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The Irish Sun
7 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
‘Welcome to the world wee lady' – Mayo GAA star and wife overjoyed after birth of baby daughter
MAYO GAA ace James Carr and his wife Danielle have shared the first images of their newborn daughter Katie. The powerful forward shared a quartet of adorable photos taken from the maternity hospital as well as revealing Katie was born on July 16. 3 The proud parents shared this cute pic from the hospital ward Credit: @jamescarr97 3 Katie's adorable jumper describes that she's 'little and loved' Credit: @jamescarr97 3 He's most famous for his viral goal vs Galway in 2019 that racked up over eight million views The sweet album was captioned: "Welcome to the world wee lady, Katie Carr." The heartwarming Mayo's all-time leading scorer Cillian O'Connor also passed on his best, adding: 'Congrats Danielle & JC." His status as either a present or past star is a bit more vague considering he sat out the 2025 campaign. Read More On GAA However, just this week Appearing on William Hill's He outlined: 'I didn't say anything (to make the news public), I think someone did an interview and said that. 'I didn't put anything out. I rang the management, and met the management. I rang a few senior and younger players and told them. Most read in GAA Football 'I met Kevin McStay in the autumn and we had a few good, frank conversations. "Kevin was keen in the end, when he had accepted I was going, to ask me not to draw a line under anything and not to be definitive. Sharlene Mawdsley takes part in hilarious road race as part of Tipperary's All-Ireland celebration 'If he had asked me to draw a line, one way or the other, I would have been happy to go and leave it at that. I wasn't going to put out a statement anyway.' Reflecting on his new vantage point this summer from the sidelines rather in the thick of it, he added: 'It's been different obviously. I'd say elements of it have been enjoyable. "It's been nice in a way too, first time since 2011, and even including Minor and Under-21 since 2008 to be outside it. "To step off that roller coaster for a bit and enjoy it a bit more and appreciate the skills that everyone's showing at the weekends and not be as intense and uptight. 'When you're watching games, it could be two teams at the other side of the country, but if we're still in the Championship, you're thinking 'if we get one of these now, what am I gonna do?' "It's nice to be able to breathe a bit.' The Connacht final runners-up remain without a manager after McStay's tenure was somewhat The county board's statement informing supporters of the 63-year-old being "relieved" of his duties drew widespread criticism for being needlessly cold in its tone. That McStay had had to take an enforced leave of absence for health reasons in May made large swaths of Mayo's fanbase particularly irritated at their officials. In the days afterwards the county board
The Irish Sun
09-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
‘Time for something different' – Mayo GAA set deadline to appoint new manager as top candidate rules himself out
MAYO GAA have their ideal deadline set for the appointment of the next senior football manager to replace Kevin McStay. McStay was 2 The 63-year-old had spent three years as the Mayo manager 2 Horan brought Mayo to four All-Ireland finals but failed to win any of them The decision came after Mayo's disappointing group stage Championship exit following the The Ballina native Stand in head coach Stephen Rochford has also moved on from the Westeners having According to are hoping to have a new senior football team manager in place within the next five to seven weeks. Read more on GAA The Executive also stated that they had planned to have the new management in place for the early rounds of the club football championship. One of the front runners for the vacant position has ruled himself out of contention. Speaking on the He said: 'I won't be going for the Mayo manager position. Not at all. It is not for me. Most read in GAA Football 'I had a go at that and I think it's time for Mayo to look at someone different or something different." The Green and Red county have a history of recycling former managers. 'Jacqui Hurley is excited' jokes Des Cahill as RTE pair put out call to arms to Cork & Tipperary fans Pat Holmes, John O'Mahony, John Maughan and most recently Stephen Rochford - albeit for unfortunate circumstances - have all had two stints at the helm. No Mayo manager has had three separate tenures in charge and Horan does not want to be the first. The two time All-star believes a new face should be the target for the Mayo county board. There are plenty of options to choose from with big names such as Ger Brennan, Robert Galligan, Dessie Farrell, Tony McEntee and Paul Shankey all stepping down from their roles this season. Despite resigning from the Mayo job on two occasions, Horan remains a fan of the Westeners. He is quite happy to remain on the opposite side of the barriers and away from the whitewash where he spent so much of his time. The Ballintubber man added: "I'm just a supporter and happy in that position, going to the games with my young fella, cheering them on. "Where I am at the moment, I've had a chat with Seamus Tuohy on that just to clear it up, because I don't even want my name associated with it in case there is any confusion. Absolutely not.' Mayo are not alone in their search for a new manager however as Dublin, Cavan, Louth, Sligo, Antrim and Waterford are all also in the market.
