The Mayo Ladies GAA v Galway Rd 1 NFL 2017 match was played in Swinford Amenity park Sunday 29th January. Mayo lost on a score of Mayo 1.10 to Galway 2-08. Great to see it confirmed today that Martha Carter and Yvonne Byrne committing to the Mayo cause for another...
The Toughest Trade TV Documentary Mayo gaa’s Aidan O Shea is taking part in The Toughest Trade TV documentary, which is being filmed by AIB the main sponsors of the Club Championships. This is the second season of the toughest trade, the first series having been...
Project 52 #26 On Wednesday last 25th June 2014 the New York U14 girls visited Swinford and were hosted by Swinford and Killasser Ladies gaelic football U14’s who played them in a challenge match in the amenity park in Swinford. The New York U14 girls traveled...
One of the first shots from my newly purchased D7000 at the Mayo v Kerry hurling semi final last week. Photo: f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO-400, @220mm. I’m extreamley happy with the D7000, it has a burst rate of 6 frames a second, and was well tested by the hurling!...
Although it is mostly football match’s I photograph, last weekend I had the opportunity to shoot a Mayo GAA Hurling match. Mayo were playing Wicklow in the Division 2 B National Hurling League. This match took place before the Mayo v Cork NFL Div 1 Rd 5...
Yesterday saw the division 1 round 3 clash of Mayo and Kerry in Elvery’s Mc Hale Park in Castlebar. As usual I was there doing the match photos. Less than 30 seconds after throw-in, Alan “Freezer” Freeman scored this cracking goal. The Kerry...
One of the many groups and clubs I’m involved with is Swinford Handball Club. The Mayo GAA Handball Awards night were held last night in the County Lodge Hotel in Aughagower, just outside Westport. I went along both to support our local club and to take a few...
Mayo Club 51 is a new Mayo GAA supporters club set up a few months ago by a few like-minded Mayo supporters. The aim of the club is to bring colour and plenty of noise and cheer the lads on, on the pitch. Mayo Club 51 is still in its infancy and yesterday up in Omagh...
With the Christmas and New Year festivities now behind us, we are into a new year and a new beginning with Mayo Gaa. Our U-21’s did us proud today in the Hastings Cup up in Killeo in Longford, winning Mayo’s first match of the year, beating Longford on a...
Something to sooth the nerves before the All Ireland semi final between Mayo and Tyrone. Music is by Conor Walsh. Photos and production by myself. You can find more music by Conor here,...
London Gaa make history by reaching the Connacht Final for the first time ever. After our near escape in Ruislip back in 2011, I had a feeling that this London team would sooner rather than later cause a shock claim a scalp in the Connacht Championship. So much so a...
It’s not easy being a Mayo supporter, following the ups and downs of Mayo Football. We are well used to hearing the comments “Mayo God help us” or “bottlers” but this team are different. They don’t make it easy on themselves or us...
This weekend is the seventh and final round of the national football league. Mayo face the long trek down to Páirc úi Caoímh in Cork this Sunday. There is a big gang heading down to Cork, for what is a must win game for Mayo, to gaurantee us division 1 status again in...
Its hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through the 2013 Allianz football league.After Mayo’s fairly handy win over the kingdom in Mc Hale park in round 1, which I had predicted in a previous post, our bubble was well burst by Tyrone. Tyrone came to town...
Tomorrow see’s the start of the National Football League Division 1 for Mayo. The long road starts again for 2013, and what a tough division we’re in, ( Mayo been the longest team in division 1 by the way!) Our first match is a tough one, Kerry at home in...
FBD League football is not the most glamorous in early January, but still its great to be back on the road again! Leitrim were the far stronger team yesterday up in Ballinamore, and the scoring showed it. Mayo were 0-5 to 0-0 down with Darren Coen ( who was a late...
After hearing about Deputy Joe Mc Hughs planting of the Donegal flag on Croagh Patrick, during Fine Gaels Conference in Westport, 2 weeks before the All-Ireland Football Final between Mayo and Donegal, action had to be taken! A plan was hatched and like all the best...
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