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Mayo GAA news, views and over a century of results. Mayo GAA Blog is a fan's eye website dedicated to the ups and downs of following Mayo's footballing fortunes.
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
It’s Connacht final day. We’re set to face off against our great local rivals Galway at Pearse Stadium in Salthill this afternoon. The match is set to throw in at 4pm, David Gough of Meath is the ref and it’s being shown live on RTÉ with live radio commentary on Midwest. As well as the traffic, we’re usually bemoaning the ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
A last gap Connor Gleeson free saw Galway beat Mayo in today’s Connacht final at Pearse Stadium. On the podcast joining host Rob Murphy are Colm Boyle, John Gunnigan and Mike Finnerty. Barry Cullinane stops by and we also have the post game interview from Kevin McStay. This new podcast episode is now online and is available to our club ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
When Tommy Conroy fisted the ball over the bar with two minutes of normal time left it looked as if we were on our way to victory. We should have been too but we failed to seal the deal from there, with Galway converting three frees in injury time to snatch the win by a single point. The home celebrations ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
It’s Monday, there was rain up here in the capital early this morning and I’ve got this less than pleasant task to get through. Okay, let’s get it over as quickly and painlessly as possible – here’s what’s online about our one-point Connacht final loss yesterday. Locals: Mayo News, Western People, Connaught Telegraph, Midwest Radio, Galway Bay FM (includes audio ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
We didn’t get the result we were looking for at Pearse Stadium, coming up short by a single agonising point, in a game in which we’d led for long stretches. Naturally, the post-game narrative is all about the negatives but that air-brushes out the positive aspects of our display yesterday. One of those good points was the performance of Matthew ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
It’s already time to look ahead to the matches involving the county this weekend. There’s underage football for the lads, U16 camogie, hurling and, in women’s football, a Connacht final to look forward to. The Minors get the weekend’s action underway on Friday evening when they travel to Sligo for a Connacht MFC Round 5 meeting at Markievicz Park. Throw-in ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
1w ago
The county’s Minor footballers rounded off the round-robin phase of this year’s Connacht MFC with a fourth win from four outings. Well ahead at half-time, the Mayo lads withstood a determined Sligo second half fightback at a sun-washed Markievicz Park this evening, winning by 1-12 to 0-11. With qualification for the provincial final already assured, we made seven changes for ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
2w ago
Mayo might be back in a Connacht final but there’s nobody getting carried away with themselves just yet. That was just one of the things that Mike chatted with Ed McGreal and Ger Flanagan about when they sat down to take stock this week. The lads looked back at Mayo’s win over Roscommon, picked out some of the main talking points ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
2w ago
With Sunday’s business done, all eyes are already turning to the next challenge that awaits us, on Sunday week at Pearse Stadium. Before closing the chapter on last weekend, however, it’s worth pausing for one final thought on the Roscommon game or, to be more precise, on the venue in which it was played. Back in 2015 when Dr Hyde ..read more
Mayo GAA Blog
2w ago
The county’s U17s this evening recorded their second win in this year’s Connacht MFC when they beat Galway by 2-13 to 1-6 at Tuam Stadium. Having already beaten Roscommon in their opening match a fortnight ago, our lads now look well set to make the knockout stages in this year’s provincial Championship. I’m otherwise detained this weekend so I wasn’t ..read more