Andy Moran is special guest at Mayo Sports Stars Awards

Andy Moran is special guest at Mayo Sports Stars Awards

Mayo’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning manager Andy Moran will be the special guest at this year’s Western People Mayo Sports Stars Awards.

This year’s awards dinner will take place in Breaffy House Hotel on Friday, November 13, 2026.

In what has been a monumental year for sport in Co Mayo, the 2026 Mayo Sports Stars Awards have attracted a huge volume of nominations. The names of all the recipients will be published online in the coming week and in the next print edition of the Western People.

Since their inception in 1970, the Western People Mayo Sports Stars Awards have honoured some of the county’s finest sporting achievements and personalities – and this year is set to be no different, with some outstanding results and performances by Mayo sportspeople, nationally and internationally, across a range of different disciplines.

The Western People is especially pleased to confirm Andy Moran as special guest for the awards banquet on November 13.

The Ballaghaderreen native’s career has been one of elite achievement. As a footballer, he was selected twice as an All Star and named GAA Footballer of the Year in 2017. At one stage Mayo’s most capped senior player of all time, he won eight Connacht SFC titles, two National Football Leagues, three Sigerson Cups and two Mayo SFC titles.

A former Mayo Sports Stars award recipient himself, Andy Moran’s greatest accomplishment came in 2026 when he masterminded Mayo’s coronation as All-Ireland Senior Football champions after 75 years of waiting for the Sam Maguire Cup. It’s a milestone moment that will be marked accordingly at this year’s Mayo Sports Stars Awards night.

The evening will include a drinks reception, four-course dinner, awards presentation and entertainment. Tickets are priced at €75 and can be obtained from the Western People by contacting Nicola Lawrence at 086-8293435 or nicola.lawrence@westernpeople.ie.