Kevin Walsh: Galway have nothing won, but we’ve got pride back

Galway 1-12 Mayo 0-12: As Galway players and supporters celebrated on the MacHale Park pitch like it was 1998, Mayo’s shellshocked footballers and fans slipped away quietly into the wet and windy night.

Saturday’s Connacht semi-final had been billed as a routine exercise for a Mayo team chasing six provincial titles in a row, with Galway due to play the part of whipping boys.

Instead, when the final whistle sounded the Tribesmen had pulled off the perfect ambush — finishing with a flourish to hit 1-4 down the home stretch — to win this age-old derby for the first time in eight years.