Galway v Armagh - a rollercoaster rivalry riddled with drama
Armagh and Galway met for the first time in 2001 and have clashed five times since. Almost without exception, drama has followed the games all the way.
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Armagh and Galway met for the first time in 2001 and have clashed five times since. Almost without exception, drama has followed the games all the way.
Today's All-Ireland final between Galway and Armagh represents a welcome throwback to the early noughties, an era especially beloved of Gaelic football fans.
Rewind the clock a year, nine months, six months, three months, even six weeks – no one could have seen this coming.
All-Ireland champions Cork were assured and comfortable as they easily accounted for Dublin in the first of this afternoon's two Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior semi-finals, with Amy Lee’s first minute penalty save setting them on a straight path to a comprehensive victory at UPMC Nowlan Park.
Two frees from Carrie Dolan either side of an equalising point from Aoife Donohue carried Galway across the finish line in a tense and dramatic Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final at UPMC Nowlan Park this afternoon, sending the Tribeswomen back to Croke Park for their first final in three years.
For the first time since 2010, the All-Ireland football will not include one of Dublin, Kerry or Mayo, as Armagh take on Galway in Sunday's showpiece in Croke Park.
It would be difficult to find a more perfect embodiment of the Galway footballing blueblood tradition than Pádraic Joyce.