The Wild West....

Its back to the West for me today - Castlebar to be exact, to the home of giggly Ashling Cunningham. Ashling, a spa supervisor, is up to her eyes setting up her new beauty salon in Castlebar but kindly frees herself from ordering glass bricks to make me a cup of tea. We spend the afternoon chatting about her significant other - Mayo's Alan Dillon. Ashling is absolutely positive on one thing - she knows nothing about football and has no interest in it either. She reckons this is the key to a successful relationship with a footballer! Ashling says there is no glamour involved in being a GAA wag and laughs at the thought of girls dolling themselves up in the hope of catching themselves a footballer. She says its a hard life flying the flag alone at weddings and parties but she's more then capable of getting out and doing her own thing. Every year, even though she knows the answer already, she asks Alan if he fancies a summer break! Ashling would NEVER wear a jersey to a Mayo game and if you hear a voice from the stands asking what's going on during a game - that's probably her!! Although I think she's a bit more interested in football then she lets on....