News Death Notice FREEMAN, Mr. Bernard "Pops" and "Grumps", age 75 of Dayton, departed this life unexpectedly on February 10, 2012. He was a native of Beaufort, SC, a veteran of the US Navy and a long time employee of the United States Postal Service. He

By the end of the game yesterday, DCU were toying with a formidable looking DIT team that boasted stellar inter-county players in Alan Freeman, Aidan O’Shea, Tom Parsons, Gearoid McKiernan and Bernard Allen. DCU not only boasted their own collection of b

15 February 2012 DARKNESS and fog were vying for supremacy over McHale Park last Saturday night as the Mayo team warmed down in the near-deserted stadium. Thousands had slipped away to see a non-existent rugby match, but there was still one group of loya

THE Central CCC confirmed last night that Dublin's abandoned NFL Division 1 clash with Mayo will be re-played this Saturday at 2pm in Mchale Park.Referee Marty Duffy took the decision to abandon Saturday night's game prior to the start of the second half

A FAIRLY bizarre chain of events – and a serious breakdown in communications, it would appear – has forced the GAA’s Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to defer until Saturday, March 31st, the abandoned Allianz Football League game between Mayo and Du

The Central Competitions Controls Committee will meet today to decide on a date for the refixture of the Mayo/Dublin Allianz League match which fell victim to a dense fog over McHale Park on Saturday night.Referee Marty Duffy took the decision to abandon

Both managers and match referee Marty Duffy agreed that there was no choice but to abandon last night's Allianz Football League Division 1 clash between Mayo and Dublin at McHale Park after dense fog descended on the pitch."It was too dangerous," said re

Conor Mortimer is a major strength in Mayo's armoury By Rory Houston Mayo have enjoyed a morale-boosting start to the year with victory in the FBD League and a good win over Laois in their opening Allianz Football League game. The visit of Dublin this we

08 February 2012 Anthony Hennigan at OMoore Park, Portlaoise GAA Football Allianz National League: Division 1, Round 1 MAYO 1-11 LAOIS 0-8 THE advertising hoarding behind the goal simply read Midland Steel. And when Darren Strong reduced Laois arrears to

TOMMY LYONS predicts more success for Dublin but with one crucial caveat: "The gameplan that won the All-Ireland last year won't do it this year." The man who famously christened the Dubs, "the biggest gig in town" during his three-year reign isn't quite

CARLOW IT crashed out of the Sigerson cup last week with a strange loss to DIT. The Carlow side were winning by a point with seconds remaining only for DIT to level it.Carlow disappeared for extra time and eventually lost out by six points. Alan Freeman

Mayo 1-11 Laois 0-8Mayo's promising start to the season continued as they saw off the challenge of Laois at O'Moore Park on Saturday.In a Division 1 clash which failed to produce much in the way of excitement or cohesive football, Mayo were more clinical

04/02/2012 - 21:30:12 Mayo 1-11 Laois 0-8 Mayo got their Division 1 campaign off to a good start with a workmanlike victory over Laois at O’Moore Park tonight. There was very little between the teams in the opening period but Mayo put the foot on the gas

Alan Freeman hit the vital score from the spot as DIT edged out Carlow IT.DIT led early on, with Harry Dawson, David Hughes and Gearoid McKiernan on target. But Carlow replied with scores from Conor Boyle and Gerry Seaver to lead at the break.They then m

James Horan watched his team warm up for next Saturday night’s Allianz League floodlit game away to Laois with a comfortable win over the students of NUIG. NUIG manager, John Maughan made no secret of the fact winning this game was not a priority due to

Mayo 0-14 NUIG 0-4: A VERY strong Mayo team had no difficulty in dismissing the challenge of NUIG to retain their FBD Connacht league title at McHale Park yesterday evening. John Maughan’s young side were tossed overboard in the second half as they manag

27/01/2012 - 22:01:55 Mayo 0-14 NUI Galway 0-4, Castlebar Mayo cruised to back-to-back FBD League titles as they ran out ten-point winners over NUI Galway in tonight's final in Castlebar. James Horan's side held the students to just one second half point

NUIG's David Gavin tries to block Andy Moran's effort at goal Mayo have won the FBD Insurance Football League final with a comfortable victory over NUIG at MacHale Park. The Heather County led 0-08 to 0-03 at the break, with Alan Freeman (0-03), Andy Mor

IT seems theres something presently significant about the number three and the Mayo senior footballers. For the third year in a row the team has qualified for the FBD League final and for the third consecutive year the team has remained unbeaten in the g