Local archive
Sport Markethill
Elaine McAnulty will complete her 500th big race in Armagh on Sunday after running number 499 in County Offaly the previous day. Run Armagh organisers Matthew Nicholson and Clive Nesbitt have arranged full marathon, half marathon and 10k options, with runners and walkers of all abilities invited to take part.
Sport Blackwatertown
Riverdale Football Club, based in Benburb, is seeking girls for its under-12, under-14 and under-16 teams, with players from Armagh, Moy, Dungannon and Blackwatertown already involved.
Sport Tandragee
Former Co Armagh road racing star Phillip McCallen has paid tribute to his older brother Ronald “Ronnie” McCallen, who died peacefully on Friday evening. Ronnie, a former world superbike engine builder, continued supporting Phillip’s Lurgan motorcycle business and recently formed a race team with his son Brett.
Sport
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has launched its 2026/27 Coach Education and Club Development Programme, offering online and in-person training for sports coaches and volunteers across the borough.
Sport Loughgall
Former Cliftonville youngster Coran Madden has signed his first professional deal with Premier League club Brentford after making history for the Reds in a 4-0 win against Loughgall.
Sport
Armagh’s Seth Dunwoody will step up to Bahrain Victorious’s WorldTour team for the 2027 season after a breakthrough year that included an Irish national road race title and a European under-23 track championship.
Sport Cathedral
Mourners are due to gather in Salford Cathedral on Friday afternoon for the funeral of comedian Jimmy Cricket, according to a Press Association report published by the Belfast Telegraph.
Sport
Young players played decisive roles across the opening weekend of the Cormac Leonard Commercials Senior Football Championship, with Maghery, Culloville, Cullyhanna and Dromintee all producing notable performances.
Sport The Mall
More than 200 people took part in Armagh I’s first Penalty Shootout event on The Mall, held on Friday, August 14, as part of an upbeat community day celebrating Armagh’s football connections and the summer’s World Cup celebrations.
Sport
Jack Dobson, from Hillsborough, has raised £2,000 for Newlife after completing a 21-mile North Channel swim in 11 hours and 25 minutes, with support from coach Stephen Grimley from Camlough in County Armagh.
Sport Cathedral
Armagh Junior footballers became the first team from the county and Ulster to win an All-Ireland title when they defeated Dublin 4-11 to 0-4 in the 1926 All-Ireland Junior Football Final.
Sport Keady
The 2026 Cormac Leonard Commercials Intermediate Championship begins this Friday with 16 teams split across four groups, as clubs including Keady, St Paul’s, Pearse Og and St Peter’s chase a place in October’s final stages.
Sport
The 2026 Armagh Senior Championship promises a wide-open contest, with reigning champions Madden, 2024 winners Clann Eireann and a first-ever Senior Championship tie for Tullysaran among the main storylines.
Sport City Centre
Families and astronomy enthusiasts gathered at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium on 12 August 2026 as a rare partial solar eclipse covered about 94% to 95% of the sun in the region.
Sport
Plans to transform the former Brownlow Leisure Centre in Craigavon into a multi-use community sports and activity centre have been halted by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Powered By Sport, the charity behind the proposal, had planned indoor and outdoor skateparks alongside wider facilities for sport, wellbeing and community use.
Sport
Representatives from Armagh football clubs gathered for the launch of this year’s Armagh Football Championship, with Cormac Leonard Commercials continuing its long-standing sponsorship.
Sport Tassagh
Armagh camogie secured the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Premier Junior Championship after defeating Cavan 0-17 to 0-15 at Croke Park on Sunday, with the new champions later welcomed home at Basil Sheils Bar and Restaurant in Tassagh.
Sport The Mall
Armagh residents of all ages can take part in a free penalty shootout competition on The Mall on Friday, August 14, with junior and adult prizes supplied by local businesses and organisations.
Sport
Astronomers and students from Armagh Observatory and Planetarium presented research at the 2026 Asteroids Comets Meteors conference in Poland, attended by more than 600 participants from 48 countries.
