Galway’s improbable, imperious win over Mayo sets social media ablaze

A Tribe called Yes.

It is not the day to be a fan of Ireland (football and rugby), Rory McIlroy and Mayo GAA. Despite going in 0-9 to 0-7 at the break, The Tribesmen dumped Mayo out of the Connacht Senior Football Championship. A superb Thomas Flynn goal was followed soon after by a Paul Conroy point to make it 1-12 to 0-11 with only minutes to spare. Mayo knocked over a late free, moments after Flynn was black-carded, but they could not find the equalising goal. Stephen Rochford's men were left to regret going 20 minutes without a score - 50 to 70th minutes - and they are now banished to the qualifiers. Given Galway's recent championship slumber, and Mayo's Connacht dominance, the result was celebrated and lamented in equal measure. Galway Grá https://twitter.com/nidgeoc/status/744256542183202816 https://twitter.com/GalwayPlayer/status/744255580664041472 https://twitter.com/thecailinrua/status/744256680960000000 https://twitter.com/AIB_GAA/status/744255057089142784 https://twitter.com/nicola_cooke/status/744256115752435712 Mayo moans https://twitter.com/declanvarley/status/744254168701931520 https://twitter.com/Mountmassey/status/744254079145107457 https://twitter.com/MrNiallMcGarry/status/744252832619073536