Kieran Shannon: Jim McGuinness the man to finish the job James Horan started

For so long nobody gave them more juice than him but in the end they all ran out of juice, even him — and possibly even because of him
Kieran Shannon: Jim McGuinness the man to finish the job James Horan started

END OF THE JOURNEY: Former Mayo manager James Horan. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

For so long nobody gave them more juice than him but in the end they all ran out of juice, even him — and possibly even because of him.

Out of all the multiple players that James Horan helped inspire and transform into an All-Star, probably the one that most personified what he brought to Mayo was his fellow Ballintubber native and protégé, Cillian O’Connor.

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