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Paralympic. no. Road bowling ( Irish: Ból an bhóthair; also called [ long] bullets) [1] [2] is an Irish sport in which competitors attempt to take the fewest throws to propel a metal ball along a predetermined course of country roads. [3] The sport originated in Ireland and is mainly played in counties Armagh and Cork.
10 November – Charles Spence, a 44-year-old part-time UDR man, is shot dead by the Provisional IRA at the customs offices where he worked on the Monaghan Road in the city. The dead man was from Knockamell Park in Armagh city. The customs building itself was later destroyed in an IRA bomb attack in 1986.
The club organises the Armagh International 5k Road Race annually. The race was first organised in 1980 and takes place every February with athletes coming from England, Scotland, Wales, continental Europe and the United States. As of 2024 the Armagh Gaelic team has won 2 all ireland finals.
Barry McCambridge says reaching a first All-Ireland semi-final since 2005 means "everything" to Armagh. Armagh defeated Roscommon by 2-12 to 0-12 to reach their first last-four tie in 19 years.
Battle of Newry Road. / 54.08472°N 6.59111°W / 54.08472; -6.59111. The Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks, fought along the lanes east of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 23 September 1993. The engagement began when an IRA motorized team ...
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Galway edge a tense, tight battle with Donegal by 1-14 to 0-15 to progress to an All-Ireland SFC final showdown with Armagh in two weeks time.
The bulk of that team had emerged from an under-16 squad who reached the All Ireland final of 1988. Armagh won Division 2 of the National Camogie League four times, 1980, 1988, 1993 and 1994, and the Nancy Murray Cup in 2006. [5] Armagh qualified for the All Ireland Minor B final of 2003 [6] and won the Minor C championship in 2011. [7]