No room for error - it's all or nothing now

Fri, Aug 02, 2019

There are four Round 3 Super Eight games on this weekend but only one has any real relevance, only one has everything at stake. Kerry will beat Meath by as much as they want, Tyrone and Dublin are already through to the semi finals and aren't bothered while Cork take on Roscommon in a dead rubber with neither team having anything to play for.

The Greatest Show on Earth rolls into town

Fri, Aug 02, 2019

The Greatest Show on Earth - was the tag line used by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for 146 years until it shut up shop two years ago and Cecil B. DeMille's 1952 movie about the same institution starring Charlton Heston picked up two Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture.

Five goal Mayo down Dublin after epic encounter

Sat, Jul 27, 2019

Mayo’s Connacht final win over Galway was one of those games that you really had to see to believe actually happened - their All Ireland quarter-final win over Dublin was of an equally epic variety.

Mayo down Donegal to book last eight spot

Sat, Jul 27, 2019

The magnificent full-forward line of Grace Kelly, Rachel Kearns and Sarah Rowe came up trumps for Mayo at O’Connor Park in Tullamore as they claimed top spot in Group 4 of the TG4 All-Ireland SFC with a deserved triumph over Donegal.

Still alive and with it all to play for

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

Our hope was that Mayo would have something to play for in our final group game against Donegal in Castlebar and that the Super 8 experience wouldn’t turn into a nightmare.

Royal victory sets up mouth-watering showdown

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

Come the full-time whistle in MacHale Park back in May - when Roscommon had knocked Mayo out of the Connacht Championship - the prospects for Mayo's summer were unknown and uncertain.

Minors look to see off the Dubs and book semi-final spot

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

The Mayo seniors are feeling the pinch of having played seven championship games to date - but their minor counterparts will also reach that total of championship games played tomorrow afternoon when they take on Dublin in the All Ireland Minor Football Championship quarter-final in Longford.

Ladies still have it all to do on Saturday

Fri, Jul 26, 2019

There is very little room for error for the Mayo Ladies senior footballers tomorrow afternoon when they take on Donegal in group four of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship in Tullamore.

Mayo final quarter surge sees off Meath

Sun, Jul 21, 2019

It took them a good while to get going, but in the end Mayo did more than enough to see off the challenge of Meath and leave themselves with a fighting chance of making it out of the Super 8s.

A day to forget and move on from

Fri, Jul 19, 2019

Mayo find themselves in a real dogfight to secure a place in the All-Ireland semi final after a ravenous Kerry tore shreds off James Horan's men in the first round Super 8 game in Killarney.

Mayo need to rebel against the Royals

Fri, Jul 19, 2019

The events of last weekend will have to have been put in cold storage this week as James Horan plotted and planned for what has become a must-win game for Mayo in the Super 8s.

Battle hardened, but now battle scared

Fri, Jul 19, 2019

In the Kingdom of Kerry they pride themselves on their hospitality to tourists - and while they welcome the thousands of day trippers and weekend breakers who make the journey down the Wild Atlantic Way, last weekend there was a far less hospitable greeting for The Boys from County Mayo who came down to play a game against their boys in the shadow of the McGillycuddy Reeks.

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