Mayo Football Talk

Fresh from winning a Mayo Junior club championship title with Cill Chomain, Nigel joins Mike and Rob to reflect on a famous day for the North Mayo club. The lads also chat about some of the people who will be picking up awards at the Club Stars banquet next month and Nigel gives some great insight into why the likes of Niall Heffernan, John Reilly, Tommy O'Malley, Seán Regan, Aidan O'Shea and the...

With five weeks to go until The Mayo Football Podcast Club Stars with EirGrid, we announce the nominees for the Team of the Year. Colm Boyle, one of the Club Stars judges along with John Casey, Martin Carney and Nigel Reape, joins Mike and Rob to talk through the list of players who will be in the running for awards on Friday, December 13th at the Knockranny House Hotel in Westport. The lads also...

The official launch of The Mayo Football Podcast Club Stars with EirGrid took place at Knockranny House Hotel in Westport on Tuesday. It was a who’s who of Mayo football with everyone from Lee Keegan to Colm Boyle to Aidan O’Shea coming along to help us get the ball rolling.  We were also delighted to have the likes of Ballina Stephenites manager Niall Heffernan and coach Cora Staunton in attendan...

With the dust settling after an incredible weekend of drama and draws in the Mayo club championships, we hear from some of the players and managers involved.  This show features Darren McHale, Seán Deane, Niall Heffernan, Conor McStay, Tomás Morley, Chris McGlynn, Liam Nyland, Joe Burke, Nobby McLoughlin and Johnny Lavelle.

The curtain came down on the Mayo club championship quarter-finals on Sunday.  John, Mike and Rob were out and about in Foxford, Breaffy and Ballina to see some of the title contenders in action while we also round up the stories of the other games of the day. 

The action, drama, thrills and spills were all in plentiful supply as the third round of the Mayo club championships came to a climax.  John, Mike and Rob round up another hectic day across the county as the quarter-finalists and relegation candidates were all confirmed.

The second round of the Mayo Senior and Intermediate club championships threw up plenty of talking points as the groups start to take shape.   Rob and Mike were out and about again and they round up the day’s events and also look at how the Junior championship is shaping up. 

The Mayo Senior and Intermediate club championships swung into action this evening. Mike and Rob were around some of the grounds and met up after the games to give podcast listeners this round-up of the day’s events.

The passing of the legendary ‘Johnno’ has cast a long shadow across Mayo, the West of Ireland and the GAA world this week. Mike is joined by Edwin McGreal, Martin Carney, Andy Moran and Stephen Drake to talk about John’s life and his legacy, and why he will always be remembered as both one of the great Gaelic football managers and a gentleman.

John, Mike and Rob meet up for a quick chat about a big week for the Mayo senior team.  The lads look back at last Sunday’s draw with Dublin and look ahead to next Saturday’s All-Ireland prelim quarter-final against Derry in Castlebar.  Plus, they shoot the breeze about some of the talking points that have cropped up in recent days and tell you why so many people are subscribing to the podcast eve...

In the wake of Mayo’s win over Roscommon, the focus has shifted to a date with the All-Ireland champions.  The venue has been decided, the tickets are on sale, and the conversations about injuries, match-ups and the spread have already started.  So John, Mike and Rob gathered for a chat about the mood on the ground, the likely talking points, and to tell non-members what they have been missing ove...

In this new Recently on the Podcast show, we look back at audio our Patreon club members will already have heard from the latest Connacht Championship game involving the Minors. We also review some of our podcast coverage that was recorded leading up to and after Sunday's Connacht SFC final against Galway at Pearse Stadium. From the Final Whistle show recorded after the Minors' win over Leitrim, w...

Every so often, we provide a taster of the podcast content we make available on an ongoing basis to our club members on Patreon. In this latest Recently on the Podcast show, Rob and John review audio from Mayo/Roscommon Minor Final Whistle pod, where Martin Carney points to prominent performers in that game; from the Mayo/Sligo U20 Final Whistle show, where Mike reflects on Mayo's Championship eli...

Mayo have beaten New York by a scoreline of 2-21 to 2-6 in the Connacht championship quarter-final at Gaelic Park in the Bronx. Rob, Mike and John were joined at Gaelic Park by Colm Boyle, John Casey and Seán Reilly. There’s also post-match reaction from Mayo manager Kevin McStay, New York manager Alan O’Mara and Mayo captain Paddy Durcan. To get access to all of the podcast episodes, join the clu...

The Mayo Football Podcast is going to New York next month so it’s time to start the build-up! Colm Boyle joins Rob, Mike and John to chat about the trip to the Big Apple and a live event that will be taking place in NYC on Friday, April 5. The lads also chat the weird and wonderful differences of Mayo playing a championship match in Gaelic Park, and Boyler tells a few stories from his own Mayo day...

Mayo claimed a dramatic draw in this afternoon's LGFA NFL Division One Round 4 clash with Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium. Twice they battled back from three points in arrears in a low-scoring contest, with late points from Sinéad Walsh and Maria Cannon giving the Westerners a deserved share of the spoils. After the game Rob chatted with Cormac Reape, former Knockmore LGFA manager and current manager...

Just over forty years have passed since Mayo won All-Ireland honours at Under 21 level for the third time, when they beat Derry in a replayed final played at Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh. It was the first ever All-Ireland final to be played north of the border, with the Mayo team featuring within its ranks a number of players who would go on to become household names for the county at Senior level i...

In our first highlights show of 2024, Rob and John take a sample of voices our Patreon club members will already have heard on the Mayo Football Podcast over the last few weeks. On this pod, Rob Hennelly talks about his hopes for the year, Colm Boyle lists the players who impressed him in Mayo's recent FBD match against London, the London manager Michael Maher reacts to his team's surprise win in...

As the curtain comes down on another year, and the FBD League looms on the horizon, we’re taking an opportunity to check in with all our listeners. John, Mike and Rob reflect on two years of welcoming members to the Mayo Football Podcast and tell you why you should sign up if you haven’t already. The lads explain how to join for just €1 a week and give a flavour of what you can look forward to on...

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from our coverage of the weekend's county finals, which club members on Patreon have already got access to in our Final Whistle pods recorded after the Junior, Intermediate and Senior club finals at MacHale Park.   The first clip comes from Cill Chomain's Eoghan McGrath who was a guest on our Junior final pr...

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from some of the content our club members on Patreon have got access to over the last few weeks.   From Colm Boyle we hear reaction to the news that Corofin's Joe Canney has joined Kevin McStay's management team. The split season, and issues relating to it, was covered in two different pods and from them we...

To mark the release of his new book all about grassroots GAA 'This is the Life' Ciaran Murphy of Second Captains fame, sat down with Rob Murphy to talk all about what motivated him to write about how the GAA can captivate villages and towns all over the land. Ciaran dropped into our studios in south Mayo after a day of travelling around the county visiting some of the best bookstores to sign copie...

In this episode of the Mayo Football Podcast, we look back at some of the content our club members on Patreon have got access to over the last few weeks. Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, which feature Kieran Kilkenny, Conor Diskin, Kevin McLoughlin and Peadar Gardiner.   The first extract we hear comes from Mayo GAA Performance Games Development Administrator Kieran Ki...

We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, focusing on Jason Doherty's inter-county retirement and the start of the club Championships. Following Jason Doherty's announcement that his days as an inter-county player were over, he sat down for an in-depth interview with Mike Finnerty. We hear a few clips...

We had three Mayo Football Podcast shows last week and in this review episode Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan review extracts from these pods, where the main focus during the week was on the Mayo ladies team who were in All-Ireland semi-final action against Kerry on Saturday.   To start the show we hear audio from podcast regular Edwin McGreal, who reflects on Mayo's absence from All-Ireland final da...