GAA

Who will be next…. The following 20 counties have never won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Incredibly, London won the All-Ireland SHC back in 1901 and have been runners-up on three occasions. New York, Glasgow and Lancashire have all competed, but have no titles.

2 days ago

Well there you go! It turned out that Mayo didn’t need any extra help to over the line in Sunday’s All-Ireland final, after 75 years of hurt. However, there was a claim that Mayo made an attempt to convince former player Oisín Mullin to return from Australia, where he has been playing AFL with the […]

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Brilliant stuff! Andy Moran and Mayo have received huge plaudits, not just for their doggedness in the All-Ireland win over Kerry, but for their fearlessness in attack. Despite a heap of wides from two-point attempts, Mayo ploughed on with their tactics, and it reaped huge dividends. Their star men, notably Ryan O’Donoghue and Kobe McDonald, […]

3 days ago

Wise moves. There are bittersweet feelings after Mayo’s All-Ireland triumph, not just for supporters of the Green and Red, but GAA fans in general. The game is losing one its great talents in Kobe McDonald, as he departs next month to play in the AFL with St Kilda. In the past, Mayo have lost some […]

3 days ago

Fascinating! Andy Moran is as proud a Ballaghaderreen man as you will find, after growing up in the north Roscommon town, situated just across the border from Mayo. But why did the current Mayo boss, and iconic player for the Green and Red, tog out for one of the Rossies’ fiercest Connacht rivals? The answer […]

3 days ago

He’s on his way to the big bucks! In the end, no wealthy Mayo businessman stepped in to offer Kobe McDonald life-changing amounts of cash to keep the young star from going through with his move to the AFL. The Crossmolina man is heading Down Under with his family next month, to start his career […]

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