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ALL-IRELAND SFC FINAL
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DRIVING FORCE Ryan McMenamin takes control during Tyrone’s sole
Championship success against Mayo back in 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
All-Ireland SFC Qualifying
round three
Mayo 1-9 Tyrone 0-13
YRONE’S only Championship win over
Mayo came in the last year they lifted
Sam. The summer had got off to an
inauspicious start for Mickey Harte’s men,
edged out after a replay by Down in the first
round of Ulster.
Wins over Louth and Westmeath meant they
would meet Mayo, who themselves had lost
that year’s Connacht final to Galway, for a
place in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
It was cagey enough affair in a cavernous
Croke Park, the decision to make it a double
bill with another round three qualifier between
Down and Wexford that day maybe not the
best. Midway through the second half, Tyrone
hit six unanswered points, with Sean Cavanagh
to the fore. The one-point win set Tyrone up
for a last eight clash with Dublin and a semifinal win over Wexford before Kerry were
vanquished in the decider.
Saturday, August 7, 2004
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final
Mayo 0-16 Tyrone 1-9
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BRIAN MIGHTY Brian Dooher, now joint-manager, on the ball in 2004 as
Mayo’s Peadár Gardiner closes in, but Tyrone came up short
YRONE had come into this campaign
having finally go their hands on the Sam
Maguire the previous September.
However, 2004 was overshadowed by the
tragic death of their young captain Cormac
McAnallen in March and their first AllIreland title defence would have the memory
of Cormac running through it.
As a mark of respect, the number 3 jersey
was left vacant throughout the whole season.
That they made it to an All-Ireland quarterfinal was testament to their mental fortitude
and resilience. They lost an Ulster semi-final
to Donegal but qualifier wins over Down,
Galway and Laois set up the clash with a
Mayo.
When it comes to head-to-head showdowns in Championship, Tyrone have some ground to make up on Mayo,
who boast a four-one record from five meetings. Paul McConville looks at past encounters...
Sunday, August 13, 1989
All-Ireland SFC semi-final
Mayo 0-12 Tyrone 1-6
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HE only Championship
meeting between the sides
in the pre-Qualifer era
saw the Connacht champions
advance to the final where they
would again suffer heartbreak,
this time at the hands of Cork.
Tyrone had clinched their first
Ulster title since 1986, when
they went all the way to the All-
Ireland final. It took a replay
for them to see off Donegal in
the final, having previously
beaten Armagh and Down.
Mayo needed extra-time in
the Connacht final to see off
Roscommon and there was little
between the teams seeking a
place in the All-Ireland final.
It was the Red Hands who
looked more likely to make the
final, however, as a goal from
Eugene McKenna fired them
into a three-point lead - 1-6 to
0-6.
McKenna’s goal came after
points from Stephen Conway (04), Harry McClure and Damian
O’Hagan. However, it proved to
be Tyrone’s last of the match as
the Westerners would reel off
six unanswered scores to book
their place in the decider.
Michael Fitzmaurice did most
of the Mayo damage, reeling
off five points from frees in
a personal haul of 0-6 while
Kevin McStay, Liam McHale and
Noel Durkin also among the
scores.