Armagh Senior Football Championship

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Armagh Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg2022 Armagh Senior Football Championship
Founded1889
TrophyGerry Fagan Cup [1]
Title holders Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers (47th title)
Most titles Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers (47 titles)

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.

Contents

Crossmaglen Rangers are the title holders (2023) defeating Clan na Gael 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.[ 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 ]

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Gerry Fagan Cup. [2] The winners of the Armagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

(r) = replay

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
1887 (unofficial - pre-County Board) Crossmaglen Red Hands w/o Keady Dwyer's scr
1888 (unofficial - pre-County Board)No competition
1889 Armagh Harps 4-14Blackwatertown Shamrocks0-03
1890 Armagh Harps
1891 Armagh Harps
1892–1900No competition
1901 Armagh Harps
1902 Armagh Harps
1903 Armagh Harps
1904Armagh Tir-na-nÓg w/o Culloville William O'Brien's scr
1905 Whitecross 2-04 Armagh Harps 1-04
1906 Crossmaglen Red Hands 1-04, 1-07 (r) Shane O'Neill's 0-06, 0-04 (r)
1907 Shane O'Neill's 2-01Bessbrook Geraldines1-03
1908 Creggan Rovers 1-03 Armagh Harps 1-02
1909Bessbrook Geraldines Armagh Harps
1910 Shane O'Neill's 2-01 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-03
1911 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers Shane O'Neill's
1912 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers Armagh Harps
1913 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-02 Culloville Sons of O'Connell 0-01
1914 Killeavy 3-02 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01
1915 Killeavy 0-04Bessbrook Geraldines0-02
1916Bessbrook Geraldines Culloville Blues
1917 Armagh Young Irelands 1-12 Mullaghbawn 0-05
1918 Armagh Young Irelands 1-06Crossmaglen Plunketts0-05
1919–1922No competition
1923 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-09Crossmaglen Geraldines0-02
1924 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01 Killeavy 0-03
1925 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-04 Armagh Young Irelands 0-04
1926 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers Armagh Young Irelands
1927 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08 Armagh Young Irelands 1-03
1928 Armagh Young Irelands Forkhill Red Hugh O'Donnell's
1929No competition
1930 Armagh Young Irelands Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers
1931 Armagh Young Irelands 3-06 Culloville Blues 0-03
1932Armagh Young Irelands3-02 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-05
1933 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01 Armagh Young Irelands 0-02
1934 Armagh Young Irelands 2-05 Keady Dwyer's 0-04
1935Armagh Tír-na-nÓg 0-04(won on objection) Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-02
1936 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08Armagh Young Irelands1-02
1937 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-08 Keady Dwyer's 1-00
1938 Keady Dwyer's w/o Armagh Tir-na-nÓgscr
1939Bessbrook Geraldines2-05Armagh Young Irelands1-04
1940 St Michael's 1-06 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-03
1941 St Michael's Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers
1942Armagh St Malachy's Mullaghbawn
1943 Wolfe Tone (selection) Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers
1944St Peter's (selection)2-08 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-03
1945Armagh St Malachy's0-07 Silverbridge (selection)0-05
1946 Armagh Harps 0-07 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-02
1947 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 3-06 Armagh Harps 4-02
1948 Killeavy 2-04Lurgan St Peter's0-03
1949 Clan na Gael 0-06 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-02
1950 Clan na Gael 1-03Lurgan St Peter's0-03
1951Lurgan St Peter's2-07 Killeavy 1-09
1952 Armagh Harps 1-03 Clan na Gael 0-03
1953 Keady Dwyer's 0-10 Armagh Harps 2-03
1954 Clann Éireann 2-04 Clan na Gael 0-01
1955 Armagh Harps 3-09 Killeavy 1-02
1956 Keady Dwyer's 2-07 Armagh Harps 0-11
1957 Armagh Harps 2-02 Keady Dwyer's 0-05
1958 Armagh Harps 1-02 Keady Dwyer's 0-04
1959 Carrickcruppen 2-07 Clann Éireann 0-05
1960 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11, 4-08 (r) Clann Éireann 3-05, 3-03 (r)
1961 Collegeland O'Rahilly's 4-11 Clann Éireann 4-07
1962 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-03 Clann Éireann 0-04
1963 Clann Éireann 3-06 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-04
1964 Mullaghbawn 0-10 Wolfe Tone 1-04
1965 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-05 Clann Éireann 1-03
1966 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 4-11 Carrickcruppen 0-05
1967 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Wolfe Tone 0-03
1968 Clan na Gael 2-06 Clann Éireann 0-04
1969 Clan na Gael 2-06 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-04
1970 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-06 Clan na Gael 0-06
1971 Clan na Gael w/o Carrickcruppen scr
1972 Clan na Gael 0-08 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-07
1973 Clan na Gael 3-14 Wolfe Tone 0-08
1974 Clan na Gael 3-13 Carrickcruppen 0-07
1975 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-06, 0-09 (r) Armagh Harps 0-09, 0-04 (r)
1976 Clan na Gael 1-08 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 0-07
1977 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11, 1-07 (r) Clan na Gael 3-05, 0-05 (r)
1978 Carrickcruppen 0-11 Clan na Gael 1-07
1979 Carrickcruppen 2-13 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08
1980 Clan na Gael 3-07 Carrickcruppen 1-08
1981 Clan na Gael 0-10 Carrickcruppen 0-07
1982 Carrickcruppen 0-06 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-04
1983 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-09 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-06
1984 Keady Dwyer's 0-07 Armagh Harps 0-02
1985 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-07 Armagh Harps 0-03
1986 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 3-08 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-11
1987 Clan na Gael 2-06 Armagh Harps 0-06
1988 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 1-10 Killeavy 0-05
1989 Armagh Harps 3-09 St Paul's, Lurgan 2-08
1990 Sarsfields 0-09 Armagh Harps 0-06
1991 Armagh Harps 0-11 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-07
1992 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-13 Sarsfields 0-03
1993 Clan na Gael 2-15 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-06
1994 Clan na Gael 2-05 Mullaghbawn 0-06
1995 Gort GAA colours.png Mullaghbawn 0-10 Armagh Harps 1-05
1996 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 3-12 Clan na Gael 1-04
1997 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-07 Mullaghbawn 0-06
1998 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-16 Madden 0-09
1999 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-06
2000 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-14 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 1-06
2001 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-08 Waterford colours.PNG Dromintee 1-07
2002 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-10 Waterford colours.PNG Dromintee 1-08
2003 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-13 Waterford colours.PNG Dromintee 0-11
2004 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-09 Gort GAA colours.png Mullaghbawn 0-06
2005 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Waterford colours.PNG Dromintee 0-09
2006 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-14 Flag of the counties of Cavan and Laois.svg Clan na Gael 0-08
2007 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-06
2008 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-13 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-08
2009 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-08 Waterford colours.PNG Armagh Harps 0-04
2010 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11 Waterford colours.PNG Dromintee 1-08
2011 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22 Galway colours.PNG Ballymacnab 0-03
2012 [3] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 3-09 Gort GAA colours.png Pearse Óg GAC 0-11
2013 [4] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna 0-08
2014 [5] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 4-14 Waterford colours.PNG Armagh Harps 0-09
2015 [6] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22 Waterford colours.PNG Armagh Harps 0-10
2016 Tipperary colours.PNG Maghery 1-13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna 0-13
2017 [7] Waterford colours.PNG Armagh Harps 2-09 Tipperary colours.PNG Maghery 0-11
2018 [8] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-24 Galway colours.PNG Ballymacnab 1-15
2019 [9] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 2-18 Galway colours.PNG Ballymacnab 2-09
2020 [10] Tipperary colours.PNG Maghery 4-09 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17
2021 Flag of county Armagh.svg Clann Éireann 2-12 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 0-16
2022 [11] Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers 1-19 Granemore 0-10
2023 [12] Crossmaglen Rangers 2-16 Clan na Gael 1-07

More information:

Wins listed by club

#ClubWinsYears won
1 Kilkenny colours.PNG Crossmaglen Rangers
47
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, 2022, 2023
2 Waterford colours.PNG Armagh Harps
21
1889, 1890, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1991, 2017
3 Flag of the counties of Cavan and Laois.svg Clan na Gael
14
1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1994
4 Armagh Young Irelands
7
1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934
5 Limerick colours.PNG Keady Dwyer's
4
1938, 1953, 1956, 1984
Derry colours.PNG St Patrick's Carrickcruppen 1959, 1978, 1979, 1982
Flag of county Kerry.svg Pearse Óg GAC 1985, 1988, 1992, 2009
8Bessbrook Geraldines / An Sruthán
3
1909, 1916, 1939
Flag green black 5x3.svg Killeavy St Monnina's 1914, 1915, 1948
Flag of county Armagh.svg Clann Éireann 1954, 1963, 2021
11 Limerick colours.PNG Shane O'Neill's
2
1907, 1910
Armagh Tír na nÓg1904, 1935
Flag of the counties of Cavan and Laois.svg St Michael's 1940, 1941
Flag of county Kerry.svg Mullaghbawn 1964, 1995
Tipperary colours.PNG Maghery 2016, 2020
16 Limerick colours.PNG Whitecross
1
1905
Crossmaglen Red Hands 1906
Creggan Rovers1908
Armagh St Malachy’s1942
Limerick colours.PNG Wolfe Tones1943
St Peter’s Sel1944
St Malachy’s1945
Flag of county Sligo.svg St Peter's1951
Flag of the counties of Cavan and Laois.svg Collegeland 1961
Limerick colours.PNG Sarsfields 1990

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