This coming weekend sees a raft of Championship matches taking place in both football and hurling. The county’s hurlers are in action on Sunday, as they play their first Group 1 tie in the Nicky Rackard Cup, a match that sees them up against Tyrone at Healy Park in Omagh (throw-in 2pm). Last summer proved a major disappointment for the […]
It’s been a punishing League campaign up in Division 2A for the county’s hurlers but it ended today on a high note. Over at McGovern Park in Ruislip this afternoon the hurlers recorded a 0-16 to 1-10 win over London, a result that ensures the retention of the county’s place in Division 2A once again next year, while consigning the […]
Right, I may as well get this one over with as quickly and painlessly as possible. Here’s a rundown of the coverage on last night’s NFL defeat to Dublin at Croke Park, along with the available reports on the much more competitive LGFA encounter between the two counties at the same venue yesterday evening. Locals: Mayo Advertiser, Connaught Telegraph. Nationals: […]
We’ve named our team, they most likely won’t reciprocate until some time tomorrow – and then, of course, make a few further switches just prior to throw-in – so all that’s left to do now is to point you towards various things that need to be pointed towards as we head into our first meeting for a while with Dublin. […]
It’s a weekend off for the county’s footballers but the hurlers were in action today, as they faced Kerry in Round 3 of the National Hurling League’s Division 2A. A chastening afternoon down south it proved to be as well, with Kerry running out 3-18 to 0-9 winners in Tralee. The hurlers’ great spring campaign last year saw them crowned […]
Photo: Memories thru a lens It’s not often the hurlers gain the limelight on a weekend of Mayo GAA activity, so let’s just enjoy the moment and take whatever positives are going. This NHL Division 2B final was a war of attrition as Mayo and Down went to battle in arctic conditions in Breffni Park. There was nowhere to hide […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com Bank Holiday Monday or not, this grim task still has to be done. Well, with snow on the ground outside, it’s not as if I can take out my mood on some spring work in the garden. May as well just plough through it. Ready? Here goes. Locals: Mayo Advertiser, Connaught Telegraph. Nationals: Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish […]
Photo: GAA It isn’t often that the county’s hurlers outshine the footballers but, on a grim day for the big ball lads, today was certainly one of those rare days. While the footballers were getting whipped at MacHale Park this afternoon the hurlers were claiming silverware up at Breffni Park where they beat Down by 1-15 to 0-14 to claim […]
Waking up to the return of the snow in Dublin this morning, I was unsure about whether or not I’d make it to Castlebar at all today. The word from the west, though, was that conditions were fine if a bit on the cold side. We decided to chance it. The country was white all the way to Athlone but […]
It’s match day once more, a bit of a white one in these parts up in the capital, with snow showers still swirling down from a leaden sky. Having stuck my nose out the door this morning and sniffed the air, however, I think I’ll chance it. Castlebar here we come. Today’s NFL Division One Round 6 match against Tyrone […]