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gaa · Saturday 15 August 2026 · Various 
Crossmaglen Rangers GAC - 2026 Club Championship Season
At Crossmaglen Rangers GAC Ground · Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, BT35 9AA
At Crossmaglen Rangers GAC Ground · Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, BT35 9AA
Club championship football in south Armagh is a serious affair, and Crossmaglen Rangers GAC make it more serious than most. The club has won the Armagh Senior Football Championship 47 times and the All-Ireland Club Championship on six occasions - a record that places them among the most decorated club sides in the history of the game. Their 2026 campaign puts them in Group C of the Armagh Senior Football Championship alongside Silverbridge, Granemore and St Peter’s, with home fixtures played at St Oliver Plunkett Park in Crossmaglen. If you have any interest in Gaelic football at its most committed, watching Cross in action on their home ground is worth making the trip for.
The group stage runs from the weekend of 15 - 18 August 2026, with fixture dates confirmed via armaghgaa.net and crossrangers.com as the schedule is published. The Armagh championship format mirrors the provincial inter-county competition - four groups of four, with the group winner going straight to the quarter-finals, and second and third place meeting in a preliminary quarter-final. The stakes are real from round one.
Group C has genuine edge to it. Silverbridge and Crossmaglen are longstanding south Armagh rivals, and those encounters carry decades of local history. Granemore and St Peter’s (Lurgan) add variety across the county’s footballing geography. Home games at St Oliver Plunkett Park - named after the martyred Bishop of Armagh - draw good local crowds and the atmosphere at a cross-county club championship game is markedly different from a league afternoon. Rian O’Neill is the headline name in this side, and watching him operate at club level is a different experience from the inter-county stage.
Club championship season tickets are available via crossrangers.com for supporters who want to follow the full run.
Crossmaglen is in south Armagh, roughly 16 miles west of Newry and about 62 miles north of Dublin. From Armagh city, take the A29 south - the journey is around 20 minutes by road. From Dublin, the M1 motorway north to Dundalk then the N53 west through Castleblayney is the most direct cross-border route; allow 90 minutes. Ulsterbus route 42 serves Crossmaglen, though services are infrequent so check Translink for times. Parking is available at and around the club ground.
The village centres on Cardinal O Fiaich Square, named after the Crossmaglen-born Cardinal who became Primate of All Ireland. It is a compact south Armagh market town with pubs and a strong sense of place. There is more to see in Crossmaglen and across Co. Armagh.
Heading to Crossmaglen Rangers GAC Ground in Crossmaglen? Armagh has plenty more to see. Read the Crossmaglen area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.