And not a single Crossmaglen player made the cut.
We’re obviously joking.
With only one round left of the AIB GAA Club Championships we’ve been continuing our journey around the provinces to pick fantasy selections made up of some of the best players to have tasted glory on the club scene over the years.
This time, it’s the turn of Ulster football, with clubs from the province collecting twelve titles in the All-Ireland club series to date; the famous Crossmaglen Rangers club from Armagh being responsible for half of those.
We should stress that only players who WON an All-Ireland SENIOR club title are eligible for selection, but the pick is still pretty wide.
In the end, we had to leave out some serious players and the omission of Crossmaglen’s Stephen Kernan, for example, was a very tough call.
That said, we’ve assembled what we think is a serious XV made up of six Armagh men, four Derry men, three from Down, one from Antrim and a man who represented both Fermanagh and Cavan in his playing days.
When you’re done scrolling through this bunch of All-Stars, why not check out our Connacht and Munster selections.
1. Paul Hearty (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
2. Niall McCusker (Ballinderry and Derry)
3. Francie Bellew (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
4. Tommy McGovern (Burren and Down)
Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a picture for Tommy, but thankfully, the good folks at Derry GAA were on hand to help out…
@JOEdotie here's Tommy from 1965 and @BellaghyGAC 1972. pic.twitter.com/A1pyakZyWA
— Derry GAA (@Doiregaa) February 20, 2015
5. Aaron Kernan (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
6. Paddy O’Rourke (Burren and Down)
7. Tommy Diamond (Bellaghy and Derry)
Like Tommy McGovern above, we couldn’t get a picture for Tommy Diamond either, but that’s no reason to leave him out.
8. Enda Muldoon (Ballinderry and Derry)
9. Tony McEntee (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
10. John ‘Shorty’ Treanor (Burren and Down)
11. John McEntee (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
12. Conleth Gilligan (Ballinderry and Derry)
13. CJ McGourty (St. Gall’s and Antrim)
14. Rory Gallagher (St. Gall’s and Fermanagh and Cavan)
15. Oisin McConville (Crossmaglen and Armagh)
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