Kieran Shannon: Why has nobody from Ulster been able to retain the All-Ireland?

Has the Disease of Me infected previous champions from the province?

Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney celebrates after his side's victory in the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

"Hindsight is a wonderful gift but it is my humble opinion that the American trip dulled our playing enthusiasm. More than anything else I feel this prevented us from winning again." 

James McCartan, The King of Down Football, on Down’s failure to retain the All Ireland in 1962