Jarlath Burns (born 1968) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Armagh county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1987 until 1999. Burns made his debut with the Armagh senior team in 1987. Over the course of the following thirteen seasons he had little success; however, the highlight of his career was captaining Armagh to an Ulster title in 1999. Burns also won two McKenna Cup titles. Burns managed the Ireland women's international rules football team that defeated Australia in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.