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Crossmaglen | |||
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Armagh |
Oisin O'Neill is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Crossmaglen club [1] [2] [3] and at senior level for the Armagh county team. [4] In January 2024, he made his first inter-county appearance since picking up a long-term injury that kep him out of the team for the previous year and a half. [5] His brother Rian plays alongside him for Armagh and Crossmaglen. [6] [7] [8] [9]
County Armagh is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders the Northern Irish counties of Tyrone to the west and Down to the east. The county borders Louth and Monaghan to the south and southwest, which are in the Republic of Ireland. It is named after its county town, Armagh, which derives from the Irish Ard Mhacha, meaning "Macha's height". Macha was a sovereignty goddess in Irish mythology and is said to have been buried on a wooded hill around which the town of Armagh grew. County Armagh is colloquially known as the "Orchard County" because of its many apple orchards.
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