{"id":361296,"date":"2026-03-23T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/361296\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:45:09","slug":"flashback-when-troy-parrott-played-for-mayo-and-won-an-all-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/361296\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: When Troy Parrott played for Mayo and won an All-Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Troy Parrott and the whole Republic of Ireland squad are aiming for win in Prague this Thursday in their FIFA World Cup play-off match against the Czech Republic, RT\u00c9 have unearthed a gem in their archive.<\/p>\n<p>To most of us, Troy Parrott, who plays his club soccer currently for AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands, would not exactly be known for his gaelic football skills.<\/p>\n<p>But in a video from 2013, which has just resurfaced on the RT\u00c9 website, one can clearly see an 11-year-old Parrott showing off his Gaelic skills.<\/p>\n<p>And he actually helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mayo<\/a> win that mini All-Ireland final, staged by\u00a0O&#8217;Connell National School, in the shadow of Croke Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One team made up of students were representing Dublin, the other one Mayo. And on this day, it was the Mayo team, which carried the day, helped by a certain Troy Parrott. On a final score of 3-8 to 1-7.<\/p>\n<p>In his after match interview, the Dublin boy left no doubts about his personal allegiance though. Asked who would win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final due two days later, Parrott confidently replied; &#8220;Dublin. Because they are the better team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/archives\/2026\/0310\/1544646-troy-parrott-plays-for-mayo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/news\/gaa\/2044726\/player-ratings-how-did-the-mayo-players-fare-against-roscommon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PLAYER RATINGS: How did the Mayo players fare against Roscommon?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/section\/2876\/sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sport_General-1774285449920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"227\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Troy Parrott and the whole Republic of Ireland squad are aiming for win in Prague this Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1113,61,60,8764,43,3404],"class_list":["post-361296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-fai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo","tag-news","tag-republic-of-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}