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Thanks to The Connaught Telegraph for the recent feature on my new book, I Can See It Still: Across the Landscape of Mayo Football. The article looks at how Mayo's historic All-Ireland victory in July prompted me to reflect on more

Thank you to the lads at MayoareBack for having me on their podcast recently. I can safely say it's one of the top 10 Mayo-based podcasts out there at the minute. TJ and Fat Larry invited me on for a chat

Thanks to Rob Murphy and the team at Mayo Football Talk for having me into the studio to chat about my new book, I Can See It Still: Across the Landscape of Mayo Football. We covered plenty of ground, from the

We have good news on the I Can See It Still front – the book is now available to buy at the Birmingham Irish Centre, our first retail outlet in Britain. There is a huge Mayo community in Birmingham and the

Thanks to David Rischke of The Mayo News for taking the time to chat with me about my new book, I Can See It Still: Across the Landscape of Mayo Football.

We covered plenty of ground, from my earliest memories of following Mayo in the 1970s to my years as a journalist, broadcaster and communications manager with the Mayo senior football team, and eventually back to being a supporter again.

Thanks to Oisín McGovern of the Irish Independent for the recent feature on my new book, I Can See It Still: Across the Landscape of Mayo Football.

Well, here’s a sticker I’m very pleased to be putting on a book of mine. I Can See It Still is No. 4 in The Irish Times Paperback Non-Fiction Bestseller List this week. And in fairly exalted company too, alongside the likes of Mark Little, Patrick Radden Keefe, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Nikita Hand and Louise O’Neill. Not bad company for a book published under the grandly titled Townland Press, a publishing ‘house’ with precisely one book to its name.

Well, here’s a sticker I’m very pleased to be putting on a book of mine. I Can See It Still is No. 4 in The Irish Times Paperback Non-Fiction Bestseller List this week. And in fairly exalted company too, alongside the likes of Mark Little, Patrick Radden Keefe, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Nikita Hand and Louise O’Neill. Not bad company for a book published under the grandly titled Townland Press, a publishing ‘house’ with precisely one book to its name.

My Tralee niece Jean has - as you can see - a strong leaning towards Mayo. To coincide with the launch of my new book 'I Can See It Still. All those years of Mayo. And then 2026' she wrote and recorded this short story about the day after Mayo's All-Ireland victory.

What a night we had in An Sportlann at Castlebar Mitchels last night for the launch of I Can See It Still. A huge crowd turned out, and the joy that has filled Mayo since July 26 was still very much in evidence. It was great to see so many familiar faces there.

Thanks to Malachy Clerkin of The Irish Times for for including my book, and me in this article.  Mayo Gaa is the latest environmental threat the rainforests didn't see coming. Reading has been revived out west... he says, hopefully... ""It's a release," says Liam Horan. He not talking about his upcoming book on Mayo football, or at least not specifically about it just in this instance. No he's talking about the whole thing, the essential mist of star-crossed magic that has fallen over the country since July 26th. And the fact there is no sign of it lifting anytime soon."

The Irish Examiner had an excellent piece this week on the number of books being published in the wake of Mayo’s All-Ireland win. John Fogarty writes that supporters will be “spoiled for choice”, with at least five books appearing to mark a year none of us will forget.

October is going to be a busy month for books in Mayo. I was thrilled to be asked to contribute to Those Who Listen: New Irish Writing on the Bog, edited by Alice Kinsella and published by Mayo Books Press. It will be launched during the wonderfulk Wild Atlantic Words Festival in Castlebar next Wednesday, 7 October, at 7pm. My short story Thirty-four Sods is included in the collection.

So, here it is. The cover of my new book about Mayo football, ‘I Can See It Still: Mayo football all those years. And then 2026.’ ‘Mayo football all those years. And then 2026’ is a long tagline by any standards, I accept, but it looks better on the book than here in text. An illustration might seem a slightly funny choice for a non-fiction book. I wanted the cover to capture something of the Mayo homecoming, the spirit of those extraordinary days and the sheer fun and celebration of it all.

I got a lovely surprise on RTÉ Radio 1 last week. Darina Molloy of Mayo County Libraries was a guest on Today with David McCullagh, alongside Tracy McEneaney of Waterford Libraries, for a segment on cosy autumn reads. And, to my great delight, Darina included On the Way Out among the books she spoke about.

Today brought a new experience for me - reading from I Can See It Still in public for the first time. The occasion was a Hands Up Project event in Slí Nua Nexus in Ballinrobe, the former Ulster Bank building on Main Street. It was nice to be back in Slí Nua territory. I started Slí Nua Careers many years ago and owned it until last year, and the new owners have now taken over the old Ulster Bank building. It is great to see the place being used for events like this one.

One of the great joys of publishing a book is designing the cover. The fact that I am not an artist is probably why I am attracted to it - it's amazing to watching an idea come to life bit by bit. The cover is what I am at now with my upcoming Mayo book entitled, I Can See It Still: All those years of Mayo football. And then 2026. The latter half of that is the tagline and it works better visually than in a text-based post like this. Well, hopefully anyway...

Mayo football across almost six decades, culminating in the historic All-Ireland success of 2026, and Liam Horan’s own experience of following the county through those years are at the heart of I Can See It Still, a new book by the Mayo author and journalist. Horan will launch the book at An Sportlann, the home of Castlebar Mitchels at MacHale Park, Castlebar, on Friday, 16 October 2026 (7.45pm, all welcome).

There are advantages to not having published a book yet. For one thing, you can still change it. For another, apparently, people can already read it. I received a lovely email this week from somebody purporting to be from a book club in Limerick. The writer had discovered I Can See It Still and, it seems, had been profoundly affected by the experience.