Anthony Hennigan

6 days ago | westernpeople.ie | Anthony Hennigan

Most aficionados of football will have no difficulty in providing the year of Mayo’s last senior defeat to Leitrim. The likelihood, however, is that the majority will be right for the wrong reason. Because while 1994 remains famous for Leitrim’s slaying of the Jack O’Shea-managed Mayo to win what remains the last time the Wild Rose County lifted the Nestor Cup, most will have forgotten it was only the first of two times that John O’Mahony’s ‘minnows’ got the better of his native county that year.

1 week ago | roscommonherald.ie | Anthony Hennigan

Despite enjoying numerical advantage for more than 40 minutes, Roscommon couldn’t quell Mayo’s second-half rebellion in the opening round of the Nickey Rackard Cup in Castlebar on Saturday afternoon. The visitors were two points ahead at half-time and surged six points ahead within minutes of the restart. But they just couldn’t contain the 14 men of Mayo who turned on the style and showed why they are the warmest of favourites to win the competition.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Anthony Hennigan

Connacht SFC quarter-final: Mayo 2-20 Sligo 2-17For the second year running, Sligo came up agonisingly short of causing a major upset at the first hurdle of the Connacht championship when pushing Mayo right to the final whistle in sun-kissed Castlebar on Sunday. Unlike last season, however, when Sligo led for practically the entirety of their contest with Galway, only to be felled by a stoppage-time goal, they had to do all the chasing here.

3 weeks ago | westernpeople.ie | Anthony Hennigan

Volunteers are sought to assist the Foxford Enhancement Group in their big Spring clean-up of Foxford town and the surrounding areas. The event is going to take place on Easter Monday, April 21 and the group would gladly welcome anyone who has two hours to spare, from 11am to 1pm. The meeting point is at the pharmacy carpark and gloves and high viz vests will be provided along with pickers – but if you have your own, please do bring it with you.

3 weeks ago | westernpeople.ie | Anthony Hennigan

Mitigation was offered but no excuses. What disappointed Kevin McStay much more than losing on Sunday was the standard of his team’s performance. Agreeing that six points was the least Mayo deserved to lose by, the longer he spoke, the harsher he seemed to become. “We never asked a big question,” he responded to the first journalist’s request for an opinion on the 1-18 to 1-12 defeat. By question four McStay was admitting Mayo “were cleaned out of it” at midfield.