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 […]
David Clarke today became the second Mayo player in as many days to announce his retirement from the inter-county scene. In doing so, the 37 year-old Ballina Stephenites clubman brings down the curtain on an incredible twenty-year stint as an inter-county player. The news was confirmed by Mayo GAA earlier on today (here). The announcement included a statement from the […]
Here in the depths of winter, with the mercury plunging, the Christmas holiday period coming to an end and the daily Covid infection rate hitting a record high level, we could all do with a distraction. Knockmore GAA club have come to the rescue in this respect, as they’ve put together a highlights compilation of their Moclair Cup run last […]
We’re just a few short hours away now from the end of 2020. A strange bloody year it’s been too and I don’t think too many will weep at its passing, even if an uncertain 2021 lies ahead. From a football perspective, though, it was a positive year for us. Sure, we got relegated and, yes, we lost yet another […]
With New Year rapidly approaching and the Covid-era Championship season only recently ended, it’s time to consider the Mayo GAA Blog Player of the Year for 2020. Past winners of this award – chosen by you, the voters – are Cillian O’Connor, Diarmuid O’Connor, Lee Keegan, Andy Moran and Colm Boyle. As was the case in previous years, this year’s […]
A bit of digital gardening that I have to do on an annual basis here on the blog is to file away into the results archive the complete set of results for all matches played during the year. I’ve just now done this for 2020 so the permanent home for the year’s results is here. A notable year it was […]
There’s usually a more leisurely lead-in to Christmas here on the blog but in this strangest of years it’s coming hot-foot just after the All-Ireland final. But that’s the kind of year it’s been. It is Christmas, though, so it’s time to pull the shutters down here for a little while. Well, until I collate the MOTM poll numbers to […]
There are some advantages to watching the final on television. The main one for me on Saturday evening was the proximity of the TV remote. At the push of a button, the screen switched satisfactorily to black, chiming perfectly with my mood. It wasn’t a lack of respect for James Horan’s team that caused me to cut off the broadcast […]
As we approach the shortest day of the year, the results are in on our final Man of the Match poll of 2020. Playing in your first All-Ireland final must, I’m sure, be a daunting experience for any player, especially for someone who was still eligible to line out at U20 this year. If Oisín Mullin had any such worries […]
The county suffered its second Championship loss of the weekend today when the Minors unexpectedly fell at the first hurdle in the Connacht MFC. In windy conditions at the Connacht Centre of Excellence this afternoon they lost out to Sligo by 1-9 to 1-7. We had the benefit of the wind in the opening half and led most of the […]