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Sophie McLaughlin

Ulster Senior Football Final: Armagh vs Derry drew average of over 240k viewers on RTÉ

An average of 240,000 viewers tuned into RTÉ to watch Derry defeat Armagh in the Ulster Senior Football Final on Sunday.

Derry made history when they became the first team to win the title following a penalty shootout.

Securing the trophy for the second year in the row, the final score was Armagh 0-18 Derry 1-15 AET (Derry win 3-1 on penalties).

Read more: Armagh vs Derry: Player ratings from Sunday's Ulster SFC Final

The game, which aired on The Sunday Game on RTÉ2, took a share of 31% of viewers watching TV at the time.

Almost 370,000 people tuned in to watch Derry and Armagh face off in penalities just after 6.30pm.

A spokesperson for RTÉ said: "The Ulster Final on The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ2 yesterday drew an average audience of 243,000 viewers, with a share of 31% of those watching TV at the time.

"Viewing peaked at 369,000 at 18.31 for the penalty shoot-out."

Belfast Live contacted the BBC for its viewing figures.

A spokesperson said: "We don’t routinely publish audience figures for individual programmes.

"The Ulster Final is one of our most watched sporting events of the year."

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