The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 (GAA) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards

GAA county

A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association , controlled by a county board and originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties have...

 of the GAA in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, and is responsible for Gaelic games

Gaelic games

Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...

 in County Armagh

County Armagh

-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

. The county board is also responsible for the Armagh inter-county teams
Armagh has a long tradition of football stretching back to the 19th century when they became only the second team to win the Ulster SFC in 1890. Despite early success at provincial level, national success at junior and minor level and All-Ireland final appearances in 1953 and 1977.Having won the 2009 minor All-Ireland Championship their first for 60 years when the 1949 team won by a narrow 2 point victory,And also having loss the 1957 All-Ireland Minor Championship to an overage Meath Team .It took until 2002 for Armagh to win their first and only All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

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After a disappointing 2009 campaign which resulted in Armagh being defeated by Tyrone and Monaghan Peter McDonnell stepped down as Armagh manager.