young Irelands | ||
| 1925 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-04 | Armagh Young Irelands | 0-04 |
| 1924 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-01 | Killeavy | 0-03 |
| 1923 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
0-09 | Crossmaglen Geraldines | 0-02 |
| 1919–1922 | No Championship | |||
| 1918 | Armagh Young Irelands | 1-06 | Crossmaglen Plunketts | 0-05 |
| 1917 | Armagh Young Irelands | 1-12 | Mullaghbawn | 0-05 |
| 1916 | Bessbrook Geraldines | Cullaville Blues | ||
| 1915 | Killeavy | 0-04 | Bessbrook Geraldines | 0-02 |
| 1914 | Killeavy | 3-02 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-01 |
| 1913 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
2-02 | Cullaville Sons of O'Connell | 0-01 |
| 1912 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
Armagh Harps | ||
| 1911 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
Shane O'Neill's | ||
| 1910 | Shane O'Neill's | 2-01 | Crossmaglen Rangers
|
1-03 |
| 1909 | Bessbrook Geraldines | Armagh Harps | ||
| 1908 | Creggan Rovers | 1-03 | Armagh Harps | 1-02 |
| 1907 | Shane O'Neill's | 2-01 | Bessbrook Geraldines | 1-03 |
| 1906 | Crossmaglen Red Hands | 1-04, 1-07 (R) | Shane O'Neill's | 0-06, 0-04 (R) |
| 1905 | Whitecross | 2-04 | Armagh Harps | 1-04 |
| 1904 | Armagh Tir-na-nÓg | w/o | Culloville William O'Brien's | scr. |
| 1903 | Armagh Harps | |||
| 1902 | Armagh Harps | |||
| 1901 | Armagh Harps | |||
| 1892–1900 | No Championship | |||
| 1891 | Armagh Harps | |||
| 1890 | Armagh Harps | |||
| 1889 | Armagh Harps | 4-14 | Blackwatertown Shamrocks | 0-03 |
| 1888 (unofficial - pre-County Board) | No Championship | |||
| 1887 (unofficial - pre-County Board) | Crossmaglen Red Hands | w/o | Keady Dwyer's | scr. |
More information:[1]
References[]
- ^ Archer, Kenny (20 October 2008). "Kernan hails historic men of Crossmaglen". The Irish News. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
- ^ "Goals critical as Maghery fight back to claim Armagh crown against Crossmaglen". RTE.ie. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Sweet 16 for Kernan - HoganStand".
- ^ "Murtagh hails 'exceptional' Crossmaglen display". Irish Independent. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Armagh SFC final: Harps end 26 year wait". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "Crossmaglen Rangers march to 19th title in 20 seasons". Irish Examiner. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Armagh SFC final: Cross' crush Harps for another title". Hogan Stand. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Armagh SFC final: Cross cruise to another title". Hogan Stand. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Cross win again but McEntee wants more". Irish Examiner. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
External links[]
- Official Armagh GAA Website
- Armagh GAA Supporters Website
- Armagh at ClubGAA[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Armagh Senior Football Championship
- Senior Gaelic football county championships
- Gaelic football competitions in County Armagh