Mayo GAA

Eighty thousand music fans spent the weekend on the Stradbally Hall estate. Here’s what we loved and hated

Festival director defends handling of crowd control issues, saying one set cancelled as organisers ‘not willing’ to risk lives

Main arena is a sea of green and red as soaked but high-spirited fans gather in their thousands to see the All-Ireland champions

Since Mayo won their first All-Ireland in 75 years, the cup has not been out of the sight of an adoring public

Patrickswell man praises influence of sports psychologist Caroline Currid in All-Ireland run

AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category

Meath GAA player shares his rehab journey after cruciate ligament surgery

Mayo star explains how joining St Kilda helped fulfil dream of becoming a professional athlete

Mayo star ‘shed a lot of tears’ as he remembers proud moment of bringing Sam Maguire to hometown

Gearóid Hegarty selected for hurling, Síofra O’Shea for women’s football and Ciara Hickey for camogie

‘It’s a bad loss for us, and I think we have to be cold about it and analytical about it’

Retiring star backs McDonald to make a big impact in Aussie Rules

Official Ballybrit attendance of 124,745 only slightly down on last year’s tally

The rapturous, highly organised gathering in Castlebar last Monday was a far cry from the freewheeling and spontaneous events of old

Mayo’s joyous All-Ireland win was also about roots and identity and a rebuttal of the past

Former Mayo manager on soaking up the joy of All-Ireland win: ‘There’s no script for any of this’

The joy of ending a 75-year football famine is tempered by the heartbreaking farewell to Monaghan teammate Stephen Gollogly

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

The 18-year-old joins St Kilda as a Category B rookie with expectations soaring after his breakthrough championship season

Any chance of The Irish Times lifting it?

The strength of Mayo’s faith made devotees of us all but now we risk feeling bereft

Radio: Arena assesses the late Glen Hansard’s legacy with raw honesty, while Drivetime discusses Mayo’s historic win in novel terms

Mayo’s 1952 All-Ireland win was followed by quiet years, rain and the county’s closest neighbours rubbing salt in the wound

Mayo’s determination to kick from distance meant they produced a number of statistical quirks centred on orange flags

This was pure joy, completely non-performative, as the tears hit people in waves

Emotional homecoming tour continues as fans recall magic moment of victory

In contrast to Kerry’s civility in defeat, the legend of the great Lionel Messi will forever be tainted by Argentina’s display of ugly losing

There is no question Mayo were the best team in the All-Ireland – Kerry were fighting an uphill battle for fitness all year and it told

Unburdened by the weight of a county’s hopes, selector says Mayo can embrace new-found freedom in their play

The Kingdom lost with graciousness despite their bitter disappointment

‘I know it’s going to be a day that I’m going to cherish and think of for the rest of my life’

Mayo took lessons from the NBA, Jürgen Klopp and the Limerick hurlers in how they attacked the Kerry threat in All-Ireland final

It is an event that I will never forget - even though I’m not from Mayo

Plus: Aughinish Alumina, and two good incomes but can’t afford a home

It was impossible not to think of those no longer here as Mayo finally won Sam Maguire in a decider for the ages

Outstanding display of sportsmanship was everything the World Cup final wasn’t

Last winter the Crossmolina man was not even sure he was going to go again in Mayo colours

Long wait for an All-Ireland brought decades of heartache, but it also strengthened bonds in ways that are now becoming clear

Hollywood movies were reimagined and book deals invented before the All-Ireland champions returned to Mayo with a very special guest

My 55th time at a final, but I had never witnessed anything like the outpouring of raw emotion