Tag: Armagh

Speculation is mounting in Armagh that star forward Jamie Clarke will not play for the county next year and will spend time away travelling instead.

Defeat to Roscommon has prompted something of an exodus in Armagh, while one of the quiet men of the GAA will reach a significant milestone this weekend.

Although overshadowed by some game taking place in Poland later on, there was still plenty of excitement on the home front in the Football Championship this afternoon.

As expected, Bryan Sheehan will miss out on the Munster semi-final with Cork this weekend, but two old heads have returned to boost Jack O’Connor’s side.

With only a month to go until the Ulster Championship, the Armagh footballers understandably have fire in their bellies... but for all the wrong reasons.

Cork breezed into the All-Ireland quarter-finals with a 12-point trouncing of Down, while Limerick made into the last eight after an evening of high drama in Portlaoise.

Our regular Monday blog on the weekend's Championship action picks out a future hurling star, a team performance from a one-man team and the underdogs who had their day.

After a bumper weekend of GAA action, JOE looks at Marty Clarke's possible return to Oz, an inquest into Mayo's shame in London and Cork's mistakes at Semple Stadium.

A Saturday evening of Championship action saw Wexford pummel Offaly and Armagh knock Down out of the Ulster Championsip.

With a feast of Championship football and hurling in store this weekend JOE tells you what's on, who's going to be pulling the strings and what's the final verdict.