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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.

The second round of action in the Mayo GAA Senior Football Championship saw plenty of thrills and spills last weekend across the county.

John Gallagher thought he had secured a famous victory for the Gaels from Mayo Abbey when he finished the ball to the back of the net three minutes into injury time of this Connacht Intermediate Football Championship Semi-Final.

Kevin Lynch stood on a platform six inches off the ground to raise the Sweeney Cup high in the air in Fr O’Hara Park on Saturday afternoon - but Mayo Gaels are standing many feet taller right now than they were this morning, following their 1-11 to 1-9 win over Ballyhaunis.

Somewhere along the N17 on Saturday morning the Mayo Gaels faithful will be joined on the road by the believers from Ballyhaunis as they both make their way to Charlestown for what promises to be a thrilling Mayo Intermediate Football Championship final.

The final four left standing in the intermediate football championship will leave it all on the field this weekend, with a spot in the final up for grabs.

Nothing ever comes easy at the intermediate grade and this year is proving to be no different - last year's beaten finalists are out of the competition after the group stage.

Michael Ring TD has confirmed that additional funding in the amount of €586,000 has been approved by Údarás na Gaeltachta for “The Atlantic Story” (Áras Scéalta an Atlantaigh) in Aughleam. This tourism centre will present the story of the wild Atlantic as a cultural tourism project.

The Mayo intermediate championship threw up plenty of surprises last weekend in its first round of action.

Our photograph of William Street shows the horse-drawn open-topped summer tram heading towards the terminus on Eyre Square.