Colin Sheridan: The montage makers are the true heroes of All-Ireland final day
Mayo fans celebrate as Tommy Conroy puts over another point in the first half of extra-time against Dublin. Picture:Â INPHO/James Crombie
The vices occlude the virtues. As Mayo sunk the dagger through the gap in Dublin’s heretofore impenetrable armour the Saturday before last, the montage makers in Montrose quickly went to work. The file footage of gormless but ultimately tragic Mayo fans who stupidly dared to dream was dispensed with (‘We will save that for the final,’ they cleverly thought), an homage to five-in-a-row champs Dublin hastily cobbled together.
Our national broadcaster can be accused of many things, but shirking a good montage challenge has never been one of them. The emergence of the ubiquitous Dermot Kennedy to score it all has only enhanced their efficacy.
