{"id":402145,"date":"2026-04-16T19:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402145\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:54:17","slug":"mayo-star-forward-makes-top-ten-u-20-footballers-in-ireland-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402145\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo star forward makes top ten U-20 footballers in Ireland list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mayo<\/a> GAA star forward Darragh Beirne has seen his performances for both the Under-20s and Seniors in 2026 noticed, as he was named in a list of ten Under-20 footballers in the country to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n<p>The flame-haired kicker, who has shone both for club, school, and county in the last few years, featured in the Irish Independent&#8217;s &#8217;10\u00a0under-20s in Gaelic football and hurling&#8217; list, where they highlighted those who have had a major impact on this year&#8217;s provincial series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/news\/gaa\/2062710\/two-kobe-screamers-light-up-the-night-as-mayo-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Two Kobe screamers light up the night as Mayo win\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/READ_MORE_button_-_2026-04-16T112021.404-1776334920988.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"399\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;The Claremorris forward made a brilliant start to his Mayo senior career when scoring 1-1 in each of his first two games,&#8221; journalist Niall McIntyre penned.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;He carried that form into their U-20 campaign, helping Keith Higgins\u2019s side to early wins over Sligo, Roscommon, and Leitrim, with Kobe McDonald also prominent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;Beirne is a left-footer who may become a free-taker for the seniors down the line.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n To say that Beirne has carried that red-hot form from his first couple of senior appearances into the Under-20 campaign is a more-than-reasonable assessment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n His 1-19 tally across four games, which sees him level with Kobe McDonald at the top of the scoring charts, included a trio of two-pointers.\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/section\/2900\/gaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GAA-1775853714230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\"\/><\/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":"Mayo GAA star forward Darragh Beirne has seen his performances for both the Under-20s and Seniors in 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85427,109956,21708,61,60,4185,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-402145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-connacht-gaa","9":"tag-allianz-football-league","10":"tag-claremorris","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mayo-gaa","14":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402145","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=402145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}