Difficult to explain how much Armagh winning Sam Maguire has meant to us all here. We are fanatical about our team and have had some heartbreaking days the last 3 years, largely due to penalties. I’m a devout Evertonian but Armagh is in my DNA. My people, my family and my heart.
Our county has had a hard year. A young woman, Natalie McNally, was murdered and then we had the trauma of the Grimley/McElvanna road fatalities. Natalie’s family are all Blues and her father told me after the game it is the first time he has smiled since she passed.
I know the Grimleys and McElvannas and was in a bad place after the accident.
@Barnfred 55 reached out to me and it was much appreciated to know you are thought about.
I cried my eyes out at the final whistle and I wasn’t on my own. I cried at the Carrickdale homecoming and also at Armagh. I cried when talking to our manager on Tuesday then cried again when talking to the captain. It’s a release I think, for the whole county, not just me.
Photo of the year in GAA. Niall Grimley, one of life’s gentlemen. His brother and wife lost their lives in that awful night but they were both there in heaven to see Sam coming home
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