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Castlebar Mitchels won three county titles in the Mayo Scór na nÓg finals held in Breaffy Community Centre recently. Representatives of the Mitchels club won the figure dancing, the solo singing, and the instrumental music sections. The standard in all competitions was very high.

The TF Royal Theatre and Events Centre, Castlebar, will play host to the Connacht GAA Scór na nÓg finals.

This year’s Scór na nÓg county finals have been pencilled in to take place on November 27 in Breaffy clubhouse. This is a few weeks earlier than previously to avoid clashing with events coming up to Christmas and to give competitors more time to prepare for the Connacht competition.

The harrowing sound of club managers shouting out football drills has been replaced in Mayo GAA Clubs of late by the mellow sound of tin whistles and ballad singing as the county gears up for the annual Scór competitions.

The final will take place in Breaffy GAA club house on January 4 at 3pm.

GAA clubs all over Mayo are making a special effort this year to participate in the County Senior Scór finals as 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Senior Scór back in 1969. The interest in the competitions means that four divisional finals are planned for Senior Scór on March 7 in Moygownagh, Breaffy, Hollymount, and Knock Hall.

Divisional finals are scheduled as follows: north Mayo in Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet on March 11 at 7pm; south Mayo in Kilmaine Hall on March 11 at 7pm; west Mayo in Scoil Phadraig, Westport on March 12 at 7pm; east Mayo in Kiltimagh Town Hall on March 12 at 7pm.

The Mayo Scór na nÓg county final takes place on January 9 2010 in Breaffy GAA Club Hall, starting at 3pm sharp.

Claremorris, Friday night, and Irish singing and dancing was alive. All that could be heard from the glamourous confines of the McWilliam Park Hotel was chattering and excited conversation which definitely wasn’t spoken in the English language, but which sounded vaguely familiar. From outside you would be forgiven for thinking we’d been transported to the Connemara Gaeltacht. But inside it was a different story altogether. The room was awash with glamour befitting any danceroom in the nation, and it was the pride that each and every person in attendance had for our Irish culture, that was felt immediately upon arrival.