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7 min read 2022-06-22 03:50:48

Not long till Kingdom comes

I recently proposed to my long-term girlfriend and long-suffering Galway GAA fanatic (2017 aside). Unlike Mayo of the last decade, she didn’t

4 min read 2022-06-14 23:19:48

In two recent articles, I raised a number of concerns that caused considerable debate. It is now worth revisiting these concerns to see if anything

6 min read 2022-05-11 03:10:20

After the Galway game, I stayed away from blogs and podcasts for a week or so. It was like when you would like a swim in the sea but the water just

4 min read 2022-05-09 02:07:47

First of all I thought we fought very well to get back into the game in the first half. Someone said to me at half-time that it was now ours to

5 min read 2022-04-14 23:01:15

In the last twenty years, only seven counties have played in the All-Ireland Senior football final. Three of these teams, Dublin (8 wins from 8

5 min read 2022-01-28 05:36:11

Seated between one of my best friends (and by complete fluke) the priest who baptised me, I watched as a scene I have seen several times before in

6 min read 2021-04-08 04:10:43

As we gradually edge our way out of the madness, induced by Covid lockdowns, the mind turns slowly back to football. For years, Mayo GAA has been a

3 min read 2021-03-30 12:59:40

For any new stars debuting on any GAA team you’re instantly on a mission to make a name for yourself the first chance you get. The time you have

11 min read 2020-12-17 04:50:27

I remember the first time I witnessed Cillian O’Connor in action, I was maybe six or seven and Ballintubber school were facing Killawalla, my

8 min read 2020-12-13 02:05:20

I would like to dedicate this article to the memory of my brother-in-law, Eugene Loftus, who passed away one year ago today after living with Motor

7 min read 2020-11-13 05:05:39

You could wax lyrical about what the rivalry between Mayo and Galway is and I have done this in the past for this blog. But nothing sums it up

7 min read 2020-11-07 04:42:39

It’s been a while since I put pen to paper for this blog. April to be precise. David Brady’s Laochra Gael had just aired and we faced into an

2 min read 2020-07-09 00:54:33

The full Italia ’90 One Day at a Time podcast series is now available, with the final episode having gone online earlier today. In total, the

4 min read 2020-07-04 02:06:19

Unlike their male counterparts in recent times, the Mayo LGFA footballers have reached the top of the mountain. They were the last All-Ireland

6 min read 2020-05-27 23:59:16

Over the last 20 years, we have watched on anxiously at the possibility of bearing witness to a (possibly mythical) curse being broken. We have come