The announcement yesterday evening by Ger Cafferkey calling time on his inter-county career didn’t come as a surprise. It does, though, mark another loosening of the ties between the current playing panel and the group, Ger included, who represented the county with such distinction throughout this decade. Full-back on the Minor team that made it all the way to the […]
All the greats are known by just one name – Pele, Maradona, Ronaldo, Messi. You say the name “Andy” to any man, woman or child in Mayo, from Belmullet to Ballaghaderreen, and they will instantly know who you refer to. After all, there was, is, and ever will be only one Andy. I, like most other people heard the breaking […]
It won’t come as a shock but Mayo supporters everywhere will feel a sense of profound sadness at the news that was confirmed a few hours ago – Andy Moran has retired from inter-county football. Andy made his announcement in an interview with Richie Sadlier on the Second Captains podcast, which is due to go online in the morning. Here’s […]
The death was announced earlier this evening of double All-Ireland winning Mayo footballer Pádraig Carney. He was 91 years of age. The Swinford native was an integral part of the All-Ireland winning team of 1950/1. He lined out at midfield alongside Eamonn Mongey in the 1950 decider and played at centre-forward in the following year’s final. Pádraig Carney broke into […]
Most of the Mayo supporters who made their way across the Atlantic for last weekend’s Connacht championship opener against New York have now arrived back home. They’ve taken with them memories of an enormously enjoyable weekend in the Big Apple, where the county’s presence there was felt right across the city. In this latest episode of the Mayo News football […]
The die is pretty much cast at this stage about the weekend. If you haven’t yet had a peek down at the Gulf of St Lawrence from close to 40,000 feet up then it’s fair to say that – like me – you’re stuck on this side of the pond for the next few days. If you have, then good […]
As the countdown continues ahead of Mayo’s championship opener on Sunday over in New York, the Mayo News football podcast took to the road this week for a special live event episode recorded deep in the heart of the North Mayo Gaeltacht, at Gaelcholaiste Chomain in Rossport. Co-hosts Rob Murphy and I were joined in Erris for this live event […]
Yesterday evening at Gaelcholáiste Chomáin in Rossport, we held a Mayo News football podcast live event, which was streamed live on Facebook. Hosted by Rob Murphy and I, the show featured Edwin McGreal and Ger Flanagan from the Mayo News, as well as special guests Nigel Reape and Ciaran O’Hara. You can watch it all back here.
It’s Tuesday and those of you lucky individuals who will be heading across the Atlantic later in the week are, no doubt, already in the throes of packing and all that. On that topic, have you got your ESTA stuff sorted yet? I’m only going a bit in that direction myself later today – more on that anon – but […]
This day week the first shots will be fired in our 2019 Championship campaign. Often, it’s ahead of the start of summer action each year that supporters’ thoughts start to turn to the match-day gear they’d like to wear into battle. For those contemplating such sartorial choices this year is a bumper one on the jersey front. It’s easy to […]