Armagh–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

Armagh-Tyrone
LocationCounty Armagh
County Tyrone
TeamsArmagh
Tyrone
First meetingArmagh 2-8 - 1-2 Tyrone
1890 Ulster final
(12 October 1890)
Latest meetingTyrone 0-13 0-11 Armagh
2023 All-Ireland Group Stage
(3 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total44

The Armagh-Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Armagh and Tyrone, who first played each other in 1890. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games.[1][2] Armagh's home ground is the Athletic Grounds and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park.

Tyrone have won the Ulster Championship on 16 occasions, whereas Armagh have won the title 14 times, placing them third and fourth on the roll of honour respectively.

The sides also contested the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the first time that two counties from the same province contested the football showpiece.[3]

All-time results

Legend

Tyrone win
Armagh win
Match was a draw

Senior Championship meetings

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 12 October 1890 Armagh 2-8 - 1-2 Tyrone Blaris, Lisburn Ulster final
2. 3 January 1904 Armagh 0-3 - 0-2 Tyrone Ulster semi-final
3. 31 January 1904 Armagh 1-6 - 1-3 Tyrone Belfast Ulster semi-final replay
4. 1904 Armagh 0-12 - 0-3 Tyrone Castleblaney Ulster semi-final
5. 1904 Armagh 0-24 - 0-13 Tyrone Armagh Ulster semi-final replay
6. 13 May 1917 Armagh 0-9 - 0-6 Tyrone Armagh Ulster quarter-final
7. 16 May 1920 Armagh 2-1 - 0-0 Tyrone Dungannon Ulster quarter-final
8. 25 May 1930 Armagh 2-3 - 2-3 Tyrone Dungannon Ulster quarter-final
9. 10 April 1932 Armagh 1-5 - 1-4 Tyrone Letterkenny Ulster quarter-final
10. 8 June 1941 Armagh 4-8 - 1-17 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
11. 31 May 1942 Armagh 3-4 - 0-0 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
12. 24 June 1945 Armagh 3-13 - 0-2 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
13. 22 June 1947 Armagh 1-6 - 1-6 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
14. 29 June 1947 Tyrone 2-5 - 1-4 Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final replay
15. 17 June 1951 Armagh 7-13 - 2-3 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
16. 15 June 1952 Armagh 1-8 - 1-6 Tyrone O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
17. 30 June 1957 Tyrone 2-9 - 3-5 Armagh The Playing Fields Ulster quarter-final
18. 22 June 1958 Tyrone 1-9 - 0-10 Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
19. 6 June 1971 Armagh 4-9 - 2-10 Tyrone The Playing Fields Ulster quarter-final
20. 4 June 1972 Tyrone 0-13 - 1-7 Armagh O'Neill Park Ulster quarter-final
21. 20 July 1980 Armagh 4-10 - 4-7 Tyrone St. Tiernach's Park Ulster final
22. 15 July 1984 Tyrone 0-15 - 1-7 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park Ulster final
23. 28 June 1987 Armagh 5-9 - 1-9 Tyrone St. Molaise Park Ulster semi-final
24. 26 June 1988 Tyrone 0-15 - 1-8 Armagh St. Molaise Park Ulster semi-final
25. 4 June 1989 Tyrone 1-11 - 2-7 Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
26. 3 June 1990 Armagh 0-12 - 0-11 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
27. 13 June 1993 Armagh 0-13 - 1-10 Tyrone Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
28. 20 June 1993 Armagh 0-12 - 2-8 Tyrone Healy Park Ulster quarter-final replay
29. 12 June 1994 Tyrone 3-10 - 1-10 Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
30. 15 June 1997 Tyrone 1-12 - 0-12 Armagh Healy Park Ulster quarter-final
31. 4 June 2000 Armagh 0-12 - 0-8 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
32. 20 May 2001 Tyrone 1-14 - 1-9 Armagh St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
33. 19 May 2002 Tyrone 1-12 - 1-12 Armagh St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
34. 26 May 2002 Armagh 2-13 - 0-16 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final replay
35. 28 September 2003 Tyrone 0-12 - 0-9 Armagh Croke Park All Ireland final
36. 10 July 2005 Armagh 2-8 - 0-14 Tyrone Croke Park Ulster final
37. 23 July 2005 Armagh 0-13 - 0-11 Tyrone Croke Park Ulster final replay
38. 4 September 2005 Tyrone 2-10 - 1-10 Armagh Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
39. 31 May 2009 Tyrone 2-10 - 1-10 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final
40. 10 June 2012 Tyrone 0-19 - 1-13 Armagh Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final
41. 13 July 2014 Armagh 0-13 - 0-10 Tyrone Healy Park All Ireland Qualifier Round 2
42. 5 August 2017 Tyrone 3-17 - 0-8 Armagh Croke Park All Ireland quarter-final
43 5 June 2022 Armagh 1-16 - 1-10 Tyrone Athletic Grounds All Ireland Qualifier Round 1
44 3 June 2023 Tyrone 0-13 - 0-11 Armagh Healy Park All Ireland Group Stage

Miscellaneous

  • The sides have contested four Ulster finals, the first in 1890 and the most recent in 2005. Armagh have won three of these games whilst Tyrone have one victory.
  • Longest winning streak - Armagh - 7 games (12 October 1890 - 16 May 1920)
  • Longest unbeaten streak - Armagh - 13 games (12 October 1890 - 29 June 1947)
  • Highest total score - 43 points (17 June 1951 Armagh 7-13 - 2-3 Tyrone)
  • Highest winning margin - 34 points (17 June 1951 Armagh 7-13 - 2-3 Tyrone)

References

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (7 June 2012). "Tyrone v Armagh: An iconic rivalry losing its icons". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ Crossan, Brendan. "Tyrone-Armagh rivalry was authentic and real as you'd find". Irish News.
  3. ^ Tierney, Paddy (28 September 2023). "Tyrone vs Armagh 2003 All-Ireland SFC Final combined XV 20 years on from all-Ulster decider". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 January 2025. At the time it was the first occasion two teams from the same province had contested the final of the football Championship.


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