#Mayo GAA

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Colin Sheridan: Mayo did something wonderfully unfashionable and trusted themselves
S Colin Sheridan: Mayo did something wonderfully unfashionable and trusted themselves
Success has a funny habit of making historians of us all. Seven days after Mayo finally climbed the mountain, the post-mortems have already begun.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

Kobe McDonald celebrates with coach Keith Higgins after the match 26/7/2026
S Keith Higgins' Mayo All-Ireland diary: inside the fearless plan that stunned Kerry
Mayo coach Keith Higgins take us through his side's historic All-Ireland final victory over Kerry.

Sun, 02 Aug, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming
From Croke Park to Belmullet: The remarkable homecoming that defined Mayo's All-Ireland victory
Colin Sheridan on Mayo's emotional All-Ireland homecoming, tracing Sam Maguire's journey across the county and the communities it united

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

Mayo supporters celebrate 30/7/2026
Colin Sheridan: The 'Mayo Effect' explains why everyone is talking about their All-Ireland triumph
Colin Sheridan explores why Mayo's All-Ireland victory captivated the world — and why the attention will inevitably fade

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

Andy Moran celebrates with his wife Jennifer, daughter Charlotte and son Ollie after the match 26/7/2026
S James Horan: Children across Mayo will now dream differently
Kerry refused to accept defeat quietly in the All-Ireland final. In many ways, their resilience made Mayo’s victory even more meaningful.

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Worryingly for GAA, Kobe McDonald may be first to actually want to play AFL
'Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.'

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Christy O'Connor's football review: That wasn't a season. That was The Season
S Christy O'Connor's football review: That wasn't a season. That was The Season
Christy O'Connor reviews the football season. After all, it was one for the ages. 

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming
Tommy Martin: Is Mayo winning the All-Ireland the greatest thing that ever happened? 
There are a few competitors, like the discovery of penicillin, but not much to truly rival this week.

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Jack Anderson: How will Kobe McDonald fit into the AFL? 
Getting used to the training load, learning how to hold and kick the oval ball and the sheer physicality of the game and its tackling will be more than enough for him to get used to for now

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Jennifer Horgan: Our human stories are universal, eternal, and outshine the slop of AI
Jennifer Horgan: Our human stories are universal, eternal, and outshine the slop of AI
Director Christopher Nolan's paean to human creativity in his film 'The Odyssey' is an urgent cry against the use of AI in storytelling 

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Mayo’s drought ends but ours goes on — let it rain somewhere else now
Mayo’s drought ends but ours goes on — let it rain somewhere else now
When a drought is over, it’s good for us. It frees up a bit of brain that we didn’t know we’d devoted to wondering if Mayo would ever win an All-Ireland

Fri, 31 Jul, 2026

Sam Callinan lifts the Sam Maguire 26/7/2026
Are GAA players the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders of Ireland?
Although they are dedicated, committed, and  train as hard as many professional athletes, cheerleaders and GAA players are both staggeringly underpaid

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming
Mayo GAA ready to reap financial rewards of historic All-Ireland success
Mayo, considered the cash cows of the GAA for the guts of a decade up to 2021 - in Croke Park, they still talk about the crash of 2018 when the team finished up nowhere in Newbridge - are spending again.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Final observations and Mayo feelings:  Joy is like grief. It only feels complete when shared
Maurice Brosnan's last Gaelic football observations of a cracking summer: The image. Kicks. Number Ones. Orange leader. The Cliffords. How many times in your life can you truly say that there is nowhere else in the world you’d rather be?

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
John Fallon: Sport needs more magical Mayo stories
That ‘What are we all going to talk about next year? quip by Rory McIlroy after winning the 2025 Masters has already been applied to Mayo but the great thing about sport is there’s always another plotline percolating.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

Keith Higgins and Colm Boyle 26/7/2026
Rory McIlroy mantra was on Mayo minds during victory over Kerry
Colm Boyle said there are "no underdogs anymore" in football. "It's almost surreal to say that but any team can beat you."

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Tears in '89 to tears in '26: my lifetime waiting for Mayo's day
Writing now, I don't really believe it has ended. I'm expecting some sort of an objection. To wake up and find Pat McEnaney and Kieran Donaghy at the foot of the bed laughing

Wed, 29 Jul, 2026

Dr Rachel Sheehan lifts the Sam Maguire 26/7/2026
Mayo performance coach reveals All-Ireland heartbreak was barely addressed
Rachel Sheehan said Mayo's previous All-Ireland finals defeats 'might have come up once or twice, but it definitely wasn’t active in any of our conversations this year'

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Watch: Australian comedians Shepmates impersonate Mayo fans' viral commentary of All-Ireland win
Midwest Radio Sports Editor Stephen Grealis and Martin Carney were in Croke Park to describe the best of the action from the All-Ireland final between Kerry and their beloved Mayo for the listeners of Midwest Radio.

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

All-Ireland celebrations cause damage at newly re-opened Mayo pub 
All-Ireland celebrations cause damage at newly re-opened Mayo pub 
Cannon’s Bar on Market Square in Castlebar had been closed since 1989 but re-opened earlier this month

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Jordan Flynn and Kobe McDonald 26/7/2026
Jordan Flynn's Mayo career was transformed by 2018 Croke Park controversy
After receiving an 18-week ban for shoving the referee in the 2018 All-Ireland U20 final, Jordan Flynn partied hard but he came out of that period with a renewed desire to play for Mayo

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Mayo coach Paddy Tally explains why Kerry goal did not cause panic
Tally said "statement tackles" by Mayo in the first half laid the foundation for the All-Ireland winning performance

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Mayo fans Patsy Higgins with his granddaughters Isabelle and Roisa Duggan 27/7/2026
Colin Sheridan: For Mayo and its people, nothing will ever feel like this again
After 75 years of longing, Mayo's triumph was a collective exhale for the generations gone who never knew an All-Ireland victory of their own

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming
Mayo win sees 'unprecedented' surge in mobile data usage 
Eir reports 6% increase in data usage compared to an average day, while Vodafone recorded its highest-ever roaming data traffic peak

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Jack O'Connor: 'We expected a few hundred. Instead we see thousands filling Denny Street. This really gives us a big lift'
Jack O'Connor: 'We expected a few hundred. Instead we see thousands filling Denny Street. This really gives us a big lift'
Kingdom boss tells well-wishers in Tralee: 'On balance they deserved it and if anyone was going to beat us you can’t begrudge Mayo after 75 years'

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Kieran Shannon: Andy Moran and Mayo have earned the right to take the baton
Moran understands that without the near misses of the past, there would have been no All-Ireland glory for Mayo in 2026

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Fogarty Forum: 75 reasons why Mayo's victory was special
Mayo's victory marked a unique, historic day in Croke Park

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Champions Mayo Homecoming
‘They won’t laugh at us anymore’, Andy Moran tells thousands of Mayo supporters
Moran thanked the crowd of all ages who filled MacHale Park stadium in Castlebar, carrying flags bearing the players’ faces, setting off flares, singing and chanting, and brandishing 'Mayo for Sam' number plates

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

David Clifford and Sean O'Shea dejected after the game 26/7/2026
In Kerry, the uncomfortable conversations won’t just be about Mayo
An unpalatable decision to stop inter-county players appearing for their clubs in the divisional championships in winter is not something anyone in Kerry relishes but it raises uncomfortable questions for the various stakeholders

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Kobe McDonald: Teenage phenom on Mayo's All-Ireland glory, and setting his AFL sights high
McDonald doesn't want to 'just blend in' at St Kilda. 'That's not my nature,' he said. 'You obviously strive to be the best, strive to be one of the best at least'

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kobe McDonald and Jordan Flynn celebrate winning 26/7/2026
Mayo pilgrimage scales its peak with All-Ireland win over Kerry
In this year when one of the old warriors Pádraig O’Hora conquered Mount Everest, it felt entirely appropriate.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Oisin Mullin celebrates 11/6/2022
Mayo wanted Oisín Mullin to play in All-Ireland final says Geelong Cats coach
Mullin approached Chris Scott about returning home to face Kerry after he received a message from a Mayo coach.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Darragh Beirne reacts 26/7/2026
James Horan knew by half-time that Mayo would beat Kerry
The former Mayo manager said it would be "absolute madness if there was any more significant rule changes introduced after the year we've just had"

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Jordan Flynn, Aidan O'Shea, Jack Coyne and Eoin McGreal with with nurses from the CHI Temple Street 27/7/2026
Gallery: Mayo visit CHI Temple Street and The Boar's Head after All-Ireland football title win
Mayo ended a 75-year wait to reclaim the Sam Maguire cup with their win over Kerry on Sunday before bringing the silverware to Temple Street on Monday

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Maurice Brosnan: The mad bastards that are Mayo win the 75-year war
After so much suffering, after endless talk of their mistakes and mentality, Mayo beat the demons and the kings of football

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

'Sam is coming home': Joe Biden, Oasis, Ronan O'Gara and more react to Mayo's All-Ireland final win
'Sam is coming home': Joe Biden, Oasis, Ronan O'Gara and more react to Mayo's All-Ireland final win
Here is the best of the reaction from some celebrity names, including the former President of the United States of America.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Ryan O’Donoghue: 'What my mother and father have done for me… this is for them'
O’Donoghue singled out the dedication of Brenda and Michael in bringing him to training sessions and the backing of his brother Shea and fiancée Courtney.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Christy O'Connor: Mayo’s Darby Day and the biggest All-Ireland final shock in history 
S Christy O'Connor: Mayo’s Darby Day and the biggest All-Ireland final shock in history 
Ten minutes into the All-Ireland football final, it was obvious that Mayo weren’t going to leave Croke Park with any regrets.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Jack Coyne lifts the Sam Maguire Cup in front of Hill 16 26/7/2026
Tony Leen: Mayo's magical mayhem spreads like a contagion
Mayo fearlessly embraced the chaos against Kerry to complete of of the football championship's most remarkable transformations.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Andy Moran salutes 'sacrifice' players made to aid Mayo victory
Moran said several players have "packed up their lives" and moved home from Dublin to aid Mayo's cause

Mon, 27 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
How Mayo and Kerry players rated in historic All-Ireland final - O'Donoghue a lifeforce
Too many of Kerry's stars failed to reach their usual level. 

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

Kobe McDonald and Jordan Flynn celebrate winning 26/7/2026
In pictures: Mayo celebrate first All-Ireland victory in 75 years
A relentless Mayo performance against Kerry earned them a first All-Ireland SFC title since 1951

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

Aidan O'Shea celebrates after the match 26/7/2026
Mayo's Aidan O'Shea: I could have easily walked away, now I have my All-Ireland medal
O'Shea also paid tribute to the Kerry supporters who remained in the stadium to watch Mayo's celebrations. 

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

Kerry v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
Andy Moran's prayer to John O'Mahony with Sam Maguire on the line: 'he came up with the goods'
Mayo bridged a 75-year wait for the championship title on Sunday.

Sun, 26 Jul, 2026

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