Kerry's main rival in the Munster football championship is Cork. The capital's main rival in the Leinster football championship is Meath. It's hard to gauge the biggest rivalry in Ulster though from a thread during the summer - Monaghan v Cavan appears to be the biggest rivalry.

Who is Mayo's main football rival in Connaught?

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7827 - 15/10/2014 14:11:32    1663936

The real question is though is it an unfair advantage to have a rival at all?

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13705 - 15/10/2014 14:15:02    1663939

New York id say..

HurlerOnTheFenc (Mayo) - Posts: 282 - 15/10/2014 15:40:04    1663980

Galway traditionally but will be Roscommon for the next 4-5 years as they seem more capable of pushing on from recent underage success than Galway do.


Yes, Cavan Monaghan is a good rivalry in Ulster although Armagh/Down and Armagh/Tyrone are both big rivalries.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 15/10/2014 16:00:29    1663989

it is galway and allways will be
tradition talks
galway will rise again
we allways produce good forwards shane walsh the latest one

rhudson (Galway) - Posts: 1478 - 15/10/2014 16:12:20    1663993

legendzxix - you must be new to Gaelic football to be asking that one.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1105 - 15/10/2014 16:17:11    1663998

Mayo and Galway would be the tradition rivals in the west but Mayo and Roscommon is the old firm of the west.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 15/10/2014 16:45:14    1664012

Mayo are their own worse enemies.

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 15/10/2014 16:45:15    1664013

Sam Maguire :D

Seriously though, everyone knows Galway are!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 15/10/2014 16:46:37    1664014

Galway and Roscommon would be our main rivals but countrywide i'd say it's the Kingdom of Kerry, Mayo have played Kerry 21 times in AllIreland semi finals and finals with Kerry winning 17 to Mayo's 4, so while Kerry aren't too bothered about us it's always a big match for Mayo people

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 15/10/2014 17:00:12    1664024

Depends on who you ask in Mayo I'd imagine.

Somebody from Shrule will say Galway, someone from Ballagh might say Ros.

Like in Tipperary. If you're from Ballina you won't want to lose to Clare, if you're from Ballyporeen it's Cork, Killenaule etc will say Kilkenny and so on...

roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 15/10/2014 17:00:33    1664025

Roundball its not as simple as that.A tipp person from Ballina may well want to beat Clare because they share a border,but that same person may prefer to beat Cork or Kilkenny if they had a choice.Im from west Dublin,very close to Kildare border,but i have a soft spot for the lillies.I take no real pleasure in beating them.My favourite county to beat would be Cork.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 15/10/2014 17:06:29    1664028

Roscommon have been Mayo's only rivals over the last few years in Connacht and I can't see the situation changing in the next few years..

Galway's performances against Mayo in the last couple of years have been abysmal and I can't see them improving anytime soon.

pdempsey (Mayo) - Posts: 1313 - 15/10/2014 17:21:59    1664036

I've always believed it was Galway. Some people would seem to rule them out as being a hurling county.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7827 - 15/10/2014 18:28:49    1664064

I was surprised to see Mayo folks saying Roscommon were their main rivals and not Galway. Just googled it and Galway have 9 All Irelands compared to the paltry 3 Mayo have, so can see why Roscommon and their 2 All Irelands are the big rivals out west.

BigTom2050 (Tipperary) - Posts: 289 - 15/10/2014 19:20:18    1664079

Traditionally Mayo and Galway are the top two in Connacht, hence the rivalry, just like the other provinces, with Ulster being the exception because instead of a top two they have a top 6 or 7!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 15/10/2014 19:22:19    1664080

Galway v Mayo is the Connacht El Classico.Always has been.Always will be.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 15/10/2014 19:24:46    1664082

So Mayo dimiss our Munster rivals on hurling grounds but not their own provincial rival of Galway? Interesting.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7827 - 15/10/2014 19:45:40    1664094

BigTom2050
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I was surprised to see Mayo folks saying Roscommon were their main rivals and not Galway. Just googled it and Galway have 9 All Irelands compared to the paltry 3 Mayo have, so can see why Roscommon and their 2 All Irelands are the big rivals out west.

Ooohhhh that's a low ball, a low ball :-)

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 15/10/2014 21:18:07    1664144

@Roundball

Ballyporeen is also close to the Waterford and Limerick borders so I say its not just Cork that they would want to beat.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 15/10/2014 21:27:32    1664149