Saturday sees us make our sixth successive appearance in the All-Ireland Series, the latest episode in what is an unprecedented period of competitiveness for us in the championship. We’re become used to being still in with a shout for honours come August each year, even if ultimate success remains as elusive as ever for us. When we take the field […]
A headline in the Mayo News caught my eye this week as I was flicking. It read ‘Row outside Westport chipper started over 1996 All-Ireland Final’. I laughed hysterically but every Mayo person knows that at least some point in their existence they have analysed that fight (Poor Liam McHale) or questioned the fact there was a replay at all. […]
It’s been a fair while since our championship season was defined by how we got on against the neighbours but, having played them down the years a grand total of 85 times in the championship since our first clash back in 1902, our frequent summer clashes against Galway certainly makes the fixture our greatest rivalry. A proper rivalry it is […]
There’s been a fair bit of looking back since this year’s All-Ireland final but in this guest piece John Cuffe discusses this year’s campaign, and the lessons we need to learn from it, in the context of the two seasons that preceded it. Photo: likecool.com The start of the 2010 GAA Grand Prix saw the Mayo car caught in a […]
Before tonight I’d never (for obvious reasons) been at the homecoming celebrations of an All-Ireland winning side so I was happy enough to hop on the bus into town earlier this evening with two of my kids to catch the revelry in Merrion Square where the victorious Dublin team showed off the gleaming spoils of victory in front of an […]
Peace and quiet has been restored Chez WJ tonight but it was mayhem here at around five o’clock this evening as Dublin came back from the dead to snatch a sensational All-Ireland final victory over favourites Kerry. With seven minutes to go and the Kerrymen four clear the little lad had just started to wail but with Dublin back on […]
It’s All-Ireland final day tomorrow and although we don’t have any dog in the fight in either of the deciders, up here in this part of the capital the excitement levels have been rising steadily all week and should be ready to come to the boil by around 3.30pm tomorrow afternoon. Our house is festooned with all manner of flags […]
He’s been assessing the action here on the site for much of the summer and I’m delighted to welcome back JPM into the guest slot to provide his thoughts on Sunday’s championship decider. Well the nights are closing in, the kids are back in school and the hurling has been decided. That of course means there is one more serious […]
This report in the Mayo News provides confirmation on the departure from James Horan’s management team of both Martin Connolly and Paul Jordan who apparently announced that they were leaving last Friday when the senior management team met to carry out an end-of-season review. In Mike Finnerty’s report Martin cited the onerous time commitment involved and he said that he […]
“What time is the Dublin match on at?” The woman behind me in the queue to pay at the petrol station across from Meagher’s pub in Fairview early yesterday afternoon appeared to be in earnest but she was obviously a bit flustered when I told her that the Dubs hadn’t any team in action in the camogie finals being played […]