A brilliant initiative.
How many of us are caught up on county final day, are busy at home, can’t make the journey and are absolutely sickened to miss the action?
It’s the pinnacle of the county’s GAA calendar. A day that hordes of GAA players’ lives have revolved around for the last few months, for the last few years.
A day that club stalwarts dream about. A day that supporters would do anything possible not to miss. A day that can bring elation, joy, dejection and anything in between.
Any person, with any remote interest in GAA will know when it’s county final day. There’s always a person who knows a person that’s buzzing for the occasion, and this infects us all.
There’s loads of people out in foreign countries, longing for the opportunity to watch it all unfold.
That’s why the service being offered by Mayo GAA TV is something that every other county in Ireland should aspire to offer their county men, women and children.
For just four euro, anybody, anywhere in the world who wanted to keep up with the action in McHale Park could do just that, and it’s no wonder the people of Mayo, and even further afield were counting their lucky stars, and thanking those responsible.
This service was in operation for the semi-finals earlier in the year, too.
HOW TO VIDEO We've simplified process of buying a ticket to watch today's SFC & IFC finals on #mayogaa TV https://t.co/871pebzFc7 #gaa pic.twitter.com/K2yral9zIa
— Mayo GAA TV (@MayoGAATV) October 22, 2017
They came from Athlone.
Great to be able to sit down and watch the Mayo County Finals from comfort of my sitting room in Athlone! Great service @MayoGAATV #mayogaa pic.twitter.com/NlvWzeQSqX
— Feargal Walshe (@mayoowl) October 22, 2017
From the comfort of their own kitchen.
@BallintubberCLG if you can’t get to the match next best thing is @MayoGAATV Liam & Teresa O’Toole watching live! pic.twitter.com/z3QjuZaHQJ
— Pete Rowan (@theguvnor) October 22, 2017
A “seedy” looking Fergal Boland made an appearance after winning yesterday’s county senior hurling final with Tooreen.
Two seedy looking lads being interviewed here on @MayoGAATV . Well done lads… pic.twitter.com/Wkxtl2rCJ4
— Tooreen GAA Hurlers (@TooreenHurlers) October 22, 2017
They came from Spain for God’s sake.
Great to be able to watch the #MayoGAA county final from Spain thanks to @MayoGAATV from all the Healys
— Pauline Healy (@PaulinemHealy) October 22, 2017
As regards the action, Kiltimagh and Moy Davitts couldn’t be separated in the intermediate final, with the Davitts making a serious second half comeback to force the game into a replay.
The senior game between Castlebar Mitchels and Ballintubber went down to the wire, with the Mitchels eventually grinding out a 0-15 0-13 victory to win their 31st title.
We’ve been told that Wexford streamed their county senior hurling final on Sunday, while Armagh have been doing it for years.
