The widely-acclaimed book, On This Day In Mayo, by Máirtín Ó Maicín will be launched in Dublin this Wednesday, November 22, at 7pm. Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny will launch the book at the Croke Park Hotel in Drumcondra in what is expected to be a big gathering for the Mayos in Dublin. All are welcome to attend. To give a […]
On my way into St Tiernan’s Park in Crossmolina on Sunday, I stopped for a chat with a group of fundraisers from Parke Keelogues Crimlin GAA club, who were selling tickets for their mega-draw, which is being held to raise funds for the development of the club’s facilities. Having bought a ticket for the draw, the details about which are […]
It’s the time of year for GAA-related book launches and later this week comes one with a strong Mayo theme. Ballinrobe native Declan Varley’s ‘Mayo – a Biography in Nine Lives’ will be launched tomorrow evening (Thursday) in Castlebar as part of the Wild Atlantic Words Literary Festival. The launch will take place from 7-8pm in the Festival Dome at […]
I’ve been fairly inactive here the last while for the simple reason that I was away on holidays. I did pack the laptop alright but it wasn’t opened much over the last two weeks, what with all that switching off and tuning out that needed to be done. Our return from the sun late last night appears to have coincided […]
It was announced earlier today that Kevin McLoughlin has decided to retire from the inter-county scene. The official statement from Mayo GAA confirming this is here. Kevin McLoughlin’s career as a Mayo player spanned a full fifteen seasons. He made his debut in a National League match against Westmeath in March 2009 – a game played at Charlestown, as the […]
We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and I review extracts from these pods, focusing on Jason Doherty’s inter-county retirement and the start of the club Championships. Following Jason Doherty’s announcement that his days as an inter-county player were over, he sat down for an in-depth interview with Mike Finnerty. We hear […]
Earlier this evening, Jason Doherty brought down the curtain on his days as an inter-county footballer. The official announcement from Mayo GAA is here. The Burrishoole player made his Mayo debut in early 2011, coming off the bench against Kerry in the National League and over the thirteen seasons he played for the county he won seven Connacht SFC medals […]
With the focus now firmly shifting towards the club end of the split season, there’s a Mayo GAA club documentary going out tomorrow evening that will, no doubt, be of interest to many. The documentary is called “Garrymore GAA: Half a Parish Against the Odds” and it was produced by Billy Fitzpatrick, one of the club’s all-time greats. The programme […]
This Thursday in Castlebar, Jim Carney’s hugely successful book will have its Mayo launch at 6.30pm in Castle Books on Main Street. On the face of it, a book titled ‘Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell – From a childhood friendship … to Gaelic football fame and glory’ might appear to be solely a Galway football book on the incredible duo […]
There are three matches of interest tomorrow, all of great importance in different ways. Let’s start with the one in which there’s an All-Ireland title on offer. This is the LGFA U14 Platinum All-Ireland final, in which Mayo are up against Cork. The game throws in at Nenagh tomorrow afternoon at 3.30pm. The last time the county won this title […]