Quarter-finals weekend in the Mayo senior and intermediate club championships came to a conclusion on Sunday.
Breaffy and Belmullet snatched the remaining two semi-final places in the senior championship with Westport and Claremorris both crashing out.
Mike Finnerty and Barry Moran chat through the stories behind the scorelines in both games, and we also hear from Belmullet manager Kieran Lavelle along with Fionn O’Donoghue who scored two of his team’s five goals.
Elsewhere, John Gunnigan and Nigel Reape were in Foxford to see Moy Davitts get the better of Parke in the intermediate championship semi-final.
John also caught up with Moy Davitts’ Cian McHale, and the lads discuss how Davitts surprised Ballyhaunis in the other quarter-final.
James Breheny also gets the reaction of Davitts’ manager Mark Concannon.
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Shuffly Deck says:
September 21, 2026 at 9:27 am
Off topic but I see a statement from the ladies on the integration plan which suggests a big problem still exists at County level and indeed many counties at county level apart from the National issues highlighted by Mary McAleese in her reasons for resigning. I just visited Bekan last Saturday and there were hundreds, possibly thousands of girls playing there it indicates at younger ages there’s great work going on. Some of my nieces play and love it. However when you hear the nuances around the older and senior teams it would annoy you around holidays, training camps and expenses. We’ve heard stories on facilities over the years. The GAA didn’t cover itself in glory on the Skorts controversy just over a year back. In this day and age surely it should be a priority to get things right. While we bask in glory and enjoyed our great victory, as an amateur sport meant to be grassroots, surely those left furthest behind deserve better and prioritisation.
Tubberman says:
September 21, 2026 at 10:48 am
To be specific, that was the Camogie association that had the skorts controversy, not the GAA - they're not integrated yet!
Also, the LGFA statement was slightly strange because they're one of the 3 parties involved (the others being the GAA and Camogie association), so if the meetings didn't occur, why didn't they instigate a meeting.
mayotillidie says:
September 21, 2026 at 3:39 pm
Hard to know, who to blame, had heard a anecdote from a previous female county player, who reckons her relation often boosts that he got deposit for his house from milage from playing with Mayo. Said one guy bring car to training, and 5 guys in same car get milage. That not blaming the GAA or male players, but equality be hard to sustain if camogie and LGFA brought into loop. Not that girls dont deserve a bigger slice of pie, but they need more buns on seat for camogie matches and LGFA matches. I think facilities and pitch time has to be shared equally first, and the hidden cost need to be tackled to integrate the two codes after, but in a decided schedule
Southmayo Exile says:
September 21, 2026 at 6:39 pm
The ability of ladies football and camogie to generate income is a huge issue. The people that want equality- how many of these are out supporting thier county or club ladies football team.
If lucky- 500 people would attend a Mayo/Galway ladies connaught final. Up to 30,000 would attend a men's final. No comparison between the two
Jr says:
September 21, 2026 at 10:58 pm
Get the Camogie and LGFA to join up first before full integration.