The hurlers of Tooreen have done it again. For the third year in a row and for the fourth time in six years, Tooreen this afternoon captured the Connacht Intermediate hurling title. They did so by beating Galway’s Killimor by 0-22 to 1-15 at Athleague in today’s Connacht IHC decider and so once again they get a chance to shoot […]
The world keeps turning. As it always does, as it must. The last while, when I’ve been inactive here, hasn’t been kind for Mayo clubs. All three of the men’s teams fell at the first hurdle in their respective Connacht club Championships, all to Galway opposition. LGFA Senior champions Burrishoole bowed out, also to a Galway team, in the Connacht […]
After a quiet weekend on the club front last time out – when only Tooreen were in action, beating London’s St Gabriel’s to clinch their place in the Connacht IHC final – the weekend coming up is, by contrast, a busy enough one. Starting with men’s football, Westport take the field for the very first time in the Connacht SFC […]
The club Championship action within the county is over and so now, with the clocks having gone back and the cloaking darkness of the long winter nights back with us, the focus turns towards the provincial campaigns facing the various county champions. Time, then, for a quick overview on what’s facing our local standard-bearers on that front over the next […]
The dust is settling on the weekend’s county final action, one which saw Westport finally seal a historic first ever Moclair Cup title success, while Ballyhaunis and Islandeady claimed county titles at Intermediate and Junior respectively and, with that, progression back to higher level Championship football next year. The only place to start is, of course, Westport’s breakthrough win over […]
This coming weekend is not just the October Bank Holiday weekend but it’s also county final weekend. MacHale Park is playing host to two county final double headers on Saturday and Sunday and there are also a few Connacht LGFA club Championship matches being contested. Here’s the full list of games on this coming weekend. On Saturday, the double header […]
Well, that was a cracking weekend of club football, with thrills, spills, last-second scores, a penalty shootout and history made. The only place to start is, of course, with the history makers. They’re the women footballers of Burrishoole who, appearing in their first ever LFGA Senior county final, this afternoon at Bekan dethroned champions Knockmore to claim the title. The […]
In what’s a packed weekend of club Championship action, Mayo LGFA have set up camp at the Connacht Centre of Excellence in Bekan, where a whole series of deciders are being played out. Top billing on the programme goes to the Senior final on Sunday. Champions Knockmore – who dethroned Carnacon last year and beat the former champions again in […]
It’s down to the last four in the race for the Moclair, Sweeney and McDonnell Cups as the club Championships within the county approach the business end. In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, specially extended for club members, host Rob Murphy is joined by Ger Flanagan and Stephen Drake as they look ahead to the Senior, Intermediate and […]
There’s another bumper weekend of football club action within the county coming up, with the LGFA Championship finals set to take place, while, for the men, the Championships are at the semi-final stage. Let’s start with the weekend’s LGFA matches, which are all set to take place at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan. The Junior B Shield […]