Armagh Club football & hurling

[who-r-ya]

You are lucky there are only 2 teams in Armagh...

Lurgan = Clan na Gael, Clann Eireann, St Pauls & St Peters. With Eire Og 1 mile from the Clans and Wolf Tones 2 miles from Clans

I know Armagh have clubs on the outskirts too but i wouldn't imagine they'd be as close as the Lurgan ones, maybe somone from Armagh could educate me on the other clubs on the outskirts of Armagh

guys what about the camlough area--cruppen, shanes, belleeks and corrinshego all within a very small radius
when i was growing up there was only cruppen

aye Naka but that was a long time ago...the population has trebled since then

How did yous end up with so many teams in an around Lurgan, no 'parish' rule??  Clans, Clann Eireann and St Peter's seem very close together for all 3 to thrive. 

Armagh had 3 teams about 20 odd years ago, Naomh Brid were a junior team, nominally from the windmill area.  Suppose there's also the hurlers at Cuchulianns.  Theres plenty of ex-Harps and Ogs lads playing for 'country' teams near Armagh.

lik who benny

[illdecide]

Lurgan has two parishes...St Peters & St Pauls, Clann Eireann and St Peters are from St Peters parish with Clan na Gael & St Pauls from St Pauls parish...TBH i don't know what the parishes are for Eire Og, Wolfe Tones & Sarsfields

[bennydorano]

You are lucky there are only 2 teams in Armagh...

Lurgan = Clan na Gael, Clann Eireann, St Pauls & St Peters. With Eire Og 1 mile from the Clans and Wolf Tones 2 miles from Clans

I know Armagh have clubs on the outskirts too but i wouldn't imagine they'd be as close as the Lurgan ones, maybe somone from Armagh could educate me on the other clubs on the outskirts of Armagh

guys what about the camlough area--cruppen, shanes, belleeks and corrinshego all within a very small radius
when i was growing up there was only cruppen

aye Naka but that was a long time ago...the population has trebled since then

How did yous end up with so many teams in an around Lurgan, no 'parish' rule??  Clans, Clann Eireann and St Peter's seem very close together for all 3 to thrive. 

Armagh had 3 teams about 20 odd years ago, Naomh Brid were a junior team, nominally from the windmill area.  Suppose there's also the hurlers at Cuchulianns.  Theres plenty of ex-Harps and Ogs lads playing for 'country' teams near Armagh.

lik who benny

Of the top of my head - Abble, Butler, Sean Paul Henry, Kevin Smyth at Mullaghbrack, goalie Hughes to the Nab, we've recently had a few returnees that had gone to the Grange too. cant think to to many Ogs wans, Cullen? went to Grange, think they have a few at mullaghbrack/tullysaran too?

[wats that 4 ref]

in such a small raural are the parish of loughall has collegeland,ballyhegan,annaghmore,clonmore and maghery.

[Donagh]

i don't know what the parishes are for Eire Og, Wolfe Tones & Sarsfields

The Clans and St Peter's were both originally in Shankill parish before it was divided into St Paul's, Shankill and St Peter's, Shankill  in 1992.

Eire Og -- the new parish of Moyraverty which was taken from Seagoe, Shankill & Tullylish 
Wolfe Tones -- Seagoe parish
The High Moss Sarsfields  -- Seagoe parish

[naka]

You are lucky there are only 2 teams in Armagh...

Lurgan = Clan na Gael, Clann Eireann, St Pauls & St Peters. With Eire Og 1 mile from the Clans and Wolf Tones 2 miles from Clans

I know Armagh have clubs on the outskirts too but i wouldn't imagine they'd be as close as the Lurgan ones, maybe somone from Armagh could educate me on the other clubs on the outskirts of Armagh

guys what about the camlough area--cruppen, shanes, belleeks and corrinshego all within a very small radius
when i was growing up there was only cruppen

aye Naka but that was a long time ago...the population has trebled since then

;)i`m still a young fella only in my forties

[camloughlad]

did shane o'neills form as a result of fallout in cruppen? i'd say all the lurgan clubs can trace their formation to a fall out of some sort 

there was no shanes or cruppen it was jus was camlough.
The St.Patricks Carrickcruppen Gaelic Football Club was founded in 1944 (the exact date of which has not yet been verified), as a direct result of a dispute in the selection of a 'Camlough' team from the time.

As the story goes, the Camlough team had progressed into the Armagh Junior Championship final and the selection committee, believing it would strengthen the team, decided to sign a few new players from the nearby town of Newry.

At that time, all of the team members resided in the Camlough locality and the selectors decision to import players was not recieved very favourably, especially by the players facing exclusion from the team. One of the key players on this Camlough team, Oliver Loughran, himself a certain starter, was vociferous in his condemnation of the Camlough team selectors. So much so in fact that he opted out of the squad and severed all connections with the club.

In an attempt to keep Gaelic football in the area and to give local talent a chance to play, Oliver arranged a meeting with all interested parties (namely Colen Crilly, Paddy Carlisle, Bobby Browne, and James Galloghly) in the hope of forming another team. This meeting was held at the top of the Quarter road at Magill's corner (where Oliver still lives today in fact). At the meeting a pricely sum of 3/9 (19p in modern currency) was collected for the purchase of a ball and it was agreed that Magill's field would double as the new club's first official pitch. It was on this pitch in fact that the club spent most of it's formative years, before it's eventual relocation to the current grounds on Lowes Lane.

At that time, Carrickcruppen football catered only for males, so the ladies of the district decided to form a camogie team which, in time, devoloped into one of the most respected and revered throughout the county.

[Size.5.Hallion]

Lads,sorry to hijack the thread like this, but im spending the weekend in Armagh and had heard the senior chamionship final was on. Could someone give me the details, where is it at,when and who's playing??

Thanks in advance lads

[Smokin Joe]

Lads,sorry to hijack the thread like this, but im spending the weekend in Armagh and had heard the senior chamionship final was on. Could someone give me the details, where is it at,when and who's playing??

Thanks in advance lads

You are a week early.

The Junior final is on tommorow.

The minor semi finals are on in The Athletic Grounds today at 3pm and 5pm, with the 5pm game between Harps and Cross expected to be a decent game.  That is of course not to suggest that the first game won't be decent as well  .

[Size.5.Hallion]

Thanks Joe,il maybe make my way across and see some football this weekend. Minor semis look to be a good shout

[winsamsoon]

Hallion you should make your way to the Armagh city hotel tonight lad members of local GAA club teams will be fighting each other and it should be a decent nights craic. Proceeds in aid of Armagh

[wats that 4 ref]

any word on the minor semi finals

[ITS KAAAT]

Harps 1.9
Cross 0.3 at half time.

[wats that 4 ref]

who won sarsfields killeavy kaat

[ITS KAAAT]

Kileavy won by 5