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Mayo GAA has paid tribute to the late Paddy Prendergast (RIP) of Ballinorig Tralee and formally of Ballintubber and said it is saddened to learn of his passing.

There were no major shocks as the first round of the Mayo GAA senior championship got under way last weekend but there certainly were some stand-out results and other nail-biting games that went to the wire.

As GAA fans all over Mayo look forward to another exciting summer of championship football, it is hard to believe that it is all of 70 years since Mayo last captured the coveted and rather elusive Sam Maguire Cup. Stories of the achievements of that 1950 and ‘51 teams are still recounted right across the county and beyond.

The Mayo senior football teams of 1950 and 1951 have gone down in both history and folklore among GAA folk the length and breadth of both the county and the country.