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The final preparations are being made in Galway Cathedral for the upcoming annual Novena which runs for nine days from Monday March 6 to Tuesday March 14.

‘Faith In Challenging Times’ is the theme of this year's Galway Cathedral Novena which takes place March 6-14.

After a disappointing start to their division one campaign, Galway need a win soon, and where better than in Tuam Stadium this weekend against Tyrone with the ball throwing in at 1.45pm.

We are right in the thick of it now with all the big guns having taken to the field for championship action - apart from Kerry who we will see this Saturday against Cork.

At the end of the Mayo-Dublin All-Ireland semi-final five weeks ago, as the ‘Green and Red of Mayo’ boomed out over the loudspeakers, the chorus reverberated around the ground like a war-cry signalling the end of the most hurtful oppression imaginable at the hands of Dublin for over a decade.

Division two awaits Mayo next season after they were seen off by Tyrone by a single point in MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon.

It is all pretty simple for Mayo - win on Sunday against Tyrone and they will be playing division one football next season; lose and it is division two; draw and then they'll be waiting on results from elsewhere to come in, to see if they can cling on to their division one status.

Mayo have responded in the face of adversity before. When a situation looked doomed, this team somehow got inspiration from somewhere to rectify the wrongs, to produce performances when we didn't expect them and when we needed them badly.

A huge crowd is expected in Tuam Stadium on Sunday when Galway footballers will host Tyrone in round four of the Allianz League (2pm).

The nation - or at least the 16 counties that were in the hat anyway - waited with bated breath for last Monday's qualifier draw.