{"id":648358,"date":"2026-10-08T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648358\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:16:10","slug":"interview-mayo-great-cillian-oconnor-retires-im-sorry-it-took-so-long-but-we-got-there-irish-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/648358\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Mayo great Cillian O\u2019Connor retires \u2014 &#039;I&#039;m sorry it took so long but we got there&#039; &#8211; Irish Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTFBoYjY4Wm03NWhybVB2TW55MlhMcW90TU9IczJ6T1UtWmlyOFFjQWpuU2lLSVlqZmhxaDJjcE82Q0RfcS1jTk5DU2FVWElDNlhmcHVaOVMyd1lvWHgzaXNPNnNoSF9BRXRvQ3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Interview: Mayo great Cillian O\u2019Connor retires \u2014 &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry it took so long but we got there&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxORWg3UnppNjR0bWdoTllqUmZjN0hydWk1Zldoa3A1ZzBhSzhfT1hKMjBGdVhEdTJ0ZWRwNmVQR0JZZ0VVWUZ3ZnNkNVZXdVAxRnRZYU9sbGhQRTFyaEYyU0QtX2k1enFxZ09RVjZzNW93T2I3cjdubzE5amttVzM2dWZ6VnJ4d0ZRQXpTVnFOU0pxdnhWTG91LU9Nckg4eVl4VHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayo great Cillian O&#8217;Connor announces retirement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPdENfaFV0UVI4TTZXdTdBNXl4dEhwQ2w5d0pUVjRHOTRnV0VCN3RNWUU2dno5aThwa2Y2TFd2ZVBPRGllXzEtSmpNOFEyckN0QWRzc2tORVdFeFliQWNyS29CN3pETnp0cHFBN3c0MHBxNXRXZWdXR19WN2dUb1cyNnBnOHdfSUJ5YU9oLWpIQ3I1TXR5VjMzZHBPWGJYZ0pPczFCWHBDQXhxUVhxTkxqWUNpSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayo\u2019s Cillian O\u2019Connor retires from intercounty football<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFAzeHl6dVNsSFpiUHhzc1NZNmZXak92UElpcGp4WnlDWVNFaTZybl9wek50RzlUZ3YxVmpSampobHQzRTJ0R2VpNGxfMzZRSVY5YWhjaEN3N2ZGekhFcHlXNXZuN2dqT3dpTnJKSjZ4TE42aXhsbW9ycXdJaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mayo All-Ireland winner Cillian O&#8217;Connor retires from inter-county football<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The 42<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxQam1UeTZ5bDRtOEZuTW1sVmU1NkRTSTNQTlNoRVp0aTlKY2lNc0dHekVxYkR0WDZNdmQ2eGJjaGVZbkNOLWtFbTl6ZkpnNWY4M0RYMHB5YUR2MFZXRmtNakNyZUcyNzVHS1BKOXZ6QlBYX1o1UjRlVkhjMklhNWZ3VVBTd3g2bGdqX0lPZHhOQTBDUURKZndYeHF3QU4ydThxUzRRclhkck1xcmluaW54a2MxOEFsTDNaQXQ2d05FbXNfWjVyX2V5QXVJaWxfdUhTb2dpQkNraDhaUVlDcExQbGE3TzVtUFF2TXd3ZlFBbncwY3FTRUVjSFg5ZXViSFhpS3ZaSVo0eHlFQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cillian O&#8217;Connor bows out, James on Fitzmaurice to Galway, Armagh turnover, Club Classics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Off The Ball<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interview: Mayo great Cillian O\u2019Connor retires \u2014 &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry it took so long but we got there&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish ExaminerMayo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4365,61,60,4185,112],"class_list":["post-648358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gaelic-football","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo-gaa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648358","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=648358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}