Do you ever find yourself talking about one topic so much that you begin to wonder if anything other than it even exists? As some of you will know, I undertook the role of producing a radio documentary as part of my Masters on the theme of Mayo GAA. At the start of the year lecturers told us: “Make sure […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com It was announced by Mayo GAA on Twitter yesterday that the lads will be lining out in the black ‘n’ lime green alternative strip at MacHale Park on Saturday. It’ll be the second time in this year’s championship campaign that the team is set to be attired that way – the first was, of course, over in Ruislip – […]
Photo: Sportsfile John O’Mahony has always brought out contradictory emotions in me. So I have to admit that it was with some trepidation that I recently sat down to read his autobiography O’Mahony: Keeping the Faith. It’s not difficult to pinpoint why conflicting sentiments might be held by Mayo GAA supporters in relation to Johnno. On the plus side, there […]
A few days before the 2012 All-Ireland final, I was at a breakfast event in Croke Park where the two star turns were Donegal’s Kevin Cassidy and our own Conor Mortimer. Both had departed their respective county panels inside the previous twelve months – the former turfed out by Jim McGuinness, the latter of his own volition – and both […]
Photo: GAA.ie Losing in the gut-wrenching way we did was bad enough but an already awful day was crowned with the news last night that, after four years at the helm, James Horan had decided to stand down as Mayo manager. And yet this decision was not unexpected and is completely understandable. To appreciate fully James Horan’s achievements – and […]
I’ve just noticed that I did some analysis at this stage of the league (i.e. after Round 5) two years ago so I thought it might be worthwhile to update this to see how we’re faring out this spring compared to previous years. In doing so, I’ve extended the analysis back to 2007 so the time series involved stretches to […]
Johnno may, like the rest of his Blueshirt chums, have enough on his plate with political matters right at the minute but he has taken time out to do his customary talking up of the opposition ahead of our first round qualifier clash on Saturday week. As you’d expect, it’s all of the blah variety – need to put a […]
I don’t know if this is true of everyone but I find this weight of history bollocks about Mayo teams and finals to be just that – bollocks, I mean – because, fool that I am, I’ve approached every single one of them expecting us to win. Once the final whistle has confirmed the latest HQ defeat, it’s painful enough […]
It’s Monday and while this morning I felt like I was suffering a hangover without the joy of having got shitfaced last night, it’s another day with life and work and stuff to face. And the papers. Ho hum, let’s get this over with as quickly and painlessly as possible, then. Colm Gannon in the Mayo Advertiser is always the […]
The Mayo News reports that Johnno, who was out and about on TD duties at the time, was involved in a car crash near Swinford on Saturday evening but, thankfully, Johnno was able to confirm to Mike Finnerty in the Mayo News that no damage was done. On the football front, Johnno confirmed that Mark Ronaldson’s appeal has yet to […]