O’Mahony rings the changes for Sligo clash

MAYO boss John O’Mahony has dropped full-forward Aidan O’Shea as he hands out four championship debuts and makes five changes in personnel from the NFL Division 1 final loss to Cork, for Saturday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final against Sligo in Markievicz Park.

Injuries have forced O’Mahony’s hand in some of his selection decisions with Trevor Howley and Alan Dillon, who both started the league final, sidelined with problems, and Pat Harte, Aidan Kilcoyne and Barry Moran all unable to force their way into the reckoning from the start due to fitness concerns as well.

The four newcomers to championship football are right corner-back Chris Barrett from Belmullet, centre-forward Breaffy’s Seamus O’Shea, full-forward Alan Freeman from Aghamore and Garrymore’s Enda Varley at left corner-forward.