A year to remember: Our month-by-month guide of 2025 in Mayo sport

JANUARY:

Crossmolina’s Croke Park fairytale

Croke Park was the scene of events that will be written into folklore for all on the banks of the Deel, as the Rovers came through a gripping and tantalising decider.

Crossmolina made GAA history by becoming the first team to win the senior and intermediate All-Ireland football championship.

After a pulsating hour of fare against Ballinderry, all eyes were on Conor Loftus. As he stood over the
penalty, many would have told him to go for the point and take the tie to extra time.

However, with all eyes on him a fortnight on from the tragic passing of his partner Roisin Cryan, he
shouldered the responsibility and buried the O’Neill’s in the net, sparking ecstasy.

Brolly joins Knockmore

One of the most famous pundits in the country generated plenty of headlines when he decided to join the saffron and blue.

Derry All-Ireland winner Joe Brolly linked up with Ray Dempsey’s men as they tried to wrestle the Moclair Cup out of the grasp of Ballina Stephenites.

O’Malley’s Cuala scales summit

The Andy Merrigan Cup may have been hoisted aloft by Dublin kings Cuala, but there was a strong Mayo hand in their success.

Louisburgh native Austin O’Malley may have achieved plenty in his playing career, but victory over Errigal Ciarán in the All-Ireland Senior Club final is surely his zenith in a bainisteoir bib.

Eamonn Keane breaks record

The man from Louisburgh they call ‘The Ironman’ was still tearing up the record books some 30 years
after setting his first in 1994.

He surpassed the world records for the Heavyweight Division in Natural Powerlifting with a 240kg bench press, 365kg squat and 375kg deadlift.

Storm Eowyn

This freak weather event gripped the nation, and Mayo sport was caught firmly in its grasp.

The dome at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence was ravaged, while the stand at Burrishoole GAA
also felt the full force of the gales.