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Beating the drop is all that matters
While the quarter-finals will take top billing this weekend, off-Broadway there is still plenty of games of consequence being played out across the county in the senior and intermediate championship relegation play-offs.
Champions lay down marker of intent as senior race starts
The Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship threw-in last weekend and across the eight games played in the four groups, there were plenty of talking points.
Final four showdowns set the scene for championship to come
The Mayo GAA Senior Football Leagues are down to the final four across the top three divisions, with a feast of knock-out football taking place this coming weekend.
Four weddings and a mutiny – India 1920
On 28 June 1920, members of the Connaught Rangers Regiment stationed at Wellington Barracks, Jullundur in Punjab, mutinied in protest against the activities of the British Army in Ireland. The irony of their stance as members of a colonial occupying army was, it would seem, lost on them. Two men took the protest to the Connaught Rangers company at Solon Barracks the next day. On the evening of 1 July, a group armed with bayonets attempted to take weapons from the magazine fort at Solon. The guard opened fire, killing a mutineer and an innocent man. The protest started peacefully at both locations—orders were ignored, tricolours were flown, Sinn Féin rosettes were worn, and rebel songs were sung. Sixty-one men were convicted of mutiny. Fourteen were sentenced to death, but only one, James Joseph Daly, was executed. Those imprisoned were released in 1923. Ballina man James J. Devers, one of the Solon mutineers, was among those released. Devers enlisted in 1918.
Snakes, snails, reptiles and more at Manulla FC’s Jungle Challenge fundraiser
Manulla Football Club has just launched its biggest ever fundraising drive to help financially support an ambitious development of the club’s facilities. The monies are needed due to the continued growth in club members and use of the facilities by the wider community.
Westport make another statement and Mitchels head into last eight
The second round of action in the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship saw plenty of thrills and spills last weekend across the county.
The fun and games begin as senior championship starts
It's Christmas week for football fans this weekend with the start of the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship.
The Great Gathering of Donkeys – Castlebar Workhouse, 1848
On the morning of 30 June 1848, word spread quickly of a large movement of people from the direction of Balla towards Castlebar. The newspapermen who went to view the procession recorded that numerous donkeys accompanied the multitude.
