The king of the hill

It started out as a joke but it became deadly serious.

Mayo turned Dublin’s greatest inspiration against them in one of the most famous — or infamous, depending on your county — moments in recent GAA history

It began with a joke, cutting enough to slice through the tension that was shackled to them all. There were less than 24 hours to throw-in at that point, and Alan Dillon and Peadar Gardiner had just opened the dividing doors that separated their hotel room from that of James Nallen and David Heaney beside them.