The Armagh-Down Gaelic football rivalry concerns the Ulster teams of Armagh and Down. The two counties are neighbours and, between them, they have won 26 Ulster Senior Football Championships and 7 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships.

Background Armagh and Down first met in the Ulster Senior Football Championship in the 1904 competition. Games between the teams have sometimes been described as a "derby".

Ulster finals The first Ulster Senior Football Championship final between Armagh and Down in 1961, with subsequent finals in 1981 and 1999.

1961

1981

1999

National League Finals In the National Football League, 1983 National League Final and the 2010 National League Division 2 Final.

1983 - Division One

2010 - Division Two

Miscellaneous The sides have met a number of times in the All-Ireland Qualifiers, notably being the first two teams drawn out for the first qualifier series in 2001. Down's home ground, Páirc Esler, is located in County Armagh. James McCartan Jnr, an All-Ireland winner with Down in 1991 and 1994, attempted to switch his allegiance to Armagh in 2001. Paddy O'Rourke, who captained Down to the All-Ireland title in 1991, managed both Down (2002–06) and Armagh (2009–12).

All-time results

Legend

Down winArmagh winMatch was a draw

Senior

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage 1. 6 May 1906 Down 2-11 - 0-4 Armagh Newry Ulster quarter-final 2. 1912 Armagh w/o-scr. Down Ulster quarter-final 3. 24 May 1914 Armagh 2-5 - 0-0 Down Newry Ulster quarter-final 4. 11 July 1915 Armagh 1-7 - 1-1 Down Newry Ulster quarter-final 5. 5 May 1918 Armagh 0-5 - 0-4 Down Camlough Ulster quarter-final 6. 19 May 1929 Armagh 5-4 - 3-2 Down Newry Ulster quarter-final 7. 24 May 1931 Armagh 0-6 - 0-2 Down Newry Ulster quarter-final 8. 18 June 1933 Armagh 2-1 - 1-3 Down Warrenpoint Ulster quarter-final 9. 9 June 1935 Armagh 2-5 - 0-5 Down Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final 10. 13 June 1937 Armagh 4-14 - 2-7 Down Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final 11. 5 July 1942 Down 0-7 - 0-6 Armagh St. Patrick's Park Ulster semi-final 12. 12 July 1942 Down 1-12 - 2-5 Armagh St. Patrick's Park Ulster semi-final replay 13. 23 June 1946 Armagh 0-13 - 0-4 Down St. Patrick's Park Ulster quarter-final 14. 13 June 1948Down 5-7 - 2-3 Armagh St. Patrick's Park Ulster preliminary round 15. 9 July 1950Armagh 1-8 - 1-7 Down O'Neill Park Ulster semi-final 16. 12 June 1955Armagh 1-8 - 0-5 Down The Playing Fields Ulster quarter-final 17. 24 June 1956Armagh 2-5 - 0-6 Down Páirc Esler Ulster quarter-final 18. 23 July 1961Down 2-10 - 1-10 Armagh Casement Park Ulster final 19. 10 June 1973Down 2-10 - 2-9 Armagh Páirc Esler Ulster preliminary round 20. 9 June 1974Down 1-10 - 0-6 Armagh Páirc Esler Ulster preliminary round 21. 19 July 1981Down 3-12 - 1-10 Armagh St Tiernach's Park Ulster final 22. 29 June 1986Down 3-7 - 0-12 Armagh St. Mary's Park Ulster semi-final 23. 1 July 1990 Armagh 2-7 - 0-12 Down Casement Park Ulster semi-final 24. 9 June 1991 Down 1-7 - 0-8 Armagh Páirc Esler Ulster quarter-final 25. 7 June 1992 Down 1-12 - 0-9 Armagh Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final 26. 14 June 1998 Armagh 0-16 - 0-11 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster quarter-final 27. 1 August 1999 Armagh 3-12 - 0-10 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster final 28. 9 June 2001 Armagh 1-13 - 2-4 Down Casement Park All-Ireland qualifier round 1 29. 29 June 2008 Armagh 1-12 - 0-11 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster semi-final 30. 28 May 2011 Armagh 1-15 - 1-10 Down Athletic Grounds Ulster quarter-final 31. 4 June 2017 Down 0-15 - 2-7 Armagh Pairc Esler Ulster quarter-final 32. 19 May 2019 Armagh 2-17 - 3-13 Down Pairc Esler Ulster quarter-final 33. 30 April 2023 Armagh 4-10 - 0-12 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster semi-final 34. 27 April 2024 Armagh 0-13 - 2-6 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster semi-final 35. 3 May 2026 Armagh 3-33 - 0-13 Down St Tiernach's Park Ulster semi-final

References

External links "Down-Armagh rivalry is keenly felt in one border town", RTÉ, 2019