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Colin Sheridan: Mayo did something wonderfully unfashionable and trusted themselves

Success has a funny habit of making historians of us all. Seven days after Mayo finally climbed the mountain, the post-mortems have already begun.

All Ireland Champion's Mayo Home coming to Charlestown with Paul Towey. Picture: John O'Grady.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026 - 03:05

Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

This is, I promise, the last Mayo column for a while. Unless Wright Thompson rings looking for 8,000 words on background, in which case I reserve the right to spend the next fortnight on a high-stool explaining how a corner-forward from The Neale embodies the collapse of late-stage capitalism.

Success has a funny habit of making historians of us all. Seven days after Mayo finally climbed the mountain, the post-mortems have already begun.

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