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Fixture details for the weekend

The weekend is upon us and there’s knockout action on in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior football Championships over the next two days, along with all-important relegation play-off ties. There are also Round 3 group matches in the LGFA club Championships. Here’s what’s on and where, with details of matches being streamed by Mayo GAA TV and ticketing information as […]

Recently on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E23

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, we look back at some of the content our club members on Patreon have got access to over the last few weeks. Rob and I review extracts from these pods, which feature Kieran Kilkenny, Conor Diskin, Kevin McLoughlin and Peadar Gardiner.  The first extract we hear comes from Mayo GAA Performance Games Development […]

Club Championship podcast coverage + tickets

It’s Round 3 in the club Championships this weekend, with places in the knockout stages up for grabs in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior football Championships, while the scramble to avoid getting sucked into the relegation quagmire also reaches a critical point. Over on the Mayo Football Podcast our club Championship coverage continues apace. Our latest pod is a bumper […]

Back

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 […]

Club Championship action this weekend

Round 2 of the club Championships takes place this weekend, as the pace quickens in the hunt for the Moclair, Sweeney and McDonnell Cups. In the Senior Championship there are a number of tasty encounters on offer for punters. If it’s a local derby you’re after then the meeting of Balla and Breaffy – who both lost in Round 1 […]

Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E22

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 […]

Last week on the podcast – Mayo Football Podcast 2023 E21

We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob and I review extracts from these pods, where the main focus during the week was on the Mayo ladies team who were in All-Ireland semi-final action against Kerry on Saturday.   To start the show we hear audio from podcast regular Edwin McGreal, who reflects on Mayo’s […]

Sunday match reports

The day before the game’s biggest day of the year saw the curtain fall on Mayo’s year of inter-county football. Yesterday’s LGFA All-Ireland semi-final at Semple Stadium ended in a five-point defeat to title favourites Kerry. Here’s what’s online about the game: Locals: Mayo News, Connaught Telegraph, Western People, Radio Kerry. Nationals: Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, Irish Mirror. Others: Ladies […]

Second half comeback comes up short

Mayo’s inter-county year came to an end at Semple Stadium in Thurles this evening, as the county lost out to Kerry in an entertaining LGFA All-Ireland semi-final. Kerry had five points to spare at the finish, as they ran out winners by 1-16 to 1-11. Mayo trailed by nine points at half-time, having played into a Salthill-like stiff breeze and […]

Team to play Kerry named

We’ve named our team and subs for tomorrow’s LGFA All-Ireland semi-final against Kerry at Semple Stadium (throw-in 5pm). Here’s our match day panel for Thurles: Mayo (LGFA All-Ireland SFC semi-final v Kerry, 29/7/2023): Laura Brennan (Hollymount); Saoirse Lally (Westport), Clodagh McManamon (Burrishoole), Danielle Caldwell (Castlebar Mitchels); Éilís Ronayne (Davitts), Ciara Needham (Louisburgh), Kathyrn Sullivan (Castlebar Mitchels, captain); Aoife Geraghty (Westport), […]