Mayo GAA

A considerate, inclusive and shrewd man who respected colleagues and opponents alike, he rarely forgot a name

John O’Mahony managed Galway senior football team to All-Ireland titles in 1998 and 2001

O’Shea has the most appearances of any outfield player in the history of the senior football championship

Ciarán Murphy: Cautious Cork refused to even place a bet when all the chips were on the table and Louth duly scooped the pot

Mickey Harte’s side made it their business to get men who are key to an opposition’s game plan doing jobs they didn’t want to do

Clare skip into hurling semi-final clash with Kilkenny; Scotland sent homeward after painful defeat to Hungary; Harrington’s hat-trick at Dick’s

Aidan O’Rourke’s team proved much too good for a highly rated Mayo side

Mickey Harte’s side prevail after ding-dong encounter but the home side will regret the chances missed prior to the penalty shootout

Mayo are coming from a different position. Frustrated not to get the win over Dublin, they are nonetheless on a run of just one defeat in the past seven matches

Kevin McStay’s side are probably not All-Ireland contenders, but been playing well enough to expect a better showing from supporters

Mickey Harte will also have Gareth McKinless available after he served his two-game suspension

Dessie Farrell’s team aren’t as far ahead of the pack as people assumed, but they will improve and it’s up to everybody else to keep up

No outfield player has more senior football championship appearances than O’Shea. Mayo will miss him when he’s gone, they just mightn’t know it yet

The statistics told Mayo to drop off on Dublin’s last kickout - they didn’t; Tyrone love their attacking lanes; Galway’s issues with defensive balance

With Con O’Callaghan, Paul Mannion, Colm Basquel and Paddy Small to include as well, balance will be critical

Jarlath Burns indicates the group stages are on the way out; Mayo show what they are made of; Cork are on a learning curve

Dublin and Armagh strike late equalisers to secure All-Ireland quarter-final places

Cormac Costello grabs an injury-time leveller to snatch a draw after a fantastic game in Dr Hyde Park

It’s been a reasonable campaign to date for Kevin McStay’s Mayo side but we will know a lot more about their potential this year after they face Dublin at Hyde Park

We are still waiting for the championship to catch fire, despite the finish line on the horizon

The Tribesmen are the only team in the Senior Football Championship yet to concede a goal

Striking litany of injured players undermines teams but also impacts on individuals themselves

Derry’s 0-18 to 2-10 win over Dublin in Breffni Park was the only close encounter of the four quarter-finals

Winner takes all Group One clash between Galway and Armagh to take place at Markievicz Park

Kevin McStay’s men always had the upper hand but they had to keep a late Roscommon rally at bay

Everything you need to know ahead of the weekend’s football and hurling action

Kerry are bringing threats from deep, Mayo like to go on the loop, while Roscommon get joy from wrap-arounds

Castlebar Mitchels wing back missed the Connacht final due to injury only to once again face a spell on the sidelines following his return

Kevin McStay’s men never trailed against a Cavan side who were second best throughout

Armagh and Donegal’s shooting was superb, but Mayo’s lack of a cutting edge again failed them in Connacht

Dubs thrash Meath in emphatic fashion at Croke Park

The success rate for procedures is extremely high. The issue is detection. The risk is in carrying on, not knowing

Play the four championships throughout the season, like the FA Cup in England, sprinkled into the fixture list every couple of weeks

The momentum Galway picked up with that injury-time Connacht final victory is something Mayo are in dire need of finding over the coming weeks

Sunday’s Connacht final was decided on the breadth of a bus ticket but it sends the teams on wildly different journeys

Connor Gleeson’s late free earns Galway a record 50th Connacht SFC - although their route to Sam Maguire may be rockier than Kerry’s

Mayo led by two going into injury-time but Connacht champions fought back with goalkeeper landing late free to clinch title

Connacht Final: Mayo have had the upper hand on their great rivals Galway since Kevin McStay took over as manager

The system rewards mediocre performances, and allows the likes of Kerry and Dublin to manage their workload until the big days

McAtamney becomes the latest Irishman in the NFL; Bragging rights up for grabs in Galway vs Mayo and spicy Tipperary-Waterford clash