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- ↑ "As it happened: Donegal v Mayo, All-Ireland SFC final". the score. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Gardiner digs deep to bury IT Sligo". Irish Independent. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
Mayo's Peadar Gardiner, Alan Dillon and Ronan Rochford inspired NUI Galway to an impressive victory in Ballinode.... Jason Doherty smacked another goal attempt off an upright, but managed to point the rebound. Paul Garvey's pointed free at the other end kept it tight, but Keating's red card a minute later cost IT Sligo dearly, with Fiacra Deasmhunhaigh and Doherty claiming goals inside the 10 minutes that followed.
- ↑ "NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists". 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2016.
The Mayo squad contains a large number of current and former students including Ger Cafferkey, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon, Conor O'Shea, Shane McHale, Chris Barrett and Cathal Freeman. Former Inter-County star James Nallen, who is a selector with the Mayo side, is a Chief Technical Officer in NUI Galway's School of Physics.
- ↑ "Mayo veteran Jason Doherty announces inter-county retirement". RTÉ News. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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