Donegal blood, Mayo heart: Sunday will be complicated for Martin Carney

Martin Carney was born in Donegal and played football for the county but would go on to win four Connacht titles with Mayo. When the counties face each other on Sunday, Carney will be on commentary duty for the Mayo-centric Mid-West Radio. 

Martin Carney has ditched the measured analysis from his time with RTÉ for unbridled partisanship in his role with Mid-West Radio. Pic: Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE

On local radio which has helped him enjoy a reborn appreciation akin to a veteran act that steals the Sunday afternoon at Glastonbury, cheering in that part of the press box isn’t just tolerated, it is mandated.

And so Martin Carney, informed by the industry maxim ‘You’re your audience’, is happy to give Mid-West Radio’s listeners what they want: unashamed partisanship.