‘Worth waiting for’: Mayo Gaelic football team end cursed 75-year losing streak
The green-and-red team has lost by one point in three finals since it last won the championship in 1951. The loses have been put down to a myth that the 1951 winning team had not shown respect to a funeral they passed on their homecoming route.It is said a relative of the dead person placed a curse on Mayo that the county would not win the Sam Maguire until every member of the 1951 team had died. A stunned Patrick Devaney, 32, from Knock, wandered outside Croke Park minutes after full time amid a sea of disappointed Kerry fans who had left the stadium.“I can’t believe it, I’ve seen them lose so many times, I just can’t believe it,” he told the Press Association.
- ▪The green-and-red team has lost by one point in three finals since it last won the championship in 1951.
- ▪The loses have been put down to a myth that the 1951 winning team had not shown respect to a funeral they passed on their homecoming route.It is said a relative of the dead person placed a curse on Mayo that the county would not win the Sam
- ▪A stunned Patrick Devaney, 32, from Knock, wandered outside Croke Park minutes after full time amid a sea of disappointed Kerry fans who had left the stadium.“I can’t believe it, I’ve seen them lose so many times, I just can’t believe it,”
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‘Worth waiting for’: Mayo Gaelic football team end cursed 75-year losing streakFans were stunned as they emerged from the home of Ireland’s Gaelic games, Dublin’s Croke ParkCommentsSportGráinne Ní Aodha, PA20:35, 26 Jul 2026View 4 ImagesFans outside Croke Park stadium after Mayo beat Kerry in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final(Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire)Mayo’s Gaelic football team has ended a 75-year losing streak after winning the coveted all-island championship, dispelling a curse that fans believed haunted the county’s chances for decades.Fans were stunned as they emerged from the home of Ireland’s Gaelic games, Dublin’s Croke Park, with some putting the win down to the expired curse – and the county’s young superstar players.Many said they were not sure how to…
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