As soon as the hooter sounded in Croke Park, the story was no longer about football
Mayo’s joyous All-Ireland win was also about roots and identity and a rebuttal of the past
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From waterfalls to silent valleys: Nine of Ireland’s lesser-known landscapes to discover this summer
Take the scenic route this summer to Ireland’s lesser-known landscapes, where waterfalls, caves, abbeys and islands reward the detour
Mayo’s win was one of the most joyful national episodes since Republic’s foundation
When winter arrives and the evenings close in, the people of Mayo will continue to remind themselves it was real
Twin Reeks: Frank McNally on a new, virtual reality Croagh Patrick and the real (but changing) thing
Preparing to climb the old-fashioned way, I am reminded that the modern Reek Sunday is nothing like it was 25 or 30 years ago
Thousands of music, Mayo and Glen Hansard fans descend on All Together Now
Kneecap, Pulp and Disclosure to headline this weekend’s Waterford music festival
Frank McNally: A history of the Mayo football famine in 75 moments
Mayo’s 1952 All-Ireland win was followed by quiet years, rain and the county’s closest neighbours rubbing salt in the wound
Black Sheep at The Grace review: The service is wonderful but the prices might raise eyebrows
There’s genuine hospitality in this Mayo hotel restaurant, and a thread of ambition runs through the menu
St Patrick’s Bed? – Frank McNally on spending All-Ireland final night in a Mayo bridal suite
After hitchhiking back from Craogh Patrick, the celebrations in Westport led to an unexpected ending for the weekend
‘The only wheelbarrow in Mayo being used today’: Ballyhaunis welcomes Mayo champions
Emotional homecoming tour continues as fans recall magic moment of victory
Mayo people abroad: ‘I told English friends it’s like winning the World Cup, but bigger’
Irish in Australia: ‘At 1am we woke up our two young children to watch the rest of the game’
Tears flow as thousands welcome Sam to Mayo
Sports Briefing: Shamrock Rovers face crunch European tie while Kate O’Connor chases gold in Glasgow
Early Edition: Sam’s made it to Mayo, fighting your health insurer, and last-minute staycations
Plus: Aughinish Alumina, and two good incomes but can’t afford a home
Tens of thousands welcome Mayo’s heroes back to Castlebar as county wakes from 75-year nightmare
Hollywood movies were reimagined and book deals invented before the All-Ireland champions returned to Mayo with a very special guest
Are you a Mayo person living abroad? How did you celebrate the All-Ireland win?
Share your story: Have you told your friends and neighbours why this All-Ireland win means so much to you?
Former presidents, current prime ministers and Britpop kings celebrate Mayo’s All-Ireland triumph
The green and red see a swell of support on social media from well-known names at home and abroad
In pictures: Mayo fans celebrate historic All-Ireland win
Mayo won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in 75 years on Sunday
On Croagh Patrick the three-leafed shamrock predicted Mayo’s winning margin
Reek Sunday 2026: Mayo climb mountain in Croke Park as thousands of the county’s faithful ascend Croagh Patrick
You Langer: Colette Sheridan on a wonderful new book of Cork’s slang words
Immaculate conception, fine half, electrocution lessons, a fifty and more in professor’s compendium
How an Ohio woman set up a hit vegetarian restaurant on a tiny Irish island
Ciara Cullen is the force behind the innovative Stone Barn Café on Clare Island, as well as running the farm that supplies it
Be like John Lennon and buy an Irish island, with bidding starting at €299,000
Four islands for sale off the coast of Mayo, Donegal, Tipperary and Galway
Vamos, vamos: Why Foxford will be roaring on Argentina to World Cup glory
Co Mayo birthplace of Argentine hero hopes to keep celebrations going with All-Ireland final win, too
Thirty-seven Irish film locations to visit, from Gene Wilder’s Dublin to Sean Connery’s Wicklow
The Ireland behind the movies, including Stanley Kubrick’s country estates and Steven Spielberg’s Wexford beach
Drought conditions prevalent in parts of south of country amid high temperature warning
Yellow notice issued for most of country over coming days with no rain forecast for foreseeable future
‘More crowd management than education’: 39,000 children in class sizes of 30 or more
Two largest classes sizes, at 38 pupils for one teacher, found in counties Tipperary and Mayo
Man accused of fleeing US after hit-and-run spent more than decade in Ireland as fugitive
He had been arrested and charged in 2015 over traffic incident in suburb close to Washington
15 great food spots around Ireland for a relaxed bite to eat
These are the places to visit when you want high-quality, flavoursome food without any airs or graces
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Why we want to salute Net Zero Heroes
As the deadline to nominate people and places in the second Ireland’s Greenest Places competition approaches, we take a look at some of those already in the running
Cyclist in his 50s dies after Co Mayo crash
Gardaí appeal for witnesses and camera footage after incident on the N84 near Ballinrobe
‘No safety barrier’: Sligo binman died after fall from defective lorry, court hears
Inquest jury finds death was due to severe brain injury following workplace accident
Enoch Burke launches fresh court challenge over school dismissal
Latest case is against disciplinary appeals panel, school board and Minister for Education
Maloney family seek over €10m for Mayo’s Mount Falcon Estate
Businessman Barry Maloney and his brothers seek buyer for luxury country-house hotel on 95 acres
Ballina school cast into bureaucratic spotlight as movable EU presidency feast rolls on
Employment and Social Affairs Council brings ministers and officials to Co Mayo town for first formal meeting of Ireland’s six-month run
Good going: The horse-training landlord who helped thousands of tenants survive the Famine
Mayo landowner George Henry Moore was a trailblazer who said Charles Trevelyan was a ‘dogmatist that no experience could instruct’
Calleary appeals to unions to join pay talks
EU social protection ministers meeting in Minister’s Mayo constituency
‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland
Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside
Planning request by fireworks supplier who worked on Taylor Swift concerts should be reconsidered, judge rules
Previous decision to refuse permission to install shipping container underground for storage of pyrotechnics in Mayo was quashed
Highest temperature in Ireland 27.9 degrees in Co Cork as Britain records hottest ever June day
Status yellow high temperature warning is in force in Ireland until Friday morning
Child killed in Co Mayo road traffic incident
Incident took place on the N59 near Ballina on Sunday morning
A new-build home in Mayo: ‘We left two six-figure jobs in Florida to come to Ireland with no plan’
Photographer Jessica Glynn gave up life in Florida to move to Co Mayo with her husband and daughter. She’s enjoying the slower pace and the chance to put her stamp on their new-build home
How the Westport was won: Frank McNally on an unscheduled but educational night in Mayo
An ancestor of visiting Canadian prime minister Mark Carney took part in a ‘great cattle drive’ in defiance of landowner Lord Sligo
Sun shines on Mark Carney as Aughagower welcomes world leader
With its small stone bridges and babbling stream, the Co Mayo village made for a picture-postcard backdrop for a returning Irish emigrant
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney returns ‘home’ to Co Mayo
Premier traces his heritage back to Aughagower, where his grandparents were born
Scrap-happy cafe brings new life to Monaghan town: ‘You could replicate this all over the country’
Every bit of the Genesis Cafe fit-out is reimagined from waste material, much of it pulled out of skips
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s grandfather’s heroics during the Civil War
Robert Carney held off a mob of anti-Treaty demonstrators who tried to storm a guard station in Co Wicklow
The Irish Times view on Mark Carney: setting an example
Former central banker has emerged as political leader of real substance
‘He had one dream’: The Mayo De La Salle brother who built a top Asian art college
Singapore's Lasalle College of the Arts started as a school with 27 students is now one of the leading art colleges in southeast Asia
Two children airlifted to Temple Street children’s hospital after Mayo crash
Collision occurred on N59 at Clooneen, near Westport
‘He looks awful like Gramps Carney’: Mayo relatives set for visit of Canada’s PM
Mark Carney will visit the village of Aughagower this Sunday where his ancestors hailed from
What will €225,000 buy in Drogheda and on Achill Island?
A period two-bed in heart of Drogheda or a three-bed bungalow on the Wild Atlantic Way
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney to visit Ireland next week
Carney will make trip to Co Mayo to see grandparents’ home place
Mary Kennedy: ‘I lost that adult relationship with my dad and I’d give anything to have it back’
TV presenter Mary Kennedy on her happy disposition, her late dad and her unusual way of controlling the television volume
Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths
We have designed roads to suit cars and trucks to the point where it is not safe to walk or cycle
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