{{Short description|Armagh-based Gaelic games club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox GAA club | club gaa = Armagh Harps | crest = Armagh Harps Gaelic Football Club logo.png | irish = Cláirsigh Ard Mhacha | county = Armagh | nickname = The Harps | colours = {{color box|white}}{{color box|#0000FF}} White and blue | grounds = Páirc na Mainistreach | coordinates = {{coord|54|21|32.93|N|6|39|38.66|W|display=it|region:IE_type:landmark}} | founded = 1888 | province = Ulster | f1 = 0 | f2 = 0 | f3 = 21 | pattern_la = _blue_hoops | pattern_b = _bluesleevelinesandsides | pattern_ra = _blue_hoops | leftarm = FFFFFF | body = FFFFFF | rightarm = FFFFFF | shorts = 0000FF | socks = 0000FF |}} '''Armagh Harps Gaelic Football Club''' is a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) club in the city of [[Armagh]], [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It plays exclusively [[Gaelic football]] in the Senior competitions of [[Armagh GAA]]. Its home ground is Páirc na Mainistreach, also known as Abbey Park, in the north of Armagh city.
The club has won the [[Armagh Senior Football Championship]] 21 times.
==History== Founded in 1888 by Charles O’Neil 1846-1940, the Harps represented Armagh in the 1890 Ulster Final, beating Cookstown's [[Cookstown Fr. Rock's GAC|Owen Roes]], but losing to All-Ireland Champions [[Midleton GAA|Midleton]] of Cork in the All-Ireland Semi-Final. Football declined somewhat in the period 1910-1915, but revived in 1916 when it appears that the Harps reformed under a new name, '''Young Ireland'''. Another Armagh City club, '''St Malachy's''', was active in the 1940s.
The Armagh Harps were recreated under the original name in 1945.<ref>[http://www.armaghharps.com/index.php?page=history Harps website]</ref>
==Honours== * '''[[Armagh Senior Football Championship]] (21)''' ** 1889, 1890, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1991, 2017
==Notable players== * [[Joe McElroy]], Armagh senior player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ones to watch in the Armagh championship|url=https://www.gaeliclife.com/news/ones-to-watch-in-the-armagh-championship/|last=McCoy|first=Niall|website=[[Gaelic Life]]|date=17 September 2021|quote=The Harps have been the main beneficiaries and McElroy has been in superb form as they hit the ground running in 2021.}}</ref> * [[Charlie Vernon]] - Armagh player 2006-2019, 2 time ulster title winner. * [[Colin Holmes (Gaelic footballer)|Colin Holmes]] - Tyrone player 1996-2009, club captain <!-- * Conor White - Armagh minor captain and Armagh senior panelist. 2017 county champion. --> * [[Declan McKenna]] - 2009 All Ireland minor winning captain
==Facilities== The club acquired its present grounds, Páirc na Mainistreach, in 1979, and the development of the pitch was completed in 1984. Since then the club has developed dressing rooms, an all-weather pitch, car parking area, a covered stand for 500 spectators and floodlighting. In 1980 the Harps opened a social club on Loughgall Road, Armagh.<ref>[http://www.armaghharps.com/index.php?page=history Harps website]</ref>
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==Website== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20181230044418/http://www.armaghharps.com/ Harps website]
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