{"id":570258,"date":"2026-07-27T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/570258\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:02:13","slug":"sam-is-coming-home-joe-biden-oasis-ronan-ogara-and-more-react-to-mayos-all-ireland-final-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/570258\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sam is coming home&#8217;: Joe Biden, Oasis, Ronan O&#8217;Gara and more react to Mayo&#8217;s All-Ireland final win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the incredible happened, since  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886211.html\">Mayo finally ended their 75-year wait<\/a> to reclaim the All-Ireland senior football title, the reaction to it hasn\u2019t stopped.<\/p>\n<p>From the Mayo heroes themselves, the likes of  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886247.html\">Kobe McDonald<\/a>, Ryan O\u2019Donoghue and Andy Moran to our reporters in the press box such as Tony Leen, John Fogarty, and Maurice Brosnan, everyone has been having their say on the events that unfolded at Croke Park on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But the reaction hasn\u2019t just been coming from the people in Ireland, it\u2019s been coming from further afield as well from people with ties to this country, including some huge names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here is the best of the reaction from some celebrity names, starting with a former President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Joe Biden: \u201cFor the first time in 75 years, the Sam Maguire Cup comes home to Mayo, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI said it three years ago when I was in Ballina: Mayo for Sam! And I meant it. I said it because I know what it means not just the county of Mayo but to my own family\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cToday, the dream becomes reality. Congratulations to my friends in Mayo. You earned this victory. Enjoy every minute. Sam is coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Ronan O&#8217;Gara:\u00a0&#8220;Congrats Aidan O&#8217;Shea. The resilience you have shown has been rewarded today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Imagine having given up 2 years ago..you would have to sit on the couch with 50 years of regrets\u2026 look at you now..whether you kicked a ball today doesn\u2019t matter a fuck..<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;You were there for every meeting, clarity session and training session. Your input will be appreciated by those who matter. You can do what you like now. Enjoy the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I forgot to mention the classy Cillian O Connor also.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Noel Gallagher: \u201cFINALLY!! UP MAYO!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Liam Gallagher: \u201cCongratulations MAYO lick it up to ras very proud LG x\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Shane Lowry: \u201cSo happy for everyone from Mayo. Sport can be cruel at times and the people from Mayo went through their fair share of it. Enjoy the celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Kevin Kilbane: \u201cHonestly. So much to say but. Never in my lifetime. What a day. What a moment in time. Delighted. Absolutely delighted. 75yrs too long. Huge congratulations to Mayo. And also\u2026 Huge thank you to Andy Moran. He brought it home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney: \u201cA proud son of County Mayo tonight. After 75 years, the curse is broken and the Sam Maguire Cup is coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Brentford FC: \u201cHon Mayo. Congratulations to Mayo on winning today&#8217;s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the incredible happened, since Mayo finally ended their 75-year wait to reclaim the All-Ireland senior football title,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[217463,42,4185,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-570258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-all-ireland-football-final","tag-headlines","tag-mayo-gaa","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}