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Kerry match fixed for 4pm at Croke Park on Sunday week

The GAA earlier on today confirmed fixture details for the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. The four ties will, as expected, be played as two double-headers the weekend after next. Clare and Derry meet on Saturday 25th June at 3.45pm, followed by Dublin and Cork at 6pm. Both of those games will be broadcast on Sky. Then on Sunday 26th, Galway and […]

Who would you like us to draw in the quarters?

We’re back in the hat in the morning, this time for the All-Ireland quarter-final draw. For the draw, the four provincial champions – Derry, Dublin, Galway and Kerry – will be in one bowl while the four teams to emerge from the qualifiers – ourselves, Cork, Clare and Armagh – will be in the other one. The GAA issued a […]

Clare too strong in camogie Championship opener

Mayo’s camogie team began their Championship campaign this afternoon at Cusack Park in Ennis where they took on Clare’s Junior outfit in the first round of the Premier Junior Championship. It proved to be a tough afternoon for Mayo, with the home team winning convincingly by 4-17 to 0-7. Mayo have made great strides in camogie since the county restarted […]

The weekend’s matches

Friday has rolled around once again and this weekend there are three Mayo matches – including a real biggie – taking place. Two of these are on tomorrow and the other one is on Sunday. First up tomorrow are the Mayo Masters. The greybeards (I’m allowed to use that term seeing as I currently sport one of those myself) take […]

Clare review – Mayo News football podcast 2021 E8

Mayo are back up in Division One for next year following Sunday’s win over Clare and with that achievement in the bag James Horan’s team now turn their focus to their opening game in the Connacht Championship the weekend after next. They do so, however, with considerable worries over the fitness of Cillian and Diarmuid O’Connor, both of whom came […]

Monday match reports

It’s Monday morning, with Mayo supporters still preoccupied, I’d say, with yesterday’s game. We’re back in Division One but we’re all now anxiously awaiting news about how bad the injuries to Diarmuid and Cillian O’Connor are. And we’re facing into Championship with a defence that’s so porous it’s simply not funny anymore. But it is Monday so, you know, work […]

Team to play Clare named

We named our team a short while ago for Sunday’s National League Division Two semi-final against Clare. The team picked to start in this must-win promotion decider is as follows: Mayo (NFL Division One v Clare, 13/6/2021): Robbie Hennelly (Breaffy); Enda Hession (Garrymore), Oisin Mullin (Kilmaine), Lee Keegan (Westport); Rory Brickenden (Westport), Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels, captain), Stephen Coen (Hollymount/Carramore); […]