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 […]
We’re already well into April – the month in which club action is meant to hold sway within the GAA – and this weekend sees the start of the 2019 club Championships at both Senior and Intermediate level. Only one round of group matches in both the SFC and IFC will be played this month. While League club matches will […]
We’re not going to lose the run of ourselves. Too many Mayo supporters have been scorched too often in the past to let their imaginations run wild now that we’ve finally tasted a bit of success on the national stage. We’re all way too battle-hardened for that. But what we can do – and what we should do – is […]
The announcement yesterday by Mayo GAA that a full-time commercial role within the organisation is being created is, for sure, a positive development. The job, which is being offered initially as a 12-month contract, is for a Chief Commercial Officer and, as begets such a lofty title, it comes with a wide-ranging list of commercial and marketing responsibilities. As an […]