It was only fitting that he would be the last man standing from the U21 Class of 2006. Colm Boyle, whose retirement from the inter-county ranks at the age of 35 was confirmed by Mayo GAA today, epitomised everything that was great about the Mayo team that competed consistently at the top level in Gaelic football over the past decade. […]
Galway will be one of the team contesting this year’s Connacht SFC final in three weeks time. We’re hot favourites to join them in the decider but that’s only if we first get past Leitrim in next weekend’s semi-final. The Tribesmen were full value for their five-point win over Roscommon at a sodden Hyde Park today. Monsoon-like conditions in advance […]
It’s said that bad news comes in threes. If so there was some inevitability to the announcement today that Tom Parsons has become the third Mayo player in as many days to announce his retirement from the inter-county game. Tom’s decision to call time on his days as a Mayo player isn’t enormously surprising, even if his most recent appearance […]
Photo: RTÉ News broke yesterday evening on Midwest Radio that Barry Moran has decided to call time on his inter-county career. The 32 year-old Castlebar Mitchels clubman was involved in the senior panel for the last thirteen years, during which time he featured in four All-Ireland finals and won six Connacht senior championship medals. The story is widely covered today […]
Well, once the leaves start to fall and the first chill winds begin to blow, you know that the-summer-that-never-was is no longer with us and that we’re faced with a whole new kettle of cold fish. And the All-Ireland is over and, with it, all inter-county action has finished for the year. All we’re left with is the club stuff, […]
My head is still fizzing and crackling after yesterday’s extraordinary events at Croke Park. While always a truly great event – All-Ireland final day has got to be up there with any other sporting occasion in the world in terms of atmosphere, colour and sheer, unadulterated excitement – the stuff on the pitch can often be a disappointment as we […]
Whatever about Aiden O’Shea’s thumb or Shane Nally’s ligaments or the difficulties in sourcing tickets, at least the weather forecast for next Sunday seems to be fairly positive. Once this latest bout of rain (which, I know, began at some point back in May) clears away, it appears that, from midweek on, the weather is finally going to settle. Sure, […]
For once, we’ll be in the same camp as the Kerrymen on All-Ireland final Sunday: they’ll have their hands full dealing with our conquerors Tyrone in the senior final while we’ll have our own tough battle with the young Red Handers in the minor match. With Tyrone in both finals, we’ll also be looking for all the support we can […]
Mayo 1-7 Kerry 0-10 All-Ireland Minor Football Semi-Final Those of us who made the trip to Croke Park this afternoon for our minors’ All-Ireland semi-final with Kerry were made to feel what life was like in Kenny Egan’s corner in Beijing this morning. Referee Martin Higgins from Fermanagh gave two late frees to Kerry for incidents which replays showed were […]
There was this great scene in the second season of Prison Break, when the lads had just busted out of Fox River and the reprehensible T-Bag had foolishly parted company for a time with his hand. Having got a vet to reattach it, T-Bag showed his gratitude by informing his hapless helper that he was going to bump him off. […]