‘I’d rather the agonies and ecstasies of Mayo fandom than nothing at all’

There’s always hope following Mayo. A vicious type of hope that leaves you writhing in your seat, jamming your fists into your eyes as if you’re watching a horror movie, but it’s hope all the same, writes Caitriona Lally.

As we watched an early championship match this year, I asked my father and my older brother: If Mayo won the All-Ireland, what would be the highlight of 2017, the birth of my first child or the win?

Dad wisely remained silent but Steve said, “The All-Ireland of course, you can have other children.”