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The Westerners’ victory captured the imagination of viewers around the world<\/a>, with the likes of\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0and\u00a0Bild\u00a0reporting on the historic nature of their All-Ireland drought coming to an end.<\/p>\n Despite the global impact of Mayo’s win, some fans of hit drama\u00a0House of the Dragon were surprised to see star of the show Tom Glynn-Carney flying the green and red flag over the weekend – we reached out to the man himself to find out the nature of his connection to the county.<\/p>\n Tom Glynn-Carney’s Mayo roots<\/p>\n Manxhester-biorn actor Tom Glynn-Carney burst onto the scene as one of the stars of Christopher Nolan’s war epic Dunkirk, playing a young sailor helping to rescue a lost soldier (his scenes played alongside Irish stars Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan).<\/p>\n He has since gained wider recognition as one of the leading stars of ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off\u00a0House of the Dragon, playing Aegon II Targaryen.<\/p>\n On Sunday afternoon, fans of\u00a0House of the Dragon\u00a0were surprised to see Glynn-Carney posting messages of support for Mayo on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n Glynn-Carney shared a reel of the full-time whistle blowing at Croke Park, as well as the now-viral clip of Mayo fan Shane Fitzgerald reduced to floods of tears in the stands<\/a>.<\/p>\n Need to know why Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon in HOTD) was reposting about Mayos win pic.twitter.com\/WutYn0xz5Q<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aoibhy \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9 (@feinmhuinin) July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n One fan on Twitter unearthed photos on Glynn-Carney’s Instagram account, showing him in a Mayo jersey.<\/p>\n Found these on Insta from 2024 pic.twitter.com\/AnnfJOxf7C<\/a><\/p>\n