Magical O’Shea steers Mayo to record victory

Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11

Few teams get to write one line of history, yet Mayo engraved their name on that and many more yesterday with their annexation of a fifth straight Connacht senior title being merely the most obvious of markers to be inked into the GAA annals.

The historians and stats men were out in force by tea-time and the verdicts soon came flooding in. The biggest total ever recorded by a team in a provincial final, said one. The joint biggest winning margin in a provincial decider, said another.