The ‘cocktail of hesitation’ that cost Mayo their season

Donegal take second and a home preliminary quarter-final. Down the road, Mayo are in for a hard winter.

DISTRAUGHT: Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea at the final whistle. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile.

Donegal 0-19 Mayo 1-15

The St Eunan’s flyer in front of the graveyard with his right leg. This is how it ends. Swift and deliberate, a knife in the gut that delivers instant agony.