Mayo county hurling team

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The Mayo county hurling team represents Mayo in hurling and is governed by Mayo GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Nicky Rackard Cup and the National Hurling League. It formerly competed in the abolished Connacht Senior Hurling Championship.

Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, Castlebar. The team's manager is Derek Walsh. Keith Higgins captains the team, as of May 2021.[1]

The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 1909, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

History[]

Although not a traditional hurling county, hurling is strong in certain parts of the county especially in the eastern region around Ballyhaunis and Tooreen. Mayo has four senior hurling clubs, each of which provides players for the Mayo senior hurling panel, which participates in the National Hurling League and the All-Ireland Nicky Rackard (Tier 3) Cup.

Mayo has 10 clubs which provide players for the Mayo underage hurling development panels. Mayo has development panels at under-14, under-15, under-16 and minor age-groups, and compete in the All-Ireland 'B' competitions each year.

The Mayo under-21 hurling team competes in the Connacht U-21B Hurling Championship each year alongside Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo.

Mayo's best performances in the Christy Ring Cup came in 2008 and 2009, when the Mayo side fell at the semi-final stage to Carlow and Down respectively.

Mayo won the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup, defeating Armagh by a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–15 at Croke Park.[2]

Mayo lost the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final to Donegal by a scoreline of 3–18 to 0–21.[3]

Current squad[]

Team as per Mayo vs Derry in the Christy Ring Cup (Round 1), 2 May 2015

No. Player Position Club
1 Martin Parsons Goalkeeper Castlebar Mitchels
2 Brian Hunt Right Corner Back Ballyhaunis
3 Aiden Connolly Full Back Westport
4 Eoghan Collins Left Corner Back Ballyhaunis
5 Declan Gallagher Right Half Back Westport
6 David Kenny Centre Back Tooreen
7 Ciaran Finn Left Half Back Tooreen
8 Kieran McDermott Midfield Ballyhaunis
9 Padraig O'Flynn Midfield Castlegar (Galway)
10 Austin Lyons Right Half Forward Ballyhaunis
11 Kenny Feeney Centre Forward Tooreen
12 Fergal Boland Left Half Forward Tooreen
13 Stephen Hoban Right Corner Forward Ballyhaunis
14 Sean Regan Full Forward James Stephens
15 Darren McTigue Left Corner Forward Castlebar Mitchels
No. Player Position Club
16 Davog Freyne Substitute Tooreen
17 Adrian Brennan Substitute Ballyhaunis
18 Shane Boland Substitute Tooreen
19 Kieran Kiely Substitute Ballyhaunis
20 Luke Cribben Substitute Ballyhaunis
21 Fergal Lyons Substitute Ballyhaunis
22 Gary Nolan Substitute Tooreen
23 Shane Morley Substitute Tooreen
24 Joe Ganley Substitute Tooreen
25 David Garrison Substitute Tooreen
26 Corey Scahill Substitute Castlebar Mitchels

RET Player has since retired from the county team.
INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Current management team[]

Ratified for a fourth year in charge ahead of the 2021 season:[4]

Players[]

Further information: Category:Mayo inter-county hurlers

Honours[]

All-Irelands (6)[]


Provincials[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Higgins announced as captain of the Mayo hurling team". The Connaught Telegraph. 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Feeney hits 1–9 as Mayo secure Nicky Rackard Cup". Irish Independent. 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Donegal goal burst enough to secure Nicky Rackard glory". RTÉ Sport. 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Walsh to remain in charge of Mayo hurlers". Hogan Stand. 9 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Walsh's warriors looking forward to league final". Mayo Advertiser. 25 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Tooreen legend wins Club Stars award". The Mayo News. 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Henry, Joe". Hogan Stand. 13 December 1991.
  8. ^ "Keith Higgins stars as Ballyhaunis bounce back to claim Mayo hurling title". RTÉ Sport. 12 September 2020.
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