Mayo beat 75-year-old ‘curse’ to become Gaelic football champions
Summary
Mayo's Gaelic football team won the All-Ireland senior football championship for the first time in 75 years, ending a long-standing losing streak linked to a local "curse" legend. The team beat Kerry with a score of 1-20 to 1-17 in Dublin, sparking widespread celebration in Mayo and among its supporters around the world.Key Facts
- Mayo won the 2024 All-Ireland senior football championship after 75 years without a title.
- The final score was Mayo 1-20, Kerry 1-17.
- Mayo had lost 11 All-Ireland finals since 1989 before this win.
- A local legend says a curse was placed on Mayo’s team in 1951 after players failed to pay respects at a funeral.
- The last surviving player from the 1951 team called the curse a myth before he died in 2021.
- The team captain, Jack Coyne, celebrated the victory by urging pride in Mayo and its diaspora worldwide.
- A large homecoming event is planned in Castlebar, Mayo’s county town, with expected attendance higher than the initial 40,000 estimate.
- Mayo is the third largest county in Ireland by area but has a small population of about 130,000 people.
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