Place: James Stephens Park

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Obituary of Willie Casey: The hard man with the heart of gold

In the days leading up to the All-Ireland football final, Eanna Casey popped into his parents’ home on the Sligo Road in Ballina with a kit bag, writes Terry Reilly

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Hurling Play-off wins for Laois, Roscommon and Tyrone

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Here are the weekend's GAA previews

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FBD League: Mayo and Galway keep up winning start

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Impressive Moran makes scoring return for Mayo

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Clarke on verge of making teen dreams come true

Wary Mayo leave the hype behind

IT started in 1989. John O’Mahony had organised a behind closed doors training session in Ballina’s James Stephens Park the week after Mayo had beaten Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. Word spread around the town. From there it went around the county and 5,000 people turned up to the secret meeting.

Thu, 18 Aug, 2011

Ballina back on top

Killererin (Galway) 2-6 Ballina Stephenites (Mayo) 1-13

Sun, 05 Dec, 2004

GAA: Mayo begin title defence

Defending national league champions Mayo got the defence of their title off to a solid if unspectacular start at a very wet and windy James Stephens Park in Ballina.

Sun, 10 Feb, 2002