Armagh Senior Football Championship

Armagh Senior Football Championship
Founded	1889
Trophy	Gerry Fagan Cup [1]
Title holders	Clann Éireann (4th title)
Most titles	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.

Clann Éireann are the title holders (2024) defeating Clan na Gael in the final. ^[2]

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. ^[3] 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

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1887 (unofficial - pre-County Board)	Crossmaglen Red Hands	w/o	Keady Dwyer's	scr
1888 (unofficial - pre-County Board)	No competition
1889	Armagh Harps	4-14	Blackwatertown Shamrocks	0-03
1890	Armagh Harps
1891	Armagh Harps
1892–1900	No competition
1901	Armagh Harps
1902	Armagh Harps
1903	Armagh Harps
1904	Armagh 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	2-01	Bessbrook Geraldines	1-03
1908	Creggan Rovers	1-03	Armagh Harps	1-02
1909	Bessbrook Geraldines		Armagh Harps
1910	Shane O'Neill's	2-01	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-03
1911	Crossmaglen Rangers		Shane O'Neill's
1912	Crossmaglen Rangers		Armagh Harps
1913	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-02	Culloville Sons of O'Connell	0-01
1914	Killeavy	3-02	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-01
1915	Killeavy	0-04	Bessbrook Geraldines	0-02
1916	Bessbrook Geraldines		Culloville Blues
1917	Armagh Young Irelands	1-12	Mullaghbawn	0-05
1918	Armagh Young Irelands	1-06	Crossmaglen Plunketts	0-05
1919–1922	No competition
1923	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-09	Crossmaglen Geraldines	0-02
1924	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-01	Killeavy	0-03
1925	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-04	Armagh Young Irelands	0-04
1926	Crossmaglen Rangers		Armagh Young Irelands
1927	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-08	Armagh Young Irelands	1-03
1928	Armagh Young Irelands		Forkhill Red Hugh O'Donnell's
1929	No competition
1930	Armagh Young Irelands		Crossmaglen Rangers
1931	Armagh Young Irelands	3-06	Culloville Blues	0-03
1932	Armagh Young Irelands	3-02	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-05
1933	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-01	Armagh Young Irelands	0-02
1934	Armagh Young Irelands	2-05	Keady Dwyer's	0-04
1935	Armagh Tír-na-nÓg 0-04	(won on objection)	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-02
1936	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-08	Armagh Young Irelands	1-02
1937	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-08	Keady Dwyer's	1-00
1938	Keady Dwyer's	w/o	Armagh Tir-na-nÓg	scr
1939	Bessbrook Geraldines	2-05	Armagh Young Irelands	1-04
1940	St Michael's	1-06	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-03
1941	St Michael's		Crossmaglen Rangers
1942	Armagh St Malachy's		Mullaghbawn
1943	Wolfe Tone (selection)		Crossmaglen Rangers
1944	St Peter's (selection)	2-08	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-03
1945	Armagh St Malachy's	0-07	Silverbridge (selection)	0-05
1946	Armagh Harps	0-07	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-02
1947	Crossmaglen Rangers	3-06	Armagh Harps	4-02
1948	Killeavy	2-04	Lurgan St Peter's	0-03
1949	Clan na Gael	0-06	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-02
1950	Clan na Gael	1-03	Lurgan St Peter's	0-03
1951	Lurgan St Peter's	2-07	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	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	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-03	Clann Éireann	0-04
1963	Clann Éireann	3-06	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-04
1964	Mullaghbawn	0-10	Wolfe Tone	1-04
1965	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-05	Clann Éireann	1-03
1966	Crossmaglen Rangers	4-11	Carrickcruppen	0-05
1967	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-12	Wolfe Tone	0-03
1968	Clan na Gael	2-06	Clann Éireann	0-04
1969	Clan na Gael	2-06	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-04
1970	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-06	Clan na Gael	0-06
1971	Clan na Gael	w/o	Carrickcruppen	scr
1972	Clan na Gael	0-08	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-07
1973	Clan na Gael	3-14	Wolfe Tone	0-08
1974	Clan na Gael	3-13	Carrickcruppen	0-07
1975	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	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	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	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-04
1983	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-09	Maghery Sean MacDermott's	1-06
1984	Keady Dwyer's	0-07	Armagh Harps	0-02
1985	Pearse Óg GAC	0-07	Armagh Harps	0-03
1986	Crossmaglen Rangers	3-08	Pearse Óg GAC	0-11
1987	Clan na Gael	2-06	Armagh Harps	0-06
1988	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	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	Mullaghbawn	0-10	Armagh Harps	1-05
1996	Crossmaglen Rangers	3-12	Clan na Gael	1-04
1997	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-07	Mullaghbawn	0-06
1998	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-16	Madden	0-09
1999	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-11	Pearse Óg GAC	0-06
2000	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-14	Pearse Óg GAC	1-06
2001	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-08	Dromintee	1-07
2002	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-10	Dromintee	1-08
2003	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-13	Dromintee	0-11
2004	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-09	Mullaghbawn	0-06
2005	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-12	Dromintee	0-09
2006	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-14	Clan na Gael	0-08
2007	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-12	Pearse Óg GAC	0-06
2008	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-13	Pearse Óg GAC	0-08
2009	Pearse Óg GAC	0-08	Armagh Harps	0-04
2010	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-11	Dromintee	1-08
2011	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-22	Ballymacnab	0-03
2012 [4]	Crossmaglen Rangers	3-09	Pearse Óg GAC	0-11
2013 [5]	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-17	St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna	0-08
2014 [6]	Crossmaglen Rangers	4-14	Armagh Harps	0-09
2015 [7]	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-22	Armagh Harps	0-10
2016	Maghery	1-13	St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna	0-13
2017 [8]	Armagh Harps	2-09	Maghery	0-11
2018 [9]	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-24	Ballymacnab	1-15
2019 [10]	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-18	Ballymacnab	2-09
2020 [11]	Maghery	4-09	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-17
2021	Clann Éireann	2-12	Crossmaglen Rangers	0-16
2022 [12]	Crossmaglen Rangers	1-19	Granemore	0-10
2023 [13]	Crossmaglen Rangers	2-16	Clan na Gael	1-07
2024 [2]	Clann Éireann	3-13	Clan na Gael	0-15

More information:

• Armagh Senior Leagues

Wins listed by club

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1	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	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	Clan na Gael	14	1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1994
5	Keady Dwyer's	4	1938, 1953, 1956, 1984
	St Patrick's Carrickcruppen		1959, 1978, 1979, 1982
	Pearse Óg GAC		1985, 1988, 1992, 2009
	Clann Éireann		1954, 1963, 2021, 2024
9	Bessbrook Geraldines / An Sruthán	3	1909, 1916, 1939
	Killeavy St Monnina's		1914, 1915, 1948
11	Shane O'Neill's	2	1907, 1910
	Armagh Tír na nÓg		1904, 1935
	St Michael's		1940, 1941
	Mullaghbawn		1964, 1995
	Maghery		2016, 2020
16	Whitecross	1	1905
	Crossmaglen Red Hands		1906
	Creggan Rovers		1908
	Armagh St Malachy’s		1942
	Wolfe Tones		1943
	St Peter’s Sel		1944
	St Malachy’s		1945
	St Peter's		1951
	Collegeland		1961
	Sarsfields		1990

References

1. Archer, Kenny (20 October 2008). "Kernan hails historic men of Crossmaglen". The Irish News . Retrieved 20 October 2008.
2. Malone, Steve (26 October 2024). "Goal-hungry Clann Éireann take Armagh SFC crown". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
3. Archer, Kenny (20 October 2008). "Kernan hails historic men of Crossmaglen". The Irish News . Retrieved 20 October 2008.
4. "Cross win again but McEntee wants more". Irish Examiner . 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
5. "Armagh SFC final: Cross cruise to another title". Hogan Stand . 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
6. "Armagh SFC final: Cross' crush Harps for another title". Hogan Stand . 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
7. "Crossmaglen Rangers march to 19th title in 20 seasons". Irish Examiner . 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
8. "Armagh SFC final: Harps end 26 year wait". Hogan Stand . 15 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
9. "Murtagh hails 'exceptional' Crossmaglen display". Irish Independent . 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
10. "Sweet 16 for Kernan - HoganStand".
11. "Goals critical as Maghery fight back to claim Armagh crown against Crossmaglen". RTE.ie. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
12. "McConville shines as Crossmaglen reign again in Armagh". RTE.ie. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
13. "Crossmaglen beat Clan na Gael to win 47th Armagh SFC title". RTE.ie. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

External links

• Official Armagh GAA Website
• Armagh GAA Supporters Website
• Armagh at ClubGAA ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}