Armagh–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

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Armagh-Tyrone
Location County Armagh
County Tyrone
Teams Armagh
Tyrone
First meetingArmagh 2-8 - 1-2 Tyrone
1890 Ulster final
(12 October 1890)
Latest meetingTyrone 0-13 0-11 Armagh
2023 All-Ireland Group Stage
(3 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total44

The Armagh-Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Armagh and Tyrone, who first played each other in 1890. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. [1] [2] Armagh's home ground is the Athletic Grounds and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.

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Tyrone have won the Ulster Championship on 16 occasions, whereas Armagh have won the title 14 times, placing them third and fourth on the roll of honour respectively.

The sides also contested the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the first time that two counties from the same province contested the football showpiece. [3]

All-time results

Legend

Tyrone win
Armagh win
Match was a draw

Senior Championship meetings

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
1.12 October 1890Armagh2-8 - 1-2Tyrone Blaris, Lisburn Ulster final
2.3 January 1904Armagh0-3 - 0-2Tyrone Ulster semi-final
3.31 January 1904Armagh1-6 - 1-3Tyrone Belfast Ulster semi-final replay
4.1904Armagh0-12 - 0-3Tyrone Castleblaney Ulster semi-final
5.1904Armagh0-24 - 0-13Tyrone Armagh Ulster semi-final replay
6.13 May 1917Armagh0-9 - 0-6Tyrone Armagh Ulster quarter-final
7.16 May 1920Armagh2-1 - 0-0Tyrone Dungannon Ulster quarter-final
8.25 May 1930Armagh2-3 - 2-3Tyrone Dungannon Ulster quarter-final
9.10 April 1932Armagh1-5 - 1-4Tyrone Letterkenny Ulster quarter-final
10.8 June 1941Armagh4-8 - 1-17Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
11.31 May 1942Armagh3-4 - 0-0Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
12.24 June 1945Armagh3-13 - 0-2Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
13.22 June 1947Armagh1-6 - 1-6Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
14.29 June 1947Tyrone2-5 - 1-4Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final replay
15.17 June 1951Armagh7-13 - 2-3Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
16.15 June 1952Armagh1-8 - 1-6Tyrone O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
17.30 June 1957Tyrone2-9 - 3-5Armagh The Playing Fields Ulster quarter-final
18.22 June 1958Tyrone1-9 - 0-10Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
19.6 June 1971Armagh4-9 - 2-10Tyrone The Playing Fields Ulster quarter-final
20.4 June 1972Tyrone0-13 - 1-7Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
21.20 July 1980Armagh4-10 - 4-7Tyrone St. Tiernach's Park Ulster final
22.15 July 1984Tyrone0-15 - 1-7Armagh St. Tiernach's Park Ulster final
23.28 June 1987Armagh5-9 - 1-9Tyrone St. Molaise Park Ulster semi-final
24.26 June 1988Tyrone0-15 - 1-8Armagh St. Molaise Park Ulster semi-final
25.4 June 1989Tyrone1-11 - 2-7Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
26.3 June 1990Armagh0-12 - 0-11Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
27.13 June 1993Armagh0-13 - 1-10Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
28.20 June 1993Armagh0-12 - 2-8Tyrone Healy Park Ulster quarter-final replay
29.12 June 1994Tyrone3-10 - 1-10Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
30.15 June 1997Tyrone1-12 - 0-12Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
31.4 June 2000Armagh0-12 - 0-8Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
32.20 May 2001Tyrone1-14 - 1-9Armagh St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
33.19 May 2002Tyrone1-12 - 1-12Armagh St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
34.26 May 2002Armagh2-13 - 0-16Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final replay
35.28 September 2003Tyrone0-12 - 0-9Armagh Croke Park All Ireland final
36.10 July 2005Armagh2-8 - 0-14Tyrone Croke Park Ulster final
37.23 July 2005Armagh0-13 - 0-11Tyrone Croke Park Ulster final replay
38.4 September 2005Tyrone2-10 - 1-10Armagh Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
39.31 May 2009Tyrone2-10 - 1-10Armagh St. Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
40.10 June 2012Tyrone0-19 - 1-13Armagh Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
41.13 July 2014Armagh0-13 - 0-10Tyrone Healy Park All Ireland Qualifier Round 2
42.5 August 2017Tyrone3-17 - 0-8Armagh Croke Park All Ireland quarter-final
435 June 2022Armagh1-16 - 1-10Tyrone Athletic Grounds All Ireland Qualifier Round 1
443 June 2023Tyrone0-13 - 0-11Armagh Healy Park All Ireland Group Stage

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References

  1. Breheny, Martin (7 June 2012). "Tyrone v Armagh: An iconic rivalry losing its icons". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. Crossan, Brendan. "Tyrone-Armagh rivalry was authentic and real as you'd find". Irish News.
  3. Tierney, Paddy (28 September 2023). "Tyrone vs Armagh 2003 All-Ireland SFC Final combined XV 20 years on from all-Ulster decider". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 January 2025. At the time it was the first occasion two teams from the same province had contested the final of the football Championship.