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Exactly 12 years ago next week one of the great Galway United goals was planted at the Carlisle Grounds.

Mayo were able to hold off a brave Cavan showing to pick up the points in this opening round of the LGFA senior football championship.

Balancing being both an international basketball player and an inter-county footballer is not easy, but it is one that 21-year-old Kiltimagh native Dayna Finn is dealing with.

The Mayo Ladies's senior footballers will get their championship campaign underway on Saturday afternoon when they make the trip to Markievicz Park to take on Cavan in the first round of the group stages of the championship.

Mayo take on Leitrim on Sunday for the right to play in the 2021 Connacht senior football final.

Spend some time with Ryan O'Donoghue and you'll come away with a few things to think about. He's fiercely proud of where he comes from, he relishes a challenge and he's determined to succeed.

There will be a move of sorts back to normality on Sunday afternoon when the biggest crowd to attend a sporting event in the county since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, will gather in MacHale Park.

Mayo displaced the challenge of Sligo with ease last Saturday on the road - and with Leitrim now coming up in the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final next weekend, the focus of Mayo manger James Horan has been firmly fixed on that game.

Mayo got their 2021 championship off to a flying start after a facile 3-23 to 0-12 victory over a very disappointing, out of sorts and dispirited Sligo outfit in the Connacht quarter final.