Armagh-Down Gaelic football rivalry

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LocationCounty Armagh
County Down
TeamsArmagh
Down
First meetingDown 1-6 - 0-4 Armagh
1906 Ulster Quarter Final
(6 May 1906)
Latest meetingArmagh 0-13 - 2-6 Down
2024 Ulster Semi-final
(27 April 2024)
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Crowds attending the 2023 Ulster Semi-final between the counties
LocationCounty Armagh
County Down
TeamsArmagh
Down
First meetingDown 1-6 - 0-4 Armagh
1906 Ulster Quarter Final
(6 May 1906)
Latest meetingArmagh 0-13 - 2-6 Down
2024 Ulster Semi-final
(27 April 2024)
StadiumsAthletic Grounds (Armagh)
Páirc Esler (Down)

The Armagh-Down Gaelic football rivalry concerns the Ulster teams of Armagh and Down. The two counties are neighbours and, between them, they have won 26 Ulster Senior Football Championships and 7 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships.

Armagh and Down first met in the Ulster Senior Football Championship in the 1904 competition. Games between the teams have sometimes been described as a "derby".[1][2]

Ulster finals

The first Ulster Senior Football Championship final between Armagh and Down in 1961, with subsequent finals in 1981 and 1999.

1961

Down2–10 – 1–10Armagh
Attendance: 38,500

1981

Down3–12 – 1–10Armagh
A Rodgers 0–4, G Blaney 1–0, N King 0–1, B McCartan 0–1. P Loughran 0–5, B Hughes 1–1, C McKinstrey 0–2, P Moriarty 0–1, P Rafferty 0–1.
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: J Heaney (Tyrone)

1999

Armagh3–12 – 0-10Down
O. McConville 2-7, D. Marsden 1-2, P. McGrane, J. McEntee, T McEntee Report S. Mulholland 0-4, C. McCabe 0-2 B. Burns, R. Carr, S. Ward, G. McCartan
Attendance: 36,354
Referee: P Russell (Tipperary)

National League Finals

In the National Football League, 1983 National League Final and the 2010 National League Division 2 Final.

1983 - Division One

Down1-8 - 0-8Armagh
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: W Fogarty (Kerry)

2010 - Division Two

Armagh0-17 - 1-12Down
Referee: Ó Conamha (Galway)

Miscellaneous

  • The sides have met a number of times in the All-Ireland Qualifiers, notably being the first two teams drawn out for the first qualifier series in 2001.[3]
  • Down's home ground, Páirc Esler, is located in County Armagh.[4]
  • James McCartan Jnr, an All-Ireland winner with Down in 1991 and 1994, attempted to switch his allegiance to Armagh in 2001.[5]
  • Paddy O'Rourke, who captained Down to the All-Ireland title in 1991, managed both Down (2002–06) and Armagh (2009–12).[6]

All-time results

References

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