After breakthrough with club, Kevin McLoughlin eyes top prize with Mayo

A few months on from another All-Ireland final defeat, this time to Tyrone, it's hard for neutrals to be overly optimistic about 2022 but McLoughlin is clinging to his dream.

Knockmore footballer Kevin McLoughlin in attendance at the AIB Connacht GAA Football Senior Club Final Media Day in MW Hire O'Moore Park in Portlaoise ahead of the AIB GAA Connacht Senior Club Football Championship final. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

He's still chasing All-Ireland glory with Mayo and for most of his club career with Knockmore, championship success eluded Kevin McLoughlin too.

A county title breakthrough finally arrived in 2020, however, Knockmore's first in 23 years and they retained the trophy in 2021, going on to qualify for Sunday's AIB Connacht senior club final, so perhaps veteran McLoughlin's persistence with Mayo will eventually be rewarded too.