We await the postmortem. There is a very good chance the report of referee Michael Collins will have a resounding ripple effect when presented to the Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) this week.

On Saturday evening, though, there were far more questions than answers. Was Stephen O'Neill shown a straight red card or two yellows? Most observers in the press box had O'Neill down for a tick in the first half but when Collins sent him off on the hour mark he brandished a yellow before the red. Was it an error?

"He showed him a yellow followed by a red, right?" said Tyrone coach Mickey Harte. "But that's not really the point. The point is, was the second offence a yellow-card offence? I am reliably told it was not. If that's the case then that's not acceptable that people at this level can't differentiate between a tick and a yellow card. And really I think it is a bit sad if you get sent off for what was to all intents and purposes a decent shoulder. But the technicalities will be the problem."

The inconsistencies will also remain. O'Neill's departure made it 14 against 13 and was followed by a pivotal six-minute period when Armagh reeled in Tyrone's three-point lead.

Harte confirmed they will appeal the dramatic sending off of Peter Canavan just seconds after he was sprung from the bench.

"Peter Canavan's sending off is still a bit of a mystery," continued Harte. "He didn't lift his hand, he didn't strike anybody and he gets sent off. That doesn't seem to be fair either.

"I don't want this to undermine in any way Armagh's victory. I'm not taking anything away from their victory and how they achieved this Ulster title. They can only be admired and respected. They deserve all the credit they get for the way they came through the Ulster championship this year.

"Apart from that, issuing yellow cards and red cards apparently erroneously, and we suffered both of them - that's not the best way to be coming out of any final.

"We were in control of the game and we felt the people we were introducing at that stage were going to enhance that control but they never got a chance to do that, or one of them certainly didn't get the chance, and when that is followed by your top marksman and probably player-in-chief over the two games getting sent off in rather dubious circumstances - that's not nice.

"But we had it within our capacity to win the game both the last day and today and didn't do it.

"I'm not making excuses. I'm only stating some facts that are a necessary and integral part of a reflection of that game."

There's more. Armagh defender Ciarán McKeever was also sent off for his part in the melee involving Canavan. However, as he climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand he was accosted by a Tyrone fan, allegedly a former inter-county player, who was subsequently removed from the ground by gardaí.

"I questioned this before," said Armagh coach Joe Kernan, "you should have your own supporters around your own dugout. This has happened on a regular basis where players take abuse from people in the stand. It is something that should be looked at. It has been talked about before. We mentioned it. It shouldn't have happened."

When Kernan was asked if the Tyrone sendings-off could be used as an excuse for defeat he replied: "Anybody who did that would be a very silly man."

Armagh now have a fifth Ulster title in seven years and are three games off a second All-Ireland that would ensure their place alongside the great football teams. Tyrone are four games off such status.

Eventually we will all move on but whether Canavan is with us will be a matter for the CDC, then possibly the Central Appeals Committee.