# Armagh Senior Football Championship

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Annual Gaelic football competition

Armagh Senior Football Championship Founded 1889 Trophy Gerry Fagan Cup[1] Title holders Madden Raparees (1st title) Most titles Crossmaglen Rangers (47 titles)

The **Armagh Senior Football Championship** is an annual [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) competition contested by top-tier [Armagh GAA](/source/Armagh_GAA) clubs. The [Armagh County Board](/source/Armagh_GAA) of the [Gaelic Athletic Association](/source/Gaelic_Athletic_Association) has organised it since 1889.

[Madden Raparees](/source/Madden_Raparees_GAC) are the title holders (2024) defeating [Cullyhanna](/source/St_Patrick's_GFC%2C_Cullyhanna) in the 2025 final.[2]

## History

The first official football champions of Armagh, following the creation in 1889 of the County Board, were [Armagh Harps](/source/Armagh_Harps_GFC), in the 1889 final which saw the defeat of [Blackwatertown](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_Port_M%C3%B3r_GAC&action=edit&redlink=1) in Armagh by a scoreline of 4-14 to 0-03.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] [Crossmaglen Rangers](/source/Crossmaglen_Rangers_GAC) have won the Armagh senior football championship on most occasions, with 40 victories since 1906, including a run of 13 wins from 1996 to 2008. During the 1997-2000 victorious seasons, Crossmaglen went on to claim three [All-Ireland Club Championships](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Football_Championship) in four years. They have since added All-Ireland titles in 2007, 2011 and 2012.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Gerry Fagan Cup.[1] The winners of the Armagh Championship qualify to represent their county in the [Ulster Senior Club Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Club_Football_Championship). The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the [All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Football_Championship).

## List of finals

(r) = [replay](/source/Replay_(sports))

Year Winner Score Opponent Score 1887 (unofficial - pre-County Board) Crossmaglen Red Hands w/o Keady Dwyer's scr 1888 (unofficial - pre-County Board) No competition 1889 Armagh Harps 4-14 Blackwatertown Shamrocks 0-03 1890 Armagh Harps 1891 Armagh Harps 1892–1900 No competition 1901 Armagh Harps 1902 Armagh Harps 1903 Armagh Harps 1904 Armagh Tir-na-nÓg w/o Culloville William O'Brien's scr 1905 Whitecross 2-04 Armagh Harps 1-04 1906 Crossmaglen Red Hands 1-04, 1-07 (r) Shane O'Neill's 0-06, 0-04 (r) 1907 Shane O'Neill's 2-01 Bessbrook Geraldines 1-03 1908 Creggan Rovers 1-03 Armagh Harps 1-02 1909 Bessbrook Geraldines Armagh Harps 1910 Shane O'Neill's 2-01 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-03 1911 Crossmaglen Rangers Shane O'Neill's 1912 Crossmaglen Rangers Armagh Harps 1913 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-02 Culloville Sons of O'Connell 0-01 1914 Killeavy 3-02 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01 1915 Killeavy 0-04 Bessbrook Geraldines 0-02 1916 Bessbrook Geraldines Culloville Blues 1917 Armagh Young Irelands 1-12 Mullaghbawn 0-05 1918 Armagh Young Irelands 1-06 Crossmaglen Plunketts 0-05 1919–1922 No competition 1923 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-09 Crossmaglen Geraldines 0-02 1924 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01 Killeavy 0-03 1925 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-04 Armagh Young Irelands 0-04 1926 Crossmaglen Rangers Armagh Young Irelands 1927 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08 Armagh Young Irelands 1-03 1928 Armagh Young Irelands Forkhill Red Hugh O'Donnell's 1929 No competition 1930 Armagh Young Irelands Crossmaglen Rangers 1931 Armagh Young Irelands 3-06 Culloville Blues 0-03 1932 Armagh Young Irelands 3-02 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-05 1933 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-01 Armagh Young Irelands 0-02 1934 Armagh Young Irelands 2-05 Keady Dwyer's 0-04 1935 Armagh Tír-na-nÓg 0-04 (won on objection) Crossmaglen Rangers 1-02 1936 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08 Armagh Young Irelands 1-02 1937 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-08 Keady Dwyer's 1-00 1938 Keady Dwyer's w/o Armagh Tir-na-nÓg scr 1939 Bessbrook Geraldines 2-05 Armagh Young Irelands 1-04 1940 St Michael's 1-06 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-03 1941 St Michael's Crossmaglen Rangers 1942 Armagh St Malachy's Mullaghbawn 1943 Wolfe Tone (selection) Crossmaglen Rangers 1944 St Peter's (selection) 2-08 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-03 1945 Armagh St Malachy's 0-07 Silverbridge (selection) 0-05 1946 Armagh Harps 0-07 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-02 1947 Crossmaglen Rangers 3-06 Armagh Harps 4-02 1948 Killeavy 2-04 Lurgan St Peter's 0-03 1949 Clan na Gael 0-06 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-02 1950 Clan na Gael 1-03 Lurgan St Peter's 0-03 1951 Lurgan St Peter's 2-07 Killeavy 1-09 1952 Armagh Harps 1-03 Clan na Gael 0-03 1953 Keady Dwyer's 0-10 Armagh Harps 2-03 1954 Clann Éireann 2-04 Clan na Gael 0-01 1955 Armagh Harps 3-09 Killeavy 1-02 1956 Keady Dwyer's 2-07 Armagh Harps 0-11 1957 Armagh Harps 2-02 Keady Dwyer's 0-05 1958 Armagh Harps 1-02 Keady Dwyer's 0-04 1959 Carrickcruppen 2-07 Clann Éireann 0-05 1960 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11, 4-08 (r) Clann Éireann 3-05, 3-03 (r) 1961 Collegeland O'Rahilly's 4-11 Clann Éireann 4-07 1962 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-03 Clann Éireann 0-04 1963 Clann Éireann 3-06 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-04 1964 Mullaghbawn 0-10 Wolfe Tone 1-04 1965 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-05 Clann Éireann 1-03 1966 Crossmaglen Rangers 4-11 Carrickcruppen 0-05 1967 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Wolfe Tone 0-03 1968 Clan na Gael 2-06 Clann Éireann 0-04 1969 Clan na Gael 2-06 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-04 1970 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-06 Clan na Gael 0-06 1971 Clan na Gael w/o Carrickcruppen scr 1972 Clan na Gael 0-08 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-07 1973 Clan na Gael 3-14 Wolfe Tone 0-08 1974 Clan na Gael 3-13 Carrickcruppen 0-07 1975 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-06, 0-09 (r) Armagh Harps 0-09, 0-04 (r) 1976 Clan na Gael 1-08 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 0-07 1977 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11, 1-07 (r) Clan na Gael 3-05, 0-05 (r) 1978 Carrickcruppen 0-11 Clan na Gael 1-07 1979 Carrickcruppen 2-13 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-08 1980 Clan na Gael 3-07 Carrickcruppen 1-08 1981 Clan na Gael 0-10 Carrickcruppen 0-07 1982 Carrickcruppen 0-06 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-04 1983 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-09 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-06 1984 Keady Dwyer's 0-07 Armagh Harps 0-02 1985 Pearse Óg GAC 0-07 Armagh Harps 0-03 1986 Crossmaglen Rangers 3-08 Pearse Óg GAC 0-11 1987 Clan na Gael 2-06 Armagh Harps 0-06 1988 Pearse Óg GAC 1-10 Killeavy 0-05 1989 Armagh Harps 3-09 St Paul's, Lurgan 2-08 1990 Sarsfields 0-09 Armagh Harps 0-06 1991 Armagh Harps 0-11 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-07 1992 Pearse Óg GAC 0-13 Sarsfields 0-03 1993 Clan na Gael 2-15 Maghery Sean MacDermott's 1-06 1994 Clan na Gael 2-05 Mullaghbawn 0-06 1995 Mullaghbawn 0-10 Armagh Harps 1-05 1996 Crossmaglen Rangers 3-12 Clan na Gael 1-04 1997 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-07 Mullaghbawn 0-06 1998 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-16 Madden 0-09 1999 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11 Pearse Óg GAC 0-06 2000 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-14 Pearse Óg GAC 1-06 2001 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-08 Dromintee 1-07 2002 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-10 Dromintee 1-08 2003 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-13 Dromintee 0-11 2004 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-09 Mullaghbawn 0-06 2005 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Dromintee 0-09 2006 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-14 Clan na Gael 0-08 2007 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-12 Pearse Óg GAC 0-06 2008 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-13 Pearse Óg GAC 0-08 2009 Pearse Óg GAC 0-08 Armagh Harps 0-04 2010 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-11 Dromintee 1-08 2011 Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22 Ballymacnab 0-03 2012[3] Crossmaglen Rangers 3-09 Pearse Óg GAC 0-11 2013[4] Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna 0-08 2014[5] Crossmaglen Rangers 4-14 Armagh Harps 0-09 2015[6] Crossmaglen Rangers 2-22 Armagh Harps 0-10 2016 Maghery 1-13 St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna 0-13 2017[7] Armagh Harps 2-09 Maghery 0-11 2018[8] Crossmaglen Rangers 0-24 Ballymacnab 1-15 2019[9] Crossmaglen Rangers 2-18 Ballymacnab 2-09 2020[10] Maghery 4-09 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-17 2021 Clann Éireann 2-12 Crossmaglen Rangers 0-16 2022[11] Crossmaglen Rangers 1-19 Granemore 0-10 2023[12] Crossmaglen Rangers 2-16 Clan na Gael 1-07 2024[13] Clann Éireann 3-13 Clan na Gael 0-15 2025[2] Madden Raparees 0-20 St. Patrick's, Cullyhanna 0-09

More information: [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20070302185139/http://www.hoganstand.com/Armagh/Titles.aspx)

## Wins listed by club

# Club Wins Years won 1 Crossmaglen Rangers 47 1906, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 2 Armagh Harps 21 1889, 1890, 1891, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1917, 1918, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1991, 2017 3 Clan na Gael 14 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1993, 1994 5 Keady Dwyer's 4 1938, 1953, 1956, 1984 St Patrick's Carrickcruppen 1959, 1978, 1979, 1982 Pearse Óg GAC 1985, 1988, 1992, 2009 Clann Éireann 1954, 1963, 2021, 2024 9 Bessbrook Geraldines / An Sruthán 3 1909, 1916, 1939 Killeavy St Monnina's 1914, 1915, 1948 11 Shane O'Neill's 2 1907, 1910 Armagh Tír na nÓg 1904, 1935 St Michael's 1940, 1941 Mullaghbawn 1964, 1995 Maghery 2016, 2020 16 Whitecross 1 1905 Crossmaglen Red Hands 1906 Creggan Rovers 1908 Armagh St Malachy’s 1942 Wolfe Tones 1943 St Peter’s Sel 1944 St Malachy’s 1945 St Peter's 1951 Collegeland 1961 Sarsfields 1990 Madden Raparees 2025

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Lynch_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Lynch_1-1) ["An unforgettable year in the Armagh Senior Championship"](https://www.newryreporter.com/sport/gaa/armagh-gaa/an-unforgettable-year-in-the-armagh-senior-championship-5382195). *[Newry Reporter](/source/Newry_Reporter)*. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2025final_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2025final_2-1) ["Madden create history with first Armagh title"](https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/ckg46301kkko). *BBC*. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cross win again but McEntee wants more"](http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/cross-win-again-but-mcentee-wants-more-210883.html). *[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)*. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Armagh SFC final: Cross cruise to another title"](http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=203187). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Armagh SFC final: Cross' crush Harps for another title"](http://www.hoganstand.com/Armagh/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=226194). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Crossmaglen Rangers march to 19th title in 20 seasons"](http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/crossmaglen-rangers-march-to-19th-title-in-20-seasons-358836.html). *[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)*. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Armagh SFC final: Harps end 26 year wait"](http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=276954). *[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)*. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Murtagh hails 'exceptional' Crossmaglen display"](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/murtagh-hails-exceptional-crossmaglen-display-37443696.html). *[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)*. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Sweet 16 for Kernan - HoganStand"](https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/305115).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Goals critical as Maghery fight back to claim Armagh crown against Crossmaglen"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0913/1164934-goals-critical-as-maghery-fight-back-to-claim-crown/). RTE.ie. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["McConville shines as Crossmaglen reign again in Armagh"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/1023/1330879-mcconville-shines-as-crossmaglen-reign-again-in-armagh/). RTE.ie. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Crossmaglen beat Clan na Gael to win 47th Armagh SFC title"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/1022/1412348-crossmaglen-beat-clan-na-gael-to-win-47th-armagh-title/). RTE.ie. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2024final_13-0)** Malone, Steve (26 October 2024). ["Goal-hungry Clann Éireann take Armagh SFC crown"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/1026/1477601-goal-huntry-clann-eireann-take-armagh-sfc-crown/). *RTÉ*. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

## External links

- [Official Armagh GAA Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060827080043/http://armagh-gaa.com/)

- [Armagh GAA Supporters Website](http://www.armaghgaa.net/)

- [Armagh at ClubGAA](http://hot-eire.com/clubgaa//armagh/)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

v t e Armagh Senior Football Championship ...2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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