By Shaun Casey WITH the breeze at their backs for the first 30 minutes, Crossmaglen made used full use of it in Sunday’s remarkable 29-point playoff victory over Clan na Gael. They racked up 2-16 by half time, with 0-14 of it coming from two-point efforts, as they advanced to the final eight of the […]
Everyone in Mayo is going around smiling like the magic mushrooms are starting to kick in. A fortnight after the final I went down to the recycling centre on the Killala Road. The lad at the bottle bank was wearing a Mayo jersey. (Everyone here is wearing Mayo jerseys). “What do you think of that […]
THERE is magic in victory but there is just something about a pipe band at a homecoming that makes it all very official. I had goosebumps as I watched Mid West Radio’s footage of Sam Maguire being carried across the bridge and into Achill Island this week. The sound of pipes. The beating of drums in unison. […]
10 YEARS AGO MAYO booked their spot in the All-Ireland SFC final, but they weren’t exactly in red-hot form against Tipperary. A 64th minute goal from Conor O’Shea finally knocked the stuffing out of Tipperary, Mayo doing enough to record a 2-13 to 0-14 win at Croke Park. There were a few positives from a Mayo […]
‘We, the current Mayo team, request that the Mayo County Board takes steps to remove Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly from their roles as team managers with immediate effect…We, the players, have set ourselves extremely high standards in terms of team organisation and management and as a squad we do not believe they have met […]
TYPICAL Mayo. They finally have a scoring superstar and he emigrates. After electrifying the game as a 16- and 17-year-old, when it was announced he was going at the end of this season, the Mayo people’s disappointment was like the time the Templenoe Parish priest told his flock that Pat Spillane’s first baby was a […]
By Michael McMullan SOMETHING must give on Sunday in O’Donnell Park as Donegal and Mayo clash at the top of Division One. If the fact both sides have a 100 per cent record wasn’t enough to stoke the fires, the early chatter of the game being a sellout before it actually was only added to […]
By Michael McMullan SLEACHT Néill are set to appoint Austin O’Malley as their new senior football manager, Gaelic Life understands. The former Mayo and Wicklow player steered Cuala to their first ever Dublin senior title in 2024 before adding Leinster and All-Ireland glory. O’Malley stepped down after three seasons that culminated their capture of club […]
By Ryan Ferry DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness says a potentially busy schedule ahead will not be a consideration as his team gear up for a big clash with Mayo on Sunday. A group opener defeat against Tyrone was costly and it means that they are not in pole position to top the group. A 19-point […]
I WAS certain, deep in my bones, that Limerick hurlers would beat Cork in the hurling. Certain in the same way that a man is when he knows he is in love. A profound, inexplicable certainty. I have a kitty with David O’Malley. He is the horsey expert. I take care of the GAA side […]
