{"id":568527,"date":"2026-07-26T05:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568527\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:56:21","slug":"all-ireland-final-the-women-behind-the-mayo-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568527\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland final: The women behind the Mayo football team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mayo team are returning to Croke Park on Sunday to take on the mighty Kerry in hopes of being the ones to lift the Sam Maguire Cup.<\/p>\n

It has been 75 years since Mayo lifted the Cup, and cheering them on all the way as they aim for glory will be the team’s wives and girlfriends.<\/p>\n

The team has come very close to winning this major tournament over the years, but will 2026 be their year? Showing their support, let’s take a look at the women behind this determined team.<\/p>\n

\"17Jordan Flynn and Jessie Brown. Pic: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

Jordan Flynn and Jessie Brown<\/p>\n

Jessie and Jordan got together when they were just 14 years old, but went their separate ways a few months later. They are both from Crossmolina, but it was only when Jessie visited her granny that Jordan got to know her. <\/p>\n

The couple got engaged last summer, but there are no signs of a date just yet for their big day.<\/p>\n

When it comes to GAA, Jessie has always got Jordan’s back. When things don’t go in\u00a0Mayo<\/a>‘s favour, she says: ‘By the time he gets home, it’s not too bad.’<\/p>\n

After a match, Jordan will often ‘send a few strongly worded messages’ and Jessie is the first one he goes to. Over time, Jessie says, ‘you accept it.’ Laughing, she added: ‘I get the very first 15 minutes of it, and then after that it is fine.’<\/p>\n

Aidan O’Shea and Kristin McKenzie<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Aidan O’Shea\/Instagram<\/p>\n

What a few years it has been for the O’ Sheas as a couple.<\/p>\n

Aidan popped the question during<\/a> a stay at Ashford Castle in 2023, and the couple married a year later at Muckross Park Hotel in Kerry.<\/p>\n

While having some fun in the sun in Crete, Aidan, who is already a dad to his daughter Caragh, and Kristin shared that they’re expecting their first child together in July 2025.<\/p>\n

Kristin posted snaps of her growing bump at the beach. Kristin said: ‘So excited to meet our Baba.’<\/p>\n

The couple announced the birth of their daughter, Romee, in January 2026.<\/p>\n

Stephen Coen and Charlotte Cooney\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"CharlottePic: Charlotte Cooney\/ Instagram<\/p>\n

2026 started off to a fantastic start with Mayo’s <\/a>Stephen Coen saying ‘I Do’ in December 2025 to his partner, another sports-loving star, Galway’s Charlotte Cooney. <\/p>\n

The couple had first met when they were in playschool, but it would be some time before they would begin to date. <\/p>\n

Despite coming from rival counties, the pair began dating in 2016 and would go on to get engaged in South-East Asia in 2023<\/p>\n

Ryan O’Donoghue and Courtney O’Donnell<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Ryan O’Donoghue\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Mayo GAA star Ryan O’Donoghue popped the question to his longtime love<\/a>, Courtney O’Donnell, over Christmas last year.<\/p>\n

It’s unknown how long Ryan and Courtney have been together, but they’ve been an item for over a decade now.<\/p>\n

The couple went Instagram official way back when in February 2016.<\/p>\n

Rob Hennelly and Orla Lorenza<\/p>\n

\"RobFEAT Rob Hennelly and Orla Lorenza take a mirror selfie in a bathroom on their wedding day<\/p>\n

While Rob had announced his retirement after 13 seasons in 2024, the Mayo man returned in November 2025 with full support from his wife, Orla. <\/p>\n

The couple were together for seven years before he popped the question, and they met while they were both studying in DCU. <\/p>\n

The couple got engaged in Christmas 2020, and they celebrated their nuptials with a stylish bash at the five-star Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow.<\/p>\n

The couple welcomed their first child, Billy, in April of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mayo team are returning to Croke Park on Sunday to take on the mighty Kerry in hopes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-568527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568527","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=568527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}