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Allianz Football League Division One Final Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-11 By Cian O'Connell at Croke Park This was a satisfactory afternoon at GAA headquarters for ...

O'Donoghue thumped over two frees and the excellent Jack Coyne contributed a critical point. It was Mayo's first score from play since Flynn's 16th minute effort. Walsh and Cooke clipped points, but then Mayo reeled off three in a row to seal the deal. Mayo, though, replied as O'Donoghue and goalkeeper Colm Reape thumped over frees to ensure Mayo led 0-8 to 0-5 at the turnaround. At the opposite end of the field Mayo were restricting Galway, forcing a couple of turovers. Ultimately that was the difference between the teams with the Mayo faithful in the 45, 041 crowd saluting the victory with a throaty roar at the end of a tight game.

Mayo held neighbours Galway at arm's length to win the Allianz Football League Division 1 title by 0-14 to 0-11 after an intense tussle at Croke Park.

That meant Mayo took a slender lead in with them at the change of ends, and they managed to protect that lead all the way to the finish line. Mayo dominated that first quarter in terms of possession and territory, and they also made it count on the scoreboard with early points from Colm Reape (from a 43m free), James Carr and Ryan O'Donoghue (free) settling any early nerves. Mayo managed to give themselves a little more breathing space with a well-struck '45 from their goalkeeper, Colm Reape (who finished with three points) and a free from top scorer Ryan O’Donoghue (who finished with seven points). O’Donoghue also landed a fine effort from a mark on 53 minutes — after he was picked out by the outstanding Aidan O’Shea — to nudge Mayo ahead by 0-11 to 0-8. But a quickfire brace of scores from Robert Finnerty narrowed the margin inside the opening five minutes of the second half and, from there to the finish, there was very little to choose between the teams. In front of an attendance of 45,041, Mayo set the tone early on and were three points in front at the interval - 0-8 to 0-5.

THE KEVIN MCSTAY era has delivered early silverware for Mayo. They may have a championship assignment next Sunday in Connacht but there was little sense of ...

Johnny Heaney (Killannin), 12. Matthew Tierney (Oughterard), 11. Dylan McHugh (Corofin), 6. Sean Kelly (Moycullen), 4. James Carr (Ardagh), 15. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), 14. Jack Carney (Kilmeena), 12. Fionn McDonagh (Westport), 11. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy), 9. Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore), 6. David McBrien (Ballaghaderreen), 4. Jack Coyne (Ballyhaunis), 3.

Mayo goalkeeper Colm Reape was the hero as the county claimed their second Division 1 title in four years, their 13th in total, in Croke Park Sunday ...

Sweeney (65); D. Finnerty (62); D. Hernon (h-t); T. Ruane (70); P. Carr (56); M. Heaney (inj 33); J. McDonagh (66); B. McBrien (h-t); T. Finnerty (0-2, 1 mark); S. Reape (0-3, 2 frees, 1 45); J. Walsh (0-5, 2 frees, 1 45); R. O’Donoghue (0-7, 5 frees, 2 marks); C.

Farmers and people in towns lived in small thatched cottages without toilet facilities and running water. In rural areas of Mayo people often slept in the same ...

At the height of the Great Famine, Nancy Quinn, a native of Staball, Castlebar, was admitted to the County Home when she was seriously ill. IN my Auld Stock articles over the years I have regularly referred to the Great Famine in Ireland and the shocking affect it had on the people of Mayo, town and country. There were practically no medical facilities and many people died at an early age.

Mayo were crowned Allianz National Football League Division 1 champions with a hard-fought 0-14 to 0-11 victory over Galway in Croke Park this afternoon.

That left the Green and Red 0-14 to 0-10 ahead and seemingly on course to win with a degree of comfort, but Reape was called into action again to keep out a rasping shot by Cooke at the expense of a 45'. Galway then conjured up another goal chance, Johnny Heaney getting a toe poke to the ball ahead of the out-rushing Reape but steering his effort wide of the target. It followed the first of Reape's fine saves, the Knockmore man denying John Maher after a burst through the middle followed by a low shot.

Final Mayo 0-14. Galway 0-11. Mike Finnerty Croke Park. THE sound of Mayo's unofficial anthem — 'The Green and Red of Mayo' by The Sawdoctors' — rang out at ...

Colm Reape — who only made his league debut against Galway two months ago — stole most of the headlines with a string of superb saves and three brilliantly-taken place-kicks. Mayo weren’t as fluid as they had been in the opening quarter but their counter-attacking game was creating chances, and a well-struck ‘45 from Colm Reape, along with another Ryan O’Donoghue point helped to keep the Tribesmen at arm’s length. Robert Finnerty split the posts twice after the restart to leave just a kick of the ball between the teams and, from there to the finish, there was very little to choose between the teams. Early scores from Colm Reape (a nerveless free from almost 45m), James Carr and Ryan O’Donoghue (free) settled the early nerves, and a further hat-trick of points from O’Donoghue (a mark), Paddy Durcan and Jordan Flynn saw them pull further ahead. The Kilcacud Crokes attacker was Galway’s most threatening forward in that second quarter and he tagged on a couple of trademark points — including one audacious effort from play — to get last year’s Division 2 finalists back into contention. In front of an attendance of 45,041, McStay’s charges set the tone early and were 0-6 to 0-1 up by the end of the first quarter.