Mike Quirke

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Stephen Rochford: the Mayo manager has been subjected to a barrage of criticism for putting O’Shea on Donaghy. But Kerry’s full-forward line were restricted to just 0-5 from play. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Maligned Mayo should ignore the din and trust their instincts

It has been a ghoulish week for coverage of Gaelic football. For the second successive championship summer, Mayo’s manager Stephen Rochford has been w(...)

Kieran Donaghy celebrates scoring a goal against Mayo in the 2014 All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay at the Gaelic Ground. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Kieran Donaghy still causing confusion long after we assumed he was gone

In Kieran Donaghy’s book, What Do You Think Of That?, he tells a story about the drawn game against Mayo in 2014. For so long that day in Croke Park, (...)

The national anthem is played ahead of the drawn All-Ireland football final in September. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Logic screams Dublin but impulse to pick Mayo goes beyond that

Imagine, so, the scene across Mayo on Friday morning, the last sun of September not fully risen over the gridlocked commuter sprawl of the Bangor-Erri(...)

Feeling outnumbered? Galway supporters at the under-21 hurling semi-final at the weekend surely were.
Galway players badly let down by absent ‘hurling supporters’

What’s home advantage worth on the scoreboard? Or, if the game is played at a neutral venue, what’s outnumbering the opposition in the stands b(...)

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