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The Mayo Curse is Lifted

I follow the hurling more than the Gaelic football, but I did watch yesterday’s memorable All-Ireland final between Kerry and Mayo which attracted a TV audience of over a million people. Bear in mind that the population of the Republic of Ireland is just 5 million.

Kerry were strong favourites ahead of the game, but it was underdogs Mayo (who played in all-white kit) that prevailed, deservedly, by 1-20 to 1-17.

This result is huge news because it is 75 years since Mayo won the All-Ireland title – they had been beaten finalists six times since 2012, including 2020 and 2021. The last time they won was in 1951. The Mayo colours were much in evidence in Maynooth last night as people celebrated their team lifting the Sam Maguire Cup along with the lifting of the Mayo Curse. I don’t think any members of the Mayo team will be buying their own drinks for a long time!

I like this very wholesome picture showing Mayo’s Jordan Flynn and Kobe McDonald on the pitch at Croke Park after the end of the game.

Incidentally the Irish name for Mayo, Maigh Eo, means “Plain of the Yew Trees” and the Maigh is also responsible for the first bit of “Maynooth”.

The Day of the Final

We come to it at last. Today is the day of the greatest sporting event of the year, the day we have been waiting for, the event that the eyes of the world will be trained upon. I refer of course to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final which takes place this afternoon at Croke Park in Dublin. Throw-in is at 3.30pm.

I’d love to experience the atmosphere of an All-Ireland final in person but it’s an impossible task to get tickets so I’ll be watching the match on TV. Here in Maynooth we get a sample however as many supporters park their cars at the GAA ground in Maynooth and take the train to Drumcondra, which is close to Croke Park. The town will be filled with fans in the green of Limerick or the maroon-and-white of Galway. There will probably more of the latter, as Maynooth is on the direct route from Galway into Dublin. The All-Ireland Final is every bit as big as the FA Cup Final used to be when I was a kid.

I was a little concerned that the Final would be played in sweltering temperatures, but it is a bit cooler today though still sunny. No rain is forecast, but the temperature will be around 21ºC with light northerly winds of about 8km/h. Close to ideal conditions, I’d say.

The bookies have Limerick strong favourites at 1/2 with Galway 5/2, but you should bear in mind that last year Cork were strong favourites, but lost to Tipperary after a stunning second-half turnaround. Holders Tipperary had a poor season this time around and didn’t make it to the knockout stages. Cork were beaten by Galway in a semi-final this year. A peculiarity of the Hurling Championship is that Galway, which is in Connacht, play in the Leinster division (because there isn’t enough competition in Connacht). Just few years ago Limerick were invincible, winning four consecutive All-Ireland finals (2020-3) but faded a bit more recently. Can they return to winning ways? We’ll see. I’ll update at half-time and full-time.

P.S. I believe there’s some football on later too.

#Oasis concert's vibrations went all the (long) way to #Tipperary!

https://www.insn.ie/2025-08-17-oasis-concerts/

#Dublin #Ireland #Concert #INSN #EarthQuake #Crowd #CrokePark

#CrokePark is a sea of red. Cork supporters more numerous, but it's a close game so far. #Cork ahead by two. #Hurling #CorkvTipperary #GAA

#CrokePark 82,300 already offered for Euro 2028. Croke Park is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association (#GAA).

Lots of #Limerick supporters in green shirts in Maynooth earlier on, ahead of their #Hurling Quarter-Final at #CrokePark. Only a few in light blue for their opponents, #Dublin. (People often leave their cars here and travel to Drumcondra by train for events at Croke Park.)

[17:38] Croke Park in line to host first NFL game in Ireland

Croke Park looks set to host Ireland's first NFL game later this year with the Government briefed today on the proposal to bring a Pittsburgh Steelers fixture to GAA Headquarters.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/us-sport/2025/0205/1494861-croke-park-in-line-to-host-first-nfl-game-in-ireland/

#CrokePark #Ireland #first #NFL #laterthisyear #Government #today #PittsburghSteelers #GAAHeadquarters

Some good news: An event due to be held in Croke Park and hosted by US company, Red Hat, which has links to the Israeli military, has been postponed.

https://www.thejournal.ie/croke-park-red-hat-israeli-linked-company-summit-postponed-6487616-Sep2024/

@palestine

#RedHat #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Israel #CrokePark #GAA #MastoDaoine

GAA urged to cancel Croke Park event over Israeli military links

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/gaa-chiefs-urged-to-cancel-croke-park-event-QC6GP5EQ3ZHRRCFLKWQ57GZU5U/

@palestine

#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #GAA #CrokePark #MastoDaoine

Gotta say #Coldplay was incredible last night 🎵 Is there anything better than 80,000 people in a stadium singing along to Yellow or Fix You. Loved every minute. #CrokePark #dublin #Ireland #CraicAgusCeol

⚠️ Major incident on North Circular Road - between Mountjoy Prison and the Mater Hospital.

Emergency responders on scene - multiple Fire Brigade Apppliances, Gardaí, recovery vehicles.

Pedestrian access is permitted.

No through access to motor vehicles along the affected stretch of road - diversions via Berkeley Street.

#Dublin #Dublin7 #MastoDaoine #ACDC #CrokePark

#Irish Mastodon, where is a good place to buy resale concert tickets these days? I really want to go to #Coldplay at #CrokePark

It must be terrifying playing in front of such a huge crowd at ##CrokePark! ##AllIrelandFinal #Hurling

Anyone lucky enough to have been at #Crokepark today or watched it on TV's around the world. got treated to an absolute epic All Ireland #Hurling semi-final

With
#Pride
#Fairview
#Malahide
#MarlayPark
#Trinity
#CrokePark
#Aviva

All hosting big seriously major events today in #Dublin I fear the strong possibility of a #PortalToTheUnderworld opening during the day.

#BeCarefulOutTherePeople

Congratulations to #Dublin, winners by 1-15 to 1-13, after an epic struggle in difficult conditions at #CrokePark. Commiserations to #Kerry who gave it everything. #AllIrelandFootballFinal

#Racist messaging stuck up on the turnstiles of #CrokePark. Have reported to the #GAA

Today's the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at #CrokePark between #Limerick and #Kilkenny (a repeat of last year's final). Despite the damp conditions, I'm hoping it's a cracker!

#AllIrelandFinal

I'm at a #socialmedia conference at #CrokePark talking about various trends expected for #2023. No mention so far of the #Fediverse or #Mastodon. Just wondering how people would feel if big brands or government agencies began to appear on your #Fediverse feeds?

#MastoDaoine #SMDublin #IrishMastodon #Marketing #PR #OnlineMarketing #PublicRelations

The snow from one of our windows; Croke Park looks cold. #Dublin #Sneachta #DublinSnow #CrokePark