Claremorris this afternoon qualified for the LGFA All-Ireland Junior football final, when they beat off the challenge of Erin’s Own, Lavey of Derry in a high-scoring semi-final. Roared on by a noisy home crowd, Claremorris emerged from a frantic finale to the game with a 5-4 to 2-11 victory. The final is set to take place two weeks from now. […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Claremorris women’s football team are bidding to seal their place in this year’s LGFA All-Ireland Junior club Championship final. They’ve home advantage in Sunday’s semi-final against Erin’s Own, Lavey from Derry, with the game throwing in at 1.30pm. Michael Commins has a super match preview in this week’s Mayo News (paper and digital variants) in which […]
A late November’s day is a good one as any to do a bit of digital gardening and, in that spirit, I’ve now added our results for this year to the archive here on the blog. Including 2023 (here), the results archive, which is also fully searchable, at this stage runs to 122 years. The landing page for the results […]
It was All-Star awards weekend for both the GAA and the LGFA and while we came away empty-handed in the former – understandably, seeing as we weren’t in the conversation for Sam in a serious way this year – the county has an LGFA All-Star award to celebrate, with Danielle Caldwell earning a place on the team at corner-back. It’s […]
The LGFA today confirmed fixture details for next year’s National Football League. We’re once again operating in Division One, with Liam McHale taking charge on the sideline, in succession to Michael Moyles. Here’s the list of League fixtures facing the team next spring (home team named first, all matches throw in at 2pm):
Two Mayo clubs were involved in Connacht Championship action this afternoon. Knockmore, appearing in their first ever LGFA Senior provincial decider, lost out to reigning All-Ireland champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne of Galway while Kilmeena’s men, contesting a Connacht Intermediate Championship fixture for the very first time, had a decisive win over Annaduff of Leitrim. Knockmore were always going to be the underdogs […]
After an overly protracted and, at times, chaotic appointment process, Liam McHale was last night confirmed by the Mayo LGFA County Board as the new manager of the Mayo women’s Senior football team. A report by OisÃn McGovern for the Mayo News on the conclusion of the management appointment process is here. The Ballina native – who has been appointed […]
This coming weekend is a busy one for provincial club Championship matches. Here’s the list of games in which Mayo clubs are involved. In women’s football, Knockmore are contesting the LGFA Connacht SFC final. They’re up against reigning provincial and All-Ireland champions Kilkerrin-Clonberne of Galway in this decider, which will be played at the Swinford Amenity Park on Sunday. Throw-in […]
Claremorris were this afternoon crowned LGFA Connacht Junior football champions. They beat St Brigid’s of Leitrim in today’s provincial decider at Boyle, winning by 2-13 to 2-8. The road to victory was aided by two early goals. Nina Wallace struck for the first one shortly after throw-in and, after Brigid’s had hit back with a goal at the other end […]
Connacht GAA yesterday confirmed fixture details for the upcoming provincial football Championships at Senior, Intermediate and Junior levels. Here’s the relevant information in relation to clubs from the county. In Senior, newly-crowned county champions Ballina Stephenites have a quarter-final meeting with London’s Fulham Irish. This game has been fixed for Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on Saturday, 11th November, with a […]