O’Mahony and Leitrim dreaming big again

Long before he went into politics, John O’Mahony knew every highway and byway throughout Connacht, initially as a player but predominantly as a manager over the past 30 years.

Few, if any, have as good a grasp on the province’s football heartbeat.

He grew up in Kilmovee in Co Mayo, a short jaunt to Roscommon out one road and an equally swift run up to Charlestown and into Sligo another way.