There has, understandably, been a significant amount of media coverage following Lee Keegan’s retirement announcement yesterday. It’s a testament to the esteem in which Lee is held that the prevailing narrative throughout all this coverage is one that extols the leadership qualities and never-say-die attitude that made Lee such a fans’ favourite, not just among Mayo people but for followers […]
Mayo’s five-time All-Star and 2016 Footballer of the Year Lee Keegan was speaking last night at a live webinar where, inevitably, the question came up about his plans for inter-county involvement in 2023. Mike Finnerty has a piece on last night’s discussion on this topic on the Mayo News website – here. The gist of the conversation from last night’s […]
The LGFA’s TG4 All-Star nomination list was published earlier today and Mayo’s run to this year’s All-Ireland semi-final has been recognised in the form of five All-Star nominations. Danielle Caldwell is nominated in the full-back line, Kathryn Sullivan in the half-back line, Sinéad Cafferky at midfield, Shauna Howley in the half-forward line and Lisa Cafferky in the full-forward line. All-Ireland […]
Half the day was gone today before I even realised that the All-Star nomination list for 2022 was out. Having not made it to the business end of this year’s Championship, the All-Stars can’t really be seen as relevant for us. There’s certainly no way we’re going to win one. We got to the final in each of the last […]
It was back at the end of March, early in our National League match against Kildare at Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, that Brendan Harrison suffered what looked then to be a serious injury. Although no confirmation of the Aghamore clubman’s situation has been forthcoming from Mayo GAA, in this week’s Mayo News Mike Finnerty has a piece (here) stating that it […]
The GAA/GPA Gaelic football All-Star awards for 2021 were unveiled on RTÉ a bit earlier on this evening. The football awards had none of the shock value of their hurling equivalents in what was an uncontroversial and largely fair selection. We came away with three All-Stars. Lee Keegan picked up his fifth award, cementing his place as one of the […]
It’s All-Star week, with this year’s GAA/GPA hurling and football teams set to be announced in a few days time. Ahead of that, earlier on today the 2021 Champion 15 team – comprising players from counties who competed in the Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cups this year – was announced. Our successful Rackard Cup campaign was recognised by the inclusion […]
The list of nominations for the 2021 football All-Stars have been announced. Tyrone, as expected, lead the way with 15 nominees while we have eight players shortlisted. The eight Mayo players nominated are Rob Hennelly, Padraig O’Hora, Lee Keegan, Paddy Durcan, Stephen Coen, Mattie Ruane, Tommy Conroy and Ryan O’Donoghue. Lee is, along with Tyrone’s Conor Meyler and Ciaran McGeary […]
For any new stars debuting on any GAA team you’re instantly on a mission to make a name for yourself the first chance you get. The time you have been dreaming about all your life has finally come to show people what you can do. 2020 was a year like no other but it was a year where we got […]
The All-Stars awards show has just concluded on RTÉ2 and, from our perspective, there were no surprises with how the two Footballer of the Year awards went. In the Young Footballer of the Year category we couldn’t lose – probably just as well, seeing how we got shafted in the All-Stars – as all three players on the shortlist came […]