It’s been a helter-skelter weekend of provincial final action – and May’s not over yet! – with four impressive champions emerging from each of their respective deciders. Impressive in different ways but all of them will head into the All-Ireland Series feeling pretty okay about themselves. Kerry had their expected stroll in the Munster decider yesterday against Limerick. While Dublin […]
The county’s hurlers this afternoon made it a happy return to MacHale Park when they got the better of Derry by 2-23 to 2-18. The win confirms Mayo’s place – for the first time ever – in the final of the Christy Ring Cup. The decider takes place at Croke Park next weekend where Kildare will provide the opposition. Today’s […]
It’s midweek so already it’s time to be thinking about the matches involving the county that are on this coming weekend. This time there are four such matches, one in U17 football, two in hurling and one in women’s football, with one game on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here are the details you need on all […]
Mayo GAA confirmed earlier on today that next Saturday’s crunch Christy Ring Cup clash with Derry next Saturday will be played at MacHale Park. The official announcement on this is here. In that announcement, Saturday’s game – which throws in at Castlebar at 1pm – has been styled as a Ring Cup semi-final. In competition terms that’s not strictly speaking […]
The bad news is that it’s Monday morning once again. The good news, however, is that there’s a bit of online coverage about what was, for the greater part, a successful weekend for the county. Here goes: Men’s win over Armagh Locals: Connaught Telegraph, Mayo Advertiser, Belfast Live (live blog). Nationals: Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish […]
The men weren’t the only ones in action today as the county’s women footballers also had a League Division One match this afternoon. The LGFA match took place in Tuam against neighbours Galway and it ended in an emphatic win for Michael Moyles’ team, as they came out on top by 6-6 to 2-8. Sinéad Walsh – lining out for […]
The county’s U20s came up short by the minimum margin on today’s Leo Murphy Cup meeting with Derry. The Oakleafers edged it at The Loup by 0-11 to 1-7. I’ve very little information on this game, which was a second round U20 Football Development League contest – the prize for the section we’re in is the Leo Murphy Cup. From […]
Those who plan to provide vocal support to the county’s hurling team on Sunday need to be aware that the venue for the NHL Division 2B match against Derry that afternoon has been switched from Celtic Park to the Derry COE at Owenbeg. Throw-in for the game remains at 1pm and tickets for it are available to purchase here. Speaking […]
This coming weekend is set to be another busy one for teams from the county, with four matches set to take place. One of these takes place on Saturday while the other three are on Sunday. The game on Saturday involves the U20 footballers who play their second match in the Leo Murphy Cup. This one’s away to Derry, at […]
There was a lot to like about Mayo’s opening round NHL meeting with Derry last Sunday. First, it was great to see a Mayo team in action again. The main focus here on the blog is, I know, on the football but the hurlers deserve some attention too and it was nice that they led us off this year, in […]