On a day when we definitely needed some good news, the county’s Minors provided it. They blasted five goals past Sligo in this evening’s Connacht MFC semi-final at MacHale Park, winning by 5-7 to 1-10. When the teams met in the group stage of this year’s provincial Championship in late May it was the Sligo youngsters who had the better […]
Disaster strikes again. Hot on the heels of Mattie Ruane’s broken collarbone, which ruled the young Breaffy midfielder out of action for the summer, comes confirmation this morning that captain Diarmuid O’Connor has also suffered a season-ending injury. The captain broke his wrist in training last night and won’t play for us again this year. The parallels with last summer […]
I was a little later than usual getting to work in Dublin city centre on Monday morning. As a result, I listened to the stoic and lifeless radio broadcast that was the Round 3 qualifier draw on my Luas commute. A few obligatory quiet Sunday evening pints were had the night before which made it a tad more difficult to […]
As you all know by now, the Round 3 qualifier draw this morning paired us with Armagh. This knockout tie has been set for MacHale Park on Saturday evening, where throw-in will be 7pm. The match will be shown live by Sky Sports but sure ye’ll all be at it so that’s not really relevant. So, then, what do we […]
The draw for Round 3 of the qualifiers has just been made and we’ve been paired at home against Armagh. The Round 3 ties will be played this coming weekend, with full fixture details to be confirmed later. UPDATE: The match has now been fixed for MacHale Park at 7pm next Saturday. It’s being shown live by Sky Sports.
Right, we’re back in the pot in the morning, with the draw for Round 3 of the qualifiers taking place on RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland show, just after the 8.30am news bulletin. I’ve just noticed that the similar poll I ran ahead of the Round 2 draw resulted in Down attracting the least number of votes ahead of us […]
This was a close one – the Man of the Match poll that’s been running here on the site since soon after full-time in Newry last night turned into a hard-fought tussle between Conor Loftus and Aidan O’Shea. Both performed very strongly for us against Down at Páirc Esler but, with the polls closed and the votes counted, it’s the […]
By the sounds of it, this afternoon’s Connacht LGFA decider at MacHale Park was a real belter. Champions Galway led by four at the break but great rally by the home team saw them lead before Galway hit back to force a draw. The replay will take place on 7th July, with the finer details to be confirmed later. Galway […]
Mayo hit the road at the start of another qualifier campaign this weekend, with a large travelling contingent from the county descending on Newry on Saturday night for a Round 2 knockout clash against Down. The Mayo News football podcast was there too to catch the atmosphere at the game in Pairc Esler and to assess the merits of Mayo’s five-point […]
Time tends to get concertinaed in the qualifiers. This time tomorrow we’ll know who we’re up against in a Round 3 match that’ll already have been played a week from now. Early this afternoon our match-day episode of the Mayo News football podcast from Páirc Esler will be online. That means I need to get this run through the media […]