The quarter-final stage in the senior and intermediate club championships didn’t disappoint, with plenty of cracking ties taking place over the weekend.
At senior level, Castlebar Mitchels had six points to spare over hosts Aghamore in the afternoon match yesterday while Garrymore dug out a gritty two-point win on home turf over fancied Crossmolina last night. This afternoon, meanwhile, Breaffy’s impressive form continued with a six-point win over Westport, while goal-happy Belmullet had eight points to spare over Claremorris.
The senior relegation decider, meanwhile, will be between Balla and Ballaghaderreen. The former let Mayo Gaels off the hook at Hollymount on Friday night while yesterday Ballaghaderreen found neighbours Charlestown too hot to handle in the other relegation semi-final.
In the intermediate championship, Ballinrobe came away with a win in a high-scoring game from Ardnaree yesterday, while today Davitts had six points to spare over Ballyhaunis and Moy Davitts came out on top in a rip-roaring contest against Parke/Keelogues/Crimlin.
The Kiltane/Islandeady game was postponed due to a bereavement on the Islandeady side and will now be played instead at Kiltane next Saturday (26th) with a 4.30pm throw-in.
In the relegation semi-finals Kiltimagh beat Cill Chomáin while The Neale came out on top against Louisburgh.
Here’s the full list of results from the weekend’s club championship matches:
Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Aghamore 1-10 Castlebar Mitchels 0-19
Garrymore 0-14 Crossmolina Deel Rovers 0-12
Breaffy 2-18 Westport 0-18
Claremorris 0-20 Béal an Mhuirthead 5-13
Relegation semi-finals
Mayo Gaels 0-15 Balla 0-11
Charlestown Sarsfields 5-10 Ballaghaderreen 0-12
Egan Jewellers Intermediate Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Ardnaree Sarsfields 3-8 Ballinrobe 0-23
Ballyhaunis 1-10 Davitts 3-10
Kiltane Islandeady POSTPONED
Mayo Davitts 2-23 Parke/Keelogues/Crimlin 2-20
Relegation semi-finals
The Neale 1-20 Louisburgh 0-14
Kiltimagh 2-18 Cill Chomáin 0-17.
The draws for the senior and intermediate club championship semi-finals were made a short while ago. In the senior championship, it’s Breaffy against Castlebar Mitchels and Garrymore against Béal an Mhuirthead while at intermediate level it’s Moy Davitts against Ballinrobe and Davitts against the winners of Kiltane and Islandeady. Fixture details for the semi-finals will be confirmed in due course.
UPDATE: Those fixture details have now been confirmed and are available here. Details on upcoming games may also be found under the Fixtures tab here on MFT.
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Carraigdubh says:
September 20, 2026 at 5:53 pm
Switch scores, Claremorris v Belmullet
MaighEoAbu123 says:
September 20, 2026 at 7:45 pm
The most wide open championship in a long time. Does anybody know what weekend the final is to be played?
Blonde 64 says:
September 20, 2026 at 8:25 pm
Castlebar v Breaffy 4pm on Sat 3rd Oct in Charlestown. Belmullet v Garrymore in Ballina at 1pm on Sunday 4th
Ontheroad13 says:
September 20, 2026 at 8:39 pm
Breaffy are favourites for me slightly ahead of Garrymore but its so hard to know.
Paddyjoejohntom says:
September 20, 2026 at 9:21 pm
Breaffy v Castlebar in Charlestown? Do they need to bring neighbouring clubs that far ?
GBXI says:
September 20, 2026 at 9:33 pm
What's the logic behind the Charlestown venue does anyone know?
Observer2 says:
September 20, 2026 at 9:37 pm
Don't rule out Castlebar Mitchels.
Mike K says:
September 20, 2026 at 10:14 pm
Cian McHale hitting 14 points for Moy Davitts in Mayo IFC 1/4 Final has to go down as one of the best performances in the county for a long time.
People are delirious over Clifford doing the same in Kerry, in a much weaker championship, so we should definitely be lauding Cian's display today
MooreBeg52 says:
September 20, 2026 at 10:15 pm
Whose bright idea was it to have two clubs from the same parish 3km apart travel 40km away to play each other?
Jimbo says:
September 20, 2026 at 10:37 pm
It is pure daftness bringing castlebar and breaffy to Charlestown for the semi-final. what is wrong with mchale park?
Blonde 64 says:
September 20, 2026 at 11:19 pm
It's ridiculous and the price of fuel.
Achill75 says:
September 20, 2026 at 11:32 pm
Just looking at Kobe last night he already looks to have put on muscle since the Final whatever St Kilda have him doing its working.
True Grit says:
September 20, 2026 at 11:34 pm
Jimbo. You are 100% correct. Would they be better of to bring it to Tuam? Distance the same. What a decision. But again its Mayo GAA, nothing new. If you look at Roscomm, they play their semi finals and finals in stadium in Roscommon Town. In Galway they play their semi finals either in Tuam or Pearse stadium. Tell a supporte to travel from Shrule/ Glencorrib to travel across the County to a semi final in Charlestown and the cost of fuel makes the mind boggle. The GAA in Mayo dont care about the supporters. If the County Board put on the 2 Semi Finals same day in McHale Park see the crowd they would attract. I'll say no more.
Supermac says:
September 21, 2026 at 8:35 am
You have to admire Garrymore, incredible how they stay so competitive at senior level with their size.
It was looking worrying there for a while with rural depopulation that the big towns Ballina/Westport/castlebar would be far too dominant.
With my own team gone out id love to see Garrymore win it out, what a year Hession is having by the way.
Nailed on allstar (and i suspect a poty candidate along with ROD and Clifford) and continuing his form with club, he must be a pest to play against
James Fleming says:
September 21, 2026 at 12:44 pm
Breaffy v Castlebar should have been fixed for Kiltimagh
Ontheroad13 says:
September 21, 2026 at 2:25 pm
They obviously want to play the games at club grounds for a better atmosphere ane they chose Charlestown and ballina because they are the best club grounds outside of mchale park especially to handle big crowds which both games will have. Crossmolina v westport was played in Charlestown last year in the semi final and it was a unbelievable atmosphere and game.
ThirdManIn says:
September 22, 2026 at 9:14 am
Breaffy and Castlebar played in Charlestown in the semi final in 2023 and it was a cracking atmosphere. Like Ontheroad says, there aren't too many club grounds that can host a semi. It's either that or go back to playing both semi finals back-to-back in McHale Park imo.
GBXI says:
September 22, 2026 at 10:50 am
ThirdManIn, why couldn't Cloger (Ballintuber) host the game?
ThirdManIn says:
September 22, 2026 at 12:11 pm
GBXI, it "could" host it I suppose, but so could Parke, Balla, Islandeady etc but are those more suitable to host it than Charlestown is the real question. Much more parking available in Charlestown, bigger stand as well, better viewing points outside of the stand, overall it's a much more suitable venue for a big crowd.
A trip to Charlestown isn't the huge expedition it is being made out to be. All things considered, it's the best place to host the game outside of McHale Park.