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Pádraig O'Hora keeps tabs on Dublin's Ciarán Kilkenny during the 2021 All-Ireland semi-final

O'Hora adds to those stepping away from Mayo in 2025

Following on from Cillian O'Connor's decision to opt out of the Mayo squad for 2025, defender Pádraig O'Hora will also be unavailable for next year

Football • 26 Nov 24

Old master or hot hand: O'Connor gives Mayo free choice

Cillian O'Connor's return to full fitness provides a great boost for Mayo, but also a free-kick conundrum for manager Kevin McStay, writes Eamon Donoghue.

Football • 16 Jun 24

Cillian O'Connor: 'The players that come into inter-county set-ups tend to be high achievers'

O'Connor backs fresh Mayo faces to prove their worth

Cillian O'Connor is confident Mayo's young guns will adapt to the intense demands of inter-county fooball after a chastening winter experience.

Football • 24 Jan 24

Mayo's highest-ever scorer in championship football is embarking on his 13th season with the Mayo senior team

O'Connor embracing 'privilege' of another tough summer

Cillian O'Connor is looking forward to a 13th championship campaign with Mayo, but before that, the Ballintubber ace is desperate to prove his fitness ahead of Sunday's Allianz football final against Galway at Croke Park.

Football • 29 Mar 23

The Ballintubber man returns to the Mayo starting XV

Updated Cillian O'Connor handed Mayo start for Galway clash

Cillian O'Connor will make his first start for Mayo against Galway on Sunday since sustaining an Achilles injury against Clare in an Allianz League match last June.

GAA • 22 Apr 22

Mayo's O'Donoghue gets O'Connor WhatsApp tips on frees

Ryan O'Donoghue got a WhatsApp voice note from Cillian O'Connor on Saturday morning as he prepared for Mayo's Connacht SFC opener against Sligo.

Football • 29 Jun 21

Cillian O'Connor was replaced just before the break at Cusack Park

Blow for Mayo as O'Connor set for Achilles 'procedure'

Mayo have been dealt a big setback with the news that star forward Cillian O'Connor will require an operation on the Achilles injury he suffered in Sunday's Allianz Football League win over Clare.

Mayo • 16 Jun 21

Mayo are hopeful Aidan O'Shea will recover in time for the start of the National League

O'Connor hopeful O'Shea will return for league

Mayo received a boost this weekend when it was reported that Aidan O'Shea's knee injury, incurred in training last week, wasn't as bad as initially feared.

GAA • 27 Apr 21

'We haven't wasted any energy chatting about other teams'

O'Connor: No end of an era in Mayo

In the wake of Mayo's fifth All-Ireland final defeat in nine years, a host of stalwarts walked away but Cillian O'Connor is bullish about how the transition is progressing as teams return to training

GAA • 27 Apr 21

O'Connor is in his 10th championship season with Mayo

O'Connor the constant threat as Mayo try to learn fast

Much has changed since Mayo last beat Dublin in the championship in 2012 but the one constant seems to be Cillian O'Connor and his scoring prowess, writes Peter Branigan.

GAA • 17 Dec 20

Stephen Bennett (L) and Cillian O'Connor

Bennett and O'Connor named players of semi-finals

Waterford hurler Stephen Bennett and Mayo footballer Cillian O'Connor have been named as the PwC GAA/GPA semi-final players of the month today.

GAA • 10 Dec 20

Aidan O'Shea in action against Dublin during the 2019 All-Ireland semi-final

O'Shea: 'Exciting, free-flowing' game suits Mayo best

Mayo captain Aidan O'Shea insists that playing "exciting, free-flowing" football will be part of what the Connacht side will bring to the table when facing Dublin in the All-Ireland SFC final on 19 December.

GAA • 09 Dec 20

Mayo's Cillian O'Connor hit four goals against Tipperary

Cillian O'Connor: Mayo have 'lots to work on'

Mayo star Cillian O'Connor has said that the Connacht side has "lots to work on" ahead of their All-Ireland final clash with Dublin on 19 December.

GAA • 06 Dec 20

O'Connor scored nine points as Mayo defeated Roscommon

Cillian O'Connor credits young guns for boosting Mayo

Cillian O'Connor feels the new wave of young players in the Mayo panel have reinvigorated the team as they booked their place in the Connacht final.

GAA • 08 Nov 20

Cillian O'Connor and Mayo face Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday

O'Connor: Futile to daydream about All-Ireland medals

Mayo's Cillian O'Connor believes that squad depth and adapting to the unusual championship conditions will be key considerations as sides face into the 2020 All-Ireland football championship.

GAA • 28 Oct 20

Seamus O'Shea of Mayo in action against Conor McGill and Shane Gallagher of Meath during Sunday's Super 8s clash

Will extra week be enough to recharge Mayo's batteries?

Mayo know that a win against Donegal will see them progress to an All-Ireland semi-final, but doubts remain as to whether they can raise their game sufficiently to get over the Ulster champions.

GAA • 23 Jul 19

O'Connor gives Dublin's Paul Mannion the slip

Cooper worried record-breaking O'Connor will hurt Kerry

O'Connor needs five points to become the leading scorer in championship history - and he's likely to do it in Gooch's hometown.

GAA • 11 Jul 19

O'Connor set to overhaul Cooper at top of the charts

The Mayo marksman is just four points behind Kerry great Colm Cooper at the top of the all-time scorers charts.

GAA • 09 Jul 19

Cillian O'Connor is back in the starting 15 for Mayo

GAA teams: O'Connor named to start for Mayo, Keegan out

Cillian O'Connor has been named to start for Mayo in their All-Ireland SFC Round 4 qualifier clash with Galway on Saturday night.

GAA • 05 Jul 19

No place for O'Connor as Mayo make four changes

Mayo have made four changes for tomorrow's Round 3 qualifier clash with Armagh but there is still no place in the team for Cillian O'Connor.

GAA • 28 Jun 19

A dejected Donal Vaughan after the final whistle

Colm O'Rourke: Mayo are in terminal decline

Stephen Rochford has, once again, a huge job on his hands to lift Mayo for a summer charge. But The Sunday Game panel believe their best days are now behind them.

GAA • 13 May 18

Dublin stars Fiona Hudson, Lyndsey Davey, Rian McBride, Philly McMahon, Paddy Andrews and Eoghan O'Donnell at Holy Spirit BNS in Ballymun today

Paddy Andrews: I didn't mean to snub Cillian O'Connor

Dublin footballer Paddy Andrews has insisted that his failure to shake the hand of Mayo's Cillian O'Connor ahead of the All-Ireland SFC final was an accident.

GAA • 24 Oct 17

"Dublin have been ridiculously good all year. They don't do complacency"

Cavanagh: Dublin can beat Mayo playing at 80 percent

Recently retired Tyrone star Séan Cavanagh believes that Dublin can beat Mayo and win a three in-a-row of All-Ireland football titles without having to play at their best.

GAA • 12 Sep 17

Mayo in Numbers: Vital statistics from two epic seasons

Mayo have put together two of the longest Championship campaigns in Gaelic football history. Peter Sweeney drills down into the numbers to bring you the headline statistics.

GAA • 11 Sep 17

Cillian O'Connor will likely play in his fourth All-Ireland final in three weeks' time

Experience key as Cillian O'Connor eyes fourth final

Cillian O'Connor is only 25-years-old, but already he has been Mayo captain for two years, he's a veteran of eight Championship seasons and he has been part of three All-Ireland final losing teams.

GAA • 26 Aug 17