Kieran McGeeney’s tight squad felt each other’s pain which gave them a greater collective sense of purpose
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney is lifted by his selectors Kieran Donaghy, Ciarán McKeever and Conleith Gilligan after their victory in the All-Ireland final. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
So Armagh are All-Ireland champions and what have we learned? This is the only remaining question, the final I to dot and T to cross, from the inter-county season that was 2024.
Not whether they deserved it – they did. Or if they had the best players in the competition – they didn’t. But how did they bend the 2024 championship to their will? How did they outlast the pack? Armagh were 28/1 at the start of the year. Nobody tipped them. That’s not because we’re all stupid or we secretly have it in for Armagh.
