The action gets going in the 2019 championship this coming Sunday, with two Connacht championship fixtures being contested that day on foreign fields. Galway and London are in action at McGovern Park in Ruislip on Sunday afternoon and then later on that evening (7.15pm Irish time) Mayo take on New York at Gaelic Park over in the Bronx. The Mayo News football […]
The Mayo News football podcast has been an integral part of the summer story of Mayo GAA for years – this year it’s a decade in existence – though my own involvement with it is more recent. Since 2016, however, the podcast and the blog have been pretty much inseparable partners and the podcast has even got its own tab […]
There can often be a longish lull each year between our final League match and our Championship opener. Not so this year, in light both of our run to the League final and the trip to New York. The League decider was only played a few short weeks ago but the match in Gaelic Park is now but eleven days […]
This year’s National Football League campaign was a hugely successful one for Mayo, yielding the county’s first national title for eighteen years while at the same time providing valuable match experience to a host of new players. But the League is now over and so attention is already turning towards the summer. In this episode of the Mayo News football […]
This year’s National Football League campaign reached a thrilling conclusion for Mayo at Croke Park yesterday. Trailing by four points at the break in yesterday’s Division One decider they stormed back into it in the second half, sweeping Kerry aside to win by four at the finish. In this episode of the Mayo News football podcast we bring you all […]
It’s Monday morning and we’re the winners of the National Football League for 2019. Here’s what’s online about yesterday’s memorable title-winning performance at Croke Park. Locals: Mayo Advertiser, Connaught Telegraph. Nationals: Irish Times – match report, Keith Duggan piece, post-match quotes; Irish Examiner – web, print; Irish Independent – match report, post-match quotes, Billy Keane piece, Eamonn Sweeney piece; Irish […]
It’s the day before the National Football League Division One decider and, for the first time in seven years, we’re in it. Time, I guess, for a day-before-the-big-match post. Sure, the match isn’t, in truth, all that big. The League is only the League and once the final is done with tomorrow there’ll be little in the way of hoopla […]
Experimenting with new players while retaining our Division One status was widely accepted to be James Horan’s brief for his first National League campaign back as Mayo manager. He managed those twin aims fairly well over the seven games, so much so that we’re now looking at a widening pool of playing talent from which to pick a starting fifteen […]
Things needed to go right for Mayo yesterday both at MacHale Park and up in Healy Park if the county’s hopes of making it to this year’s National Football League final were to be realised. There were plenty of dramatics in both games but in the end Mayo won and so did Tyrone so, for the first time since 2012, […]
It’s the morning after a significant day for us in this year’s League campaign, with yesterday’s Round 7 success over Monaghan sending us into the Division One decider against Kerry at Croke Park next Sunday. Here’s the coverage, from the usual sources, that’s online relating to yesterday’s match at MacHale Park. Locals: Mayo Advertiser, Connaught Telegraph, Northern Sound. Nationals: Irish […]