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The process of appointing the new Mayo senior manager will move towards the finishing line this weekend when the four candidates for the position are interviewed by the county board's selection committee.

Clifden was not the only town to experience the terror of British forces running wild, shooting, and setting fire to buildings. The previous year, July 19 1920, Tuam suffered a similar experience as Clifden, only mercifully no resident was killed on that occasion.

Tooreen’s dream of an All Ireland final appearance came to an end in Ballinasloe on Sunday afternoon, where they were deservedly beaten by Nass by five points on a bitter January afternoon.

The fallout from Mayo's disappointing All-Ireland final loss to Tyrone has gained much unnecessary momentum with news/rumours breaking daily of rifts, upheaval and resignations from James Horan's back room team.

Not long after the game had ended in MacHale Park on Saturday afternoon, cones were laid out at the Bacon Factory end of the ground for a small training session game.

James Horan has guided Mayo to the All Ireland semi-final stage again - it will be the counties ninth appearance in the final four since 2012.

Sinn Féin’s declaration of an Irish Republic on January 21 1919, along with the killing of two RIC officers in Tipperary by the IRA on the same day, signalled the start of a guerrilla war for Irish independence.

A decade and a half ago in 2005, it was a so-so year for the Mayo senior footballers. A year after reaching the All Ireland final, they had a league semi-final loss to Armagh in the Spring, which was followed by elimination from the championship at the quarter-final stage at the hands of Kerry, having been beaten by Galway in the provincial decider.

The County Galway Ploughing Championships takes place on Easter Sunday , March 27, at Rouanmore, Loughgeorge, with a big turnout expected.

Just three years on from claiming their first ever adult county title in their then 110 year history when they won a dramatic junior final, after extra time and in a replay. The Neale who have a pyramid on their club crest, took another step on the Mayo GAA pyramid when they booked their place in this years intermediate championship final.