Mayo bounce back with defiant victory over Tyrone in Omagh

May 31, 2025

Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan spills possession as Mayo's Darren McHale gets ready to pounce for his side's first goal ©INPHO/James Crombie

Mayo tore up the script in Omagh this evening to record a 2-17 to 1-13 win against Tyrone and keep their All-Ireland senior football championship dreams alive.

After having went down surprisingly to Cavan in their group stage opener a fortnight ago, the Westerners since saw manager Kevin McStay stepping back after being hospitalised following a “medical episode” that occurred during the team’s training session last week.

This evening, they met a Tyrone side which handed high-flying Donegal their first defeat of this year’s championship just seven days ago and built up an eight-point lead on the Red Hands on their home turf by the end of the first-half.

Rory McBrickenden, Ryan O’Donoghue and Paddy Durcan were among the point scorers for the visitors before Darren McHale fired in their first goal in the run up to half-time when they’d go in with a 1-9 to 0-4 advantage.

Malachy O’Rourke’s side battled back in the second-half and got a brilliant goal from Darragh Canavan in the 44th minute to cut their deficit down to three.

Niall Morgan’s free from beyond the arc made it a one-point game, but Mayo still had plenty in the tank as Jack Carney, Durcan and O’Donoghue all sailed over ahead of the latter dispatching a 66th minute penalty past Morgan which put a seal on their rousing victory.


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