Mayo GAA County Convention set for this weekend
Paul Cunnane is the only nominee to succeed John Walker as Mayo GAA's new Communications Officer. Picture:INPHO/James Crombie
The Mayo GAA County Convention will take place next Sunday in St John’s Centre, Knock, with a three-way battle anticipated for the two positions as Connacht GAA Council delegates.
Paul Cunnane (Davitts) steps down as a provincial council delegate having served his five-year term. Former Mayo GAA chairman Liam Moffatt (Crossmolina), who is currently the other Mayo delegate for Connacht Council, is one of three candidates vying to become one of the two provincial delegates for 2026 along with Paddy McNicholas (Kiltimagh) and John Walker (Cill Chomáin).
McNicholas’ term as Central Council delegate has come to an end while Walker will step down from his role as Mayo GAA Communications Officer having also served his five years. Paul Cunnane is understood to be the only individual running for the position. Cunnane previously served as communications officer, or PRO as it was then, from 2015 to 2020. It’s understood that all other officers are unopposed for their roles.
A total of thirteen motions are expected to be up for discussion at this Sunday’s Convention, the has learned.
Among some of the more interesting that will be put to the floor include that if video evidence clearly proves that a score should be awarded and recorded as a one point score but was awarded and recorded as a two point score in error, then, on objection and submission of clear, reliable and unedited video evidence, the score will be amended accordingly. The same rule will apply to the application of all scores.
This motion has come from Hollymount-Carramore GAA Club, who themselves were on the receiving end of a controversial call in their Mayo intermediate championship defeat against Kilmaine when a two-point score was awarded to Kilmaine which video footage showed was kicked from inside the arc.
It had major implications for Hollymount-Carramore, who were eliminated in group stages while Kilmaine advanced. The club have also called for a motion that video evidence, when clear, reliable and unedited, can be relied upon when presented as part of an objection, to prove that a score should be awarded and recorded correctly.
Westport GAA Club have also submitted a motion calling for any club that has more than 75 registered adult playing members to be permitted, with the approval of the Mayo County Board, to enter an additional (second) team in the Intermediate Championship, provided that the club’s first team competes in the Senior Championship.
Aghamore GAA Club have also proposed for the introduction of preliminary quarter-finals be introduced into both the Mayo Senior and Intermediate Club Football Championships, similar to the current format used in the All-Ireland Championship.
Under this proposal, the team finishing top of each group will advance directly to a home quarter final and the teams finishing second in each group will have a home preliminary quarter final against a team finishing third in another group.
