Big inter-county games

A number of clubs from around the country have contacted us with details of draws they are holding for All-Ireland final tickets. We are happy to make details of these draws known to our members, in case anyone wishes to enter. You can find the details HERE. Of course, we have our own fund-raising draw (funds for Ballinrobe GAA and Mayo GAA) – you can find details HERE

Ballinrobe has a strong connection with the Monaghan minor team who play Mayo in the ESB All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday next – twins Adam and Andrew Kieran, who play with Monaghan, are grand-nephews of our former President Jim Kierans, who passed away in February of this year. Note they spell their surname without an ‘s’, whereas Jim’s had the ‘s’. We received this tweet from @1jkieran (John Kieran) in the last few days: @ballinrobegaa Jim Kieran, he would have been torn between Mayo & his grand nephews Adam & Andrew with Monaghan Minors Sunday 25th. Of course we hope Adam and Andrew enjoy Croke Park – but not too much. You can read the club’s tribute to Jim HERE

Good luck to Donal Vaughan and Kenneth O’Malley, and their Mayo senior colleagues, against Tyrone on Sunday next. Alas Stephen Burke is injured and misses the minor game. We wish the minor team every success too. Hopefully it will be a memorable day for the green and red.

CUSTOMER NOTICE All Ireland Football Semi- Final Mayo V Tyrone (Senior) Mayo V Monaghan  (Minor) Croke Park Sunday 25th August 2013 Three extra Trains will operate as follows:   Dep Ballina            07.05hrs Dep Foxford          07.15hrs   Dep. Westport                         08.25hrs Dep. Castlebar                        08.37hrs Dep. Claremorris                                       09.15hrs Dep. Ballyhaunis                                       09.27hrs   Arr Dublin Heuston 10.15hrs     11.35hrs     11.50hrs Return Trains Depart Heuston Station at 18.20hrs to Ballina and Foxford only. 19.20 & 19.50hrs to Ballyhaunis, Claremorris, Castlebar and Westport.   Tickets available on-line at www.irishrail.ie or at your local Iarnród Éireann Station   Passengers are not permitted to bring Alcoholic Drinks on board the train.   Advance booking is essential

Kieran Biggins is offering a special Croke Park for Mayo v Tyrone and Mayo v Monaghan. The deal includes coach and match ticket: €35. Contact Kieran on 087 270 5050 to reserve your place. The tickets are part of the club’s special concession. If anyone else would like a concession ticket (€10), contact the club officers. These tickets are for a reserved area of the ground. The club has 50 of them.  

You can buy tickets for Mayo v Tyrone and Mayo v Monaghan double-header in Cummins’ Super-Valu. Or online HERE. Please note, at this  link you can also buy juvenile tickets when buying adult ones. It must be a juvenile who turns up on the day to occupy that seat. Adult tickets cost €40 and juvenile tickets cost €5. You can buy more than one juvenile ticket with each adult ticket. There is another option – you can buy €10 tickets off the club for the Davin Stand. We have a limited supply of these (actually, we have no supply yet but we are hoping to get them this week). These tickets can be occupied by adults or juvenile. Juvenile is defined as those who are 16 or under on January 1st, 2013. If you are interested in these tickets (please note they are Davin Stand) let Liam Horan (087 9185 867) know asap. These are the only tickets the club order – due to the variety of ticket outlets, it is not necessary for the club to order tickets.

From Mayo county board: Please be advised that the rebate for  Senior Citizen and Student applies to the All Ireland Semi Final and is €10.00 in the Cusack and Davin Stands, Rebate is available at Block D turnstiles to the rear of the Cusack stand and can only be claimed before entry to the Stadium.

This note from Mayo county board applies to people who are members of Cairde Maigheo: A Chairde, Section 306/Part 406/405 is a Cairde allocated section in the Lower Cusack Stand at a Cairde discount price of €35.00 (€5 Discount) Tickets in the Cairde Section can be collected at McHale Park from from Monday next the 12th of August 2013 at 9.30am until 6.00pm on Wednesday the 14th of August. You must present you Cairde Mhaigh Eo members card. For Cairde members living outside the county phone orders for Laser/Visa/Credit Card can also be made by phone on 094 92 50487 during the times and dates specified above. All tickets ordered by phone will be posted no later than Friday the 16th of August 2013. We can only offer one ticket in the designated section per Cairde member. Unfortunately we cannot offer additional tickets within this section as this would mean a shortage for other Cairde members. For Cairde members who wish to be seated with Family Members (Juvenile) we will keep a limited number of tickets in sections 307, 303 and 302 on a first come first served basis. Cairde members have the option of switching to section 307,303,302 (first come/first served) and availing of the discount or retaining their Cairde seat and buying tickets for family etc in 307,303,302. Additional seating is in very limited supply and only reasonable levels of orders can be accepted. Once the seats allocated within these sections are used we can then only switch to other sections within the stadium. As stated seating within sections 307,303,302 are limited but will be retained for Cairde Members until Wednesday the 14th of August at 6.00pm, again subject to availability. Cairde Members can also opt for Hogan Stand tickets at the full price. Please note also that Monday is the earliest time that tickets can be collected.

For a Croke Park newsletter you may be interested in, click HERE