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This weekend’s matches

The warm glow of victory in Killarney hasn’t yet subsided properly – although Jim McGuinness’s asinine nonsense in the Irish Times this morning about our “lack of a marquee forward” injected a stab of grumpiness in my mood today – but already the focus is shifting towards this coming weekend and more Mayo matches. It’s a weekend off for the […]

Camogie defeat but win for U17 hurlers

It was one win and one loss from the two matches involving Mayo teams today. The defeat came in the Camogie League Division 4 final, in which we lost out to Tyrone by 0-18 to 2-9. It was a close-fought match, which was level at half-time, but the O’Neill County enjoyed a stronger second half and emerged winners by three […]

Camogie win over Wicklow

The county’s camogie team were in League action this afternoon and a winning appearance it proved to be too. Today’s game was a Camogie League Division 4 semi-final against Wicklow at Rathdowney. In what was a high-scoring encounter, Mayo emerged victorious from the Laois venue on a 2-12 to 4-3 scoreline. They now face Tyrone in the Division 4 final, […]

Another goal glut for hurlers staves off relegation

On what has proved to be a hugely historic day for Ireland’s rugby team, Mayo’s hurlers this afternoon put in their second big performance in a row to seal their second win in this year’s NHL Division 3A campaign. As they did last weekend against Monaghan, they banged in five goals today against Louth, winning at Darver by 5-19 to […]

The weekend’s matches

Right, it’s approaching midweek so time to think about the matches involving the county that are on this coming weekend. There are four such matches, two on Saturday and the other two on Sunday. In camogie, we’ve a Camogie League Division 3A match against Kildare. That’s a home game, which has been fixed for Adrian Freeman Park in Tooreen where […]

Narrow loss to Tyrone in camogie

According to the old saying, goals win games. That’s usually the case but it wasn’t so in this afternoon’s Camogie League Division 3A match against Tyrone at Tooreen. The Green and Red found the net no fewer than three times but superior point-taking by the visitors earned them a four-point win on a scoreline of 0-18 to 3-5. By the […]

Match-day panels for U20 and hurling games named

Match-day panels for the U20 footballers’ Leo Murphy Cup final against Meath today and for tomorrow’s NHL Division 3A meeting with Monaghan have been named. The U20 game takes place at Kiltoom this afternoon, where the throw-in is at 2pm. It’s free entry to this game, with no requirement for tickets for it. Here’s the match-day panel we’ve named for […]