Paddy Durcan
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Hard-fighting Mayo knocked for six as Dublin make it the half-dozen
- Gaelic Football
- December 21, 2020, 06:00
Dublin 2-14 Mayo 0-15 In the chill of midwinter, the strangeness of the season intensified by the emptiness of the stadium, Dublin’s footballers exte(...)

Dublin tie a bow around it as they complete the six-in-a-row
- Gaelic Football
- December 19, 2020, 19:24
Dublin 2-14 Mayo 0-15 Leave Santa’s sleigh up on its blocks, tell the elves they’re furloughed. Dublin were in no mood for fairytales here as they co(...)

Galway fall short as Mayo youngsters edge Connacht final
- Gaelic Football
- November 15, 2020, 19:19
Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-13 When it comes down to it, these counties hold up a mirror to the other. If Galway need to know who they are, then Mayo will pro(...)

Jim McGuinness: Mayo and Galway could end possession obsession
- Gaelic Football
- November 15, 2020, 07:00
I’m excited by the prospect of the Connacht final because I feel this game could be a circuit breaker; a clear departure from the pattern of play we h(...)

Mayo ignoring the noise with Galway in their crosshairs again
- Gaelic Football
- November 9, 2020, 05:00
The dream lives on for Joe Biden’s favourite Gaelic football team. If the election to the White House of the ancestral son of Mayo is proof of anythin(...)

Mayo relegated for first time in 23 years after pulsating Tyrone encounter
- Gaelic Football
- October 25, 2020, 18:17
Tyrone 3-14 Mayo 1-19 Tyrone ended Mayo’s great love affair with Division 1 football in the most dramatic of fashion in a battle for survival at MacH(...)

Stephen Cluxton among three nominees for Footballer of the Year award
- Gaelic Football
- September 27, 2019, 07:00
Six-time All-Ireland winning football captain Stephen Cluxton is now in line to receive the one award that has so far eluded him throughout his long a(...)

The Full McCaffrey saves Dublin’s bacon as he switches roles to perfection
- Gaelic Football
- September 1, 2019, 14:34
At the Dublin hotel the morning after last year’s All-Ireland final, Jack McCaffrey gave a long and completive interview to the gathered hackery, the (...)

Unerring O’Callaghan keeps Dublin’s drive for five on the road
- Gaelic Football
- August 10, 2019, 19:39
Jim Gavin has a small ritual he carries out with every Dublin player who comes off the pitch as he’s substituted. Doesn’t matter if you had a scorcher(...)

Dublin drive final nail into Mayo coffin
- Gaelic Football
- August 10, 2019, 19:20
Dublin 3-14 Mayo 1-10 Who wants to play them now? Who really wants to face Dublin? In the end, there would be no dark magic or otherworldly defianc(...)