From Keaveney to Darby to Cluxton, football has a history of All-Ireland resurrection sagas … but can Cillian O’Connor & Co truly reignite the west?
Andy Moran has got Cillian O’Connor (left), James Carr, Conor Loftus, Rob Hennelly and Michael Plunkett back into the Mayo fold.
What makes the perfect GAA comeback story? It invariably combines the exhilarating mix of a bombshell return and a fairy-tale finale on the steps of the Hogan.
It could be Offaly veteran Séamus Darby, recalled from the scrapheap, scoring the most famous goal in Gaelic football lore just a few months later.