O’Connor: Time to park the past

It’s at times like the past couple of months Cillian O’Connor might be thankful for the small mercies.

Being out of Dodge, as he finished his teaching studies in Dublin, has kept him away from the chatter that has consumed Mayo as the bones of another All-Ireland final defeat were picked on.

That’s not to say the magnitude of the loss to Dublin has been any different for him compared to his team-mates living in the county.