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 meetingArmagh 1-16 - 1-10 Tyrone
All Ireland Qualifer Round 1
(5 June 2022)
Statistics
Meetings total43

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] Armagh's home ground is the Athletic Grounds and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.

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While Tyrone have 13 Ulster titles and Armagh are ranked one below in fifth position on the roll of honour, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 4 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

Tyrone win
Armagh win
Match was a draw

Senior

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 - 013Tyrone 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 1994Armagh0-12 - 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


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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.