Person: K Higgins

Mayo's hunt for Super 8's place back on track after messy Roscommon defeat

Mayo got their hunt for a Super 8's place back on track after that messy Roscommon defeat in Connacht, with a typically nerve-shredding win over Down on Saturday night.

Sat, 22 Jun, 2019

Late point secures famous win over Mayo and sends Roscommon into Connacht final

A Fintan Cregg point in the third minute of second-half stoppages scored Roscommon a famous Connacht semi-final win over Mayo, the county’s first championship triumph at the venue since 1986.

Sat, 25 May, 2019

Cunningham’s Rossies ‘have score to settle’ with Mayo

Roscommon manager Anthony Cunningham has called on his side to cast off their Castlebar hoodoo and overcome league champions Mayo tomorrow.

Fri, 24 May, 2019

Cummins goal crucial as Galway weather storm for seventh win in a row against Mayo

Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-11

Sat, 02 Mar, 2019

Frustrated Mickey Graham laments refereeing decisions

Cavan boss Mickey Graham has lashed out at a series of decisions he claims have gone against his team in the opening rounds of the Allianz Football League.

Mon, 11 Feb, 2019

Cillian O’Connor scores 3-9 as Mayo dismiss Limerick in eight-goal clash

2017 footballer of the year Andy Moran added two goals as a sub.

Sat, 09 Jun, 2018

Galway to give trio championship debuts in clash with Mayo

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Fri, 11 May, 2018

Mayo v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Mayo and Roscommon to do it all again after thrilling quarter-final ends in draw

Mayo 1-12 - Roscommon 2-09: Both Mayo and Roscommon’s All-Ireland ambitions will survive for another week.

Sun, 30 Jul, 2017

From slog to the sublime as moody Mayo still ‘building’

Will the real Mayo please stand up?

Mon, 10 Jul, 2017

Second-half goals spark Mayo comeback over Clare

Mayo's up and down summer continues as a determined second-half showing at Ennis progressed Stephen Rochford’s side into the fourth round of qualifiers.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

Late flourish enough for Mayo

Mayo 2-14 Sligo 0-11: Anybody searching for definitive signs that this might be Mayo’s year would have left MacHale Park sorely disappointed yesterday afternoon.

Mon, 22 May, 2017

Mayo v Donegal - Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 7

Defeat of Donegal sees Mayo again find way to avoid the drop

Mayo 1-12 Donegal 0-13

Mon, 03 Apr, 2017

McKiernan king as Cavan end 13-year hoodoo

The compelling story of this season’s National League took another dramatic twist in Castlebar yesterday when the Cavan footballers ended a 13-year wait for a win in the top division.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017

Tyrone chairperson insists board backing Mickey Harte

Tyrone chairperson Roisin Jordan has insisted the county executive is fully behind Mickey Harte and his team, and fully supportive of their efforts to win a first All-Ireland title since 2008.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

McHugh pounces to snatch victory for Donegal

Allianz FL Division 1

Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Adrian Spillane to make league debut for Kerry

Adrian Spillane will make his league debut for Kerry as one of three changes to the side for tonight’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Mayo in Austin Stack Park (7pm).

Sat, 11 Feb, 2017

Pat O’Connor named Clare skipper for 2017 season

Tubber’s Pat O’Connor has been named as Clare senior hurling captain, though Tony Kelly will deputise for him in tomorrow night’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Cork in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm).

Fri, 10 Feb, 2017

Mickey Harte content as Tyrone get to grips with Roscommon

Tyrone 0-18 Roscommon 1-9: The Red Hands made a winning return to Division One with a battling display at Healy Park, recovering from an early Roscommon goal to impose themselves in an entertaining contest played in front of a crowd of 6,110.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Cork’s Aidan Walsh to bridge three-year gap

Aidan Walsh makes his first start for the Cork football team since 2014 in today’s Allianz FL Division 2 opener against Galway in Pearse Stadium (2pm).

Sun, 05 Feb, 2017

Kevin Walsh takes Connacht League title in his stride

Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-15: Goals in either half from Cillian McDaid and Danny Cummins enabled Galway retain their FBD Connacht League title against Roscommon at Kiltoom.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Mayo pull off unlikely victory

FBD Connacht League - Mayo 4-11 Roscommon 2-16: Andy Moran reminded Mayo of his worth with two late goals to seal an unlikely victory at Kiltoom.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2017

Connacht v Ulster - GAA Interprovincial Football Championship Final

Pete McGrath’s salvation salvo: Move interpros to All-Ireland weekends

Ulster 2-16 Connacht 3-10: After just 500 supporters showed up to see Ulster win a 32nd interprovincial championship, manager Pete McGrath called for the competition to be moved to the most high profile GAA week of the year.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

Mayo v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Quarter-Final

Mickey Harte defends ‘victim’ Sean Cavanagh

Mayo 0-13 Tyrone 0-12: The controversial dismissal of Tyrone legend Seán Cavanagh, and not the manner of Mayo’s progression to the last four of the Championship, dominated the post mortems in Croke Park on Saturday night.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

Only a single point separated Mayo and Tyrone in their All-Ireland quarter-final

The winners face Tipperary in the semi-finals.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Cork v Limerick - McGrath Cup Football Group B Round 1

Cork make three changes

Stephen Cronin, Patrick Kelly, and Colm O’Neill come into the Cork side for today’s qualifier clash with Donegal in Croke Park (4pm).

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016

Clare v Roscommon - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Round 4A

Roscommon disappoint as Clare's footballers make history

Clare made a little bit of history in Salthill this afternoon.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

Kildare's summer is over as Mayo ease their way into qualifier draw

A powerful 10-minute burst at the end of the first-half – during which the home outfit hit 2-3 on the bounce – secured Mayo’s place in the fourth round qualifier draw on Monday morning.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

Pete McGrath: Ref fell for Aidan O’Shea ’dive’

Where the season will take this Mayo team remains to be seen but they got their journey on the road to redemption off to a winning start against Fermanagh on Saturday evening.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2016

Tribesmen dethrone Mayo with 20-minute flurry in Connacht semi-final

Galway came to Castlebar and a final 20-minute push saw them dethrone the five-time Connacht champions on a drizzly night, low on quality but high on heart and commitment from the men in maroon.

Sat, 18 Jun, 2016

London v Mayo - Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final

No London scare this time for Mayo

London 0-9 Mayo 2-16: Mayo scored a comprehensive victory over London in a Connacht SFC quarter-final that only offered rare glimpses of the seismic home performance of 2011.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Gavin insists Dubs will continue to take risks

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin has stressed that his team will continue to be creative and take risks this summer – even though it can leave them vulnerable to being turned over.

Fri, 27 May, 2016

Aidan Walsh makes debut as Kerry make seven changes

Aidan Walsh of St Mary’s makes his league debut as Kerry make seven changes for tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Down at Páirc Esler in Newry (2pm).

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Mayo staring down the barrel after loss to Dublin

Mayo 0-7 Dublin 0-9: After just two rounds of league football, Mayo already look to have a huge fight on their hands to retain their top-flight status.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

Experimental Mayo give Stephen Rochford early boost

FBD League - Mayo 1-12 NUI Galway 1-10: Late frees from goalkeeper Rob Hennelly and Kevin McLoughlin helped new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford get off to a winning start against the students of NUI Galway in Castlebar.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2016

Philly McMahon shortlisted for player award

Dublin’s Philly McMahon is in line to pick up the 2015 footballer-of-the-year award, having been named on the all-Dublin three-person shortlist.

Thu, 01 Oct, 2015

Mayo goalkeeper David Clarke recovers to face Dublin

Goalkeeper David Clarke has been passed for it for Mayo’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final with Chris Barrett replacing the injured Tom Cunniffe in the Connacht champions’ only change.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

Same again for Mayo for Donegal clash

Mayo have named an unchanged side for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Donegal in Croke Park (6pm).

Wed, 05 Aug, 2015

Eamonn Fitzmaurice rings changes for Kerry in Killarney return against Cork

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has displayed his bold streak once again by altering more than a quarter of his Kerry team for Saturday’s Munster football final replay with Cork.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2015

Fermanagh finish with a flourish to stun Roscommon

Fermanagh 1-14 Roscommon 0-16: Sean Quigley kicked the winner for Fermanagh three minutes into added time, but Roscommon will wonder for quite some time how they coughed up a five-point lead with five minutes left.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Fermanagh knock Roscommon out of the Football Championship

Sean Quigley and Tomas Corrigan combined to save the day for Fermanagh as they came back from the dead to snatch an unlikely victory over Roscommon at Brewster Park.

Sun, 12 Jul, 2015

Mayo take fifth straight win from tribesmen

A blistering second-half start – in which the visitors hit an unanswered 1-3 – powered Mayo to a fifth consecutive championship win over Galway this afternoon.

Sun, 14 Jun, 2015

Injury-time point secures Donegal a semi-final place

Stephen Griffin's injury-time point secured a 1-09 to 0-12 draw to seal Donegal's passage through to the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2015

Comer goal keeps Tribesmen in promotion race

Both Galway and Roscommon are still in the hunt for promotion to Division 1 after Damien Comer's goal helped the Tribesmen to their third win of the campaign at Hyde Park.

Sun, 29 Mar, 2015