Sunday 30th November 2025

Quarter Final 4

1pm @ St Pauls GAC

Dromintee (Armagh) v Ardboe (Tyrone) 

The fourth quarter final of the St.Paul’s/fona/cab Ulster Minor Football, Club championship is down for decision this weekend when Tyrone champions, Ardboe face Dromintee from Armagh.

The Armagh champions make their bow in the competition where they will face an Ardboe side with one game already under their belts and you would feel that the extra game will give the Tyrone side a slight advantage.

That game was against Antrim champions, Casement’s, Portglenone and while the Bann siders put it up to their opponents in the opening half it was Ardboe who turned the screw with five second half goals to win fairly comfortably in the end.

Darragh Devlin top scored for the Tyrone side with 2-8 to his credit while Darragh Muldoon, Ruairi O’Neill and Darcy Mallon were the Ardboe goal scorers whose confidence will have been boosted by this opening day win.

Their opponents on Sunday Dromintee, won their first Armagh Minor title in the club’s 138 year history when they defeated Clann Eireann in this year’s final.

The manner in which they did so in such a controlled, calculated and superbly coached display meant they were rarely troubled in their win at the Athletic Grounds. 
Dromintee had eight different scorers on the night.  Oisin Byrne 0:06, Calvin Mooney 0:04, Michael O’Neill 0:04, Fionn Toale1:01, Ronan Martin 0:02 Fergus Toale 0:02, Conor Laverty 0:01 Odhran Martin 0:01 were the men on target in a team captained by Conor Laverty.

Dromintee entered the game without three of their spine players Gavin O’Rourke, Michael Walker & Diarmaid O’Rourke all of whom have long term injuries but the strength in depth of the squad was such that there was seamless integration with the three replacements.

Games in this competition have been very difficult to predict over the years and Dromintee will have to put the euphoria of winning that first Armagh title to the back of their minds if they are to advance to the semi-final with Ardboe given the nod but it should be close.