Tommy Martin: Bog beats beach. Drizzle 1, Sizzle 0 - is GAA winning battle with AFL?

The pony-tailed Adonis of Kilmaine, Oisín Mullin, had rejected the sun-kissed, sleeveless life of the AFL in order to continue pushing the green and red boulder up the hill, writes Tommy Martin. Picture: INPHO

There was no Blue Monday in Mayo this week, and not just for the lucky Lotto winner.

From Belmullet to Ballaghdareen, the January gloom lifted upon Sunday night’s news that the pony-tailed Adonis of Kilmaine, Oisín Mullin, had rejected the sun-kissed, sleeveless life of the AFL in order to continue pushing the green and red boulder up the hill.