{"id":569161,"date":"2026-07-26T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569161\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:16:16","slug":"some-big-names-in-croker-for-all-ireland-final-between-kerry-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569161\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Big Names In Croker For All-Ireland Final Between Kerry & Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the biggest GAA event in the Irish sporting calendar, we were always likely to see some big names make their way to Croke Park for this afternoon’s All-Ireland football final between Kerry and Mayo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The return of Mayo<\/a> to this year’s decider was always likely to add an extra layer of intrigue, with the county going in search of their first Sam Maguire triumph in 75.<\/p>\n

As a result, it was no surprise to see some familiar faces make their way to Jones’ Road for this clash.<\/p>\n

We had some figures from the world of GAA, politics, entertainment, and television on site for the game.<\/p>\n

Big names at Croke Park for Kerry vs Mayo
\nFormer President Michael D Higgins
\n\"\"26 July 2026; Former President of Ireland Michael D Higgins arrives ahead of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Daire Brennan\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

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RT\u00c9 pundits Niall Morgan, Peter Canavan, Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 S\u00e9, and Lee Keegan
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Some punditry lineup from RT\u00c9 in fairness, featuring a pundit from each of the competing counties (and a couple of Tyrone men to keep the peace).<\/p>\n

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GAA President Jarlath Burns\u00a0
\n\"\"26 July 2026; Uachtar\u00e1n Chumann L\u00fathchleas Gael Jarlath Burns before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

GAA President Jarlath Burns was on site for what will be his last All-Ireland football final in his current position.<\/p>\n

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An Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin
\n\"\"26 July 2026; An Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin TD before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Mayo at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

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Mayo superfan Jimmy Sloyan eating the dinner in Drumcondra
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The man himself.<\/p>\n

Hopefully he can put his animosity with Andy Moran aside for the day that’s in it.<\/p>\n

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Kerry legend Paul Galvin
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A prime Paul Galvin would be handy man to have on the pitch for a game like this.<\/p>\n

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TV presenter and social media star Eric Roberts<\/p>\n

What a duo!<\/p>\n

Comedian and impressionist Conor Moore
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Comedian Jarlath Regan
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Star of ‘The Traitors UK’ Rachel Duffy
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Comedian Deirdre O’Kane\u00a0
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Along with Jarlath Regan and Rachel Duffy, Deirdre O’Kane was part of the BBC’s broadcast for this game.<\/p>\n

They have made a habit of including some familiar faces from the world of entertainment in their offering from the game in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the biggest GAA event in the Irish sporting calendar, we were always likely to see some big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,8764,43],"class_list":["post-569161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569161","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=569161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}