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# Lee Keegan

Last month
April 2023
# scapegoat
Aidan O'Shea has 'emphatically answered' critics - Lee Keegan
Keegan reckons O’Shea was an ‘easy target’ for criticism when Mayo came up short of All-Ireland success.
This year
2023
# Comeback
Cluxton return 'a distraction for Dublin' - Keegan
The legendary goalkeeper is back in Dessie Farrell’s set-up.
# Leader Leeroy
'Role model' and 'warrior' - What was Mayo's Lee Keegan like to play with and against?
The inspirational Mayo footballer announced his retirement this week.
# Lee Keegan
'He's the best Mayo footballer since '50 and '51, and there's no doubt in my mind'
Lee Keegan announced his inter-county retirement yesterday.
# Lee Keegan
Mayo's finest Keegan exits after one of the truly great inter-county careers
Keegan’s greatest gifts were his dogged determination and ability to adapt.
# Farewell
Mayo's Lee Keegan announces retirement from inter-county football
Keegan made 67 championship appearances for Mayo, scoring 7-48.
Last year
2022
# green and red
'Do I feel up to another year?' - Lee Keegan to decide on Mayo future in next couple of weeks
The defender has won five All-Star awards in Mayo colours.
# Pinnacle
Lee Keegan celebrates Westport win - 'One of the best days of my sporting career'
The Mayo star was coy on his inter-county future, understandably preferring to focus on the historic club triumph.
# finemargins
History in Mayo as Lee Keegan's Westport see off Ballina in tense affair
The Moclair Cup has a new home for the first time in the club’s history.
# in defence of
Lee Keegan: 'Unfair to start criticising. Judge Kevin next year on how things go'
Lee Keegan says he’s confident that the management team will work well with Mayo in 2023.
# veteran
Keegan: 'Kids put a lot of perspective on life. Football is no longer your main focus anymore'
But Lee Keegan stresses he has no retirement plans and that he enjoys playing for Mayo more than ever.
# Selection
Lee Keegan returns as Mayo name team to face Monaghan
He is one of three changes.
All time
# Top three
Tyrone duo and Mayo star nominated for 2021 Footballer of the Year award
It’s a Galway, Mayo and Tyrone battle for the Young Footballer of the Year award.
# player watch
Why Keegan's return to half-back was the catalyst for Mayo's win over Dublin
Lee Keegan was instrumental after his release from the full-back line.
# Final bound
Top scorer Flynn is key as Breaffy bounce back against Westport to book Mayo senior final spot
The winners atoned for their loss earlier in the Mayo championship in the group stages.
# individual choice
Keegan: County players will have 'tough decisions' to make on risking health when GAA returns
Mayo defender Lee Keegan has admitted his surprise at how quickly football has fallen down his list of priorities.
# Recovery
Keegan returns as Mayo name side to play Kerry
The Westport defender returns having hobbled out of the qualifier win against Armagh a fortnight ago.
# Blow
Former Footballer of the Year set to miss Galway clash as Mayo injury crisis deepens
Lee Keegan is understood to have suffered ankle ligament damage in the win over Armagh.
# Lee Keegan
'I think the sin bin was probably a bit more punishing than the actual black card' - new rules find favour with Mayo star
Lee Keegan was happy to get used to new playing rules in this spring’s league campaign.
# Mayo GAA
Cillian O'Connor scores 0-7 as Ballintubber book semi-final spot while Breaffy see off Westport
Ballintubber and Breaffy booked their places in the Mayo Senior Football Championship semi-finals.
# back on track
'Thank God there was a lot of gas around so it eased the pain a bit' - shoulder fixed and set for season with Mayo
Lee Keegan is keen to launch his 2018 campaign with Mayo.
# Loss Of Lee
Mayo manager on Keegan - 'I know locally they're all thinking how did Robbie Henshaw get back'
Mayo planning without the 2016 Footballer of the Year.
# Treatment Table
Keegan to miss Mayo's Connacht opener but hope that O'Connor will be back for Galway game
Mixed news on the injury front for Mayo manager Stephen Rochford.
# leeroy
Nearing a return, dealing with illness rumours and how to win that elusive All-Ireland
Mayo’s Lee Keegan has been on the sidelines following two hip surgeries.
# Pick it out
Con, Clarke or Moran - what's your favourite Gaelic football goal from this 2017 shortlist?
Lee Keegan, Eoghan O’Gara and Ronan O’Neill all in the running for TG4 award.
# false rumour
'I was out in Australia and boys were asking me was it true': O'Shea baffled by Keegan illness rumour
Lee Keegan had to come out and squash claims he’s been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
# set the record straight
Lee Keegan pours cold water on 'false rumour' he has been diagnosed with serious illness
But the Mayo defender will miss the majority of the 2018 league campaign after undergoing two hip operations.
# ruled out
Keegan to miss out for Ireland's trip to Oz and 3 AFL-based players will be in Kernan's squad
Ireland are getting set for November’s International Rules tests.
# point guard
'If you were in the last minute of an All-Ireland, what would you do?' - Kilkenny discusses black card
Ciaran Kilkenny wasn’t giving too much away about his duel with Lee Keegan.
# Oh The Green And Red
Lee Keegan starts as Rochford names his Mayo side for Kerry showdown
The 2016 Footballer of the Year returns to action after sitting out of the quarter-final.
# Sitting Out
Hospital treatment for foot injury ruled Keegan out for Mayo today
The 2016 Footballer of the Year was a late withdrawal.
# expert view
Mayo's narrow attack, Lee Keegan v Enda Smith duel and a case for the numbers in scoring
The42′s analyst Rob Carroll looks back at yesterday’s game.
# best on show
Do you agree with the man-of-the-match winners from yesterday's football quarter-finals?
Kerry’s Paul Murphy and Mayo’s Lee Keegan got the nod.
# we'll meet again
5 talking points after Mayo and Roscommon finish all square in dramatic finale
A replay is needed for the Connacht rivals.
# call for action
'There are too many loopholes': Keegan calls for change to disciplinary process
The Mayo star is concerned football is being overshadowed by off-field issues.
# idol talk
Seamus Callanan's 'humble' hero Eoin Kelly and Lee Keegan on lessons he learned from Cora Staunton
Keegan, Callanan, Caoimhe Mohan and Kate Kelly discuss their heroes when they were growing up.
# undisputed number one
From getting dropped for the All-Ireland final replay to being Mayo's best player in the league
Lee Keegan has hailed David Clarke’s comeback this year.
# Westport Men
All-Ireland club wins and torn cruciates - Keegan backs 'best friend' to recover
Mayo defender Kevin Keane saw his 2017 season end on All-Ireland club final day.
# Fourth Time Lucky
Finally Lee Keegan lifts an All-Ireland in Croke Park - 'It puts a few demons to bed'
Keegan and Westport lifted the All-Ireland club IFC title yesterday.
# Croker Calling
It's going to be a Mayo against Meath battle in the All-Ireland intermediate club football final
Westport and St Colmcille’s advanced to next month’s final.