Ep 3615: Mayo Are The All Ireland Champions - 27/07/26
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
And I said, I want to win the league but I want to win it better. You can understand that, can't you? Yes. Good lad. So he's almost like having a second captain in your team? Second captain, first captain, whatever.
You know, I've often wondered if Mayo were ever to win their All-Ireland, would the reality match up to the dream? Could any sporting moment actually live up to 75 years of hope and hype? The answer to that question was a resounding yes. Welcome to the pod. Hey, Murph. Hey, Ud. How are you? Hey, Ken. How are you doing? Mayo, our All-Ireland champions.
2021 years of age. I've never lost really. I've been a loser all my life.
you're on a nervous disposition switch off the radio taking on all comers Ryan wriggling his way through they can feel the confidence in Mayo's play they're all moving forward there's a white burst off the ball is forward to David McBride clicks it out to his left goal opportunity for Mayo it's the Mayo three in the number nine Mayo I don't think we've heard noise like this.
30 seconds to go. There's 30 seconds to go. Going to the corner. Hold on to it. Hold on to it. Right into the left of the ball. Right into the left of the ball. We're 45 yards to the goal. It's Kobe. Kobe. He's got Tommy Gunner. Tommy Gunner is in for a goal. He's got Kobe. Yeah! Oh my god! Delirium! Delirium!
How did Croke Park react when Mayo finally won the All-Ireland after 75 years?
They have to get a goal! It's over! Five seconds to go! He hasn't failed inside the play! The famine! Yes! The famine is over! The famine is over! The cast be damned! Hit the nuclear button! They have won the All-Ireland! It's coming for you! It's coming for you! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Yeah, that's another thing I often wondered. What would a Mayo on Ireland Wind sound like on Midwest Radio? absolutely deranged it turns out beautifully beautifully deranged Stephen Grealish and Martin Kearney Stephen's first All-Ireland as a commentator yeah wow yeah yeah quite a few people have filled that role going back to Willie the Shoe and Mike Finnerty but it's Willie the Shoe Willie the Shoe McNeely an absolute legend of mail sadly you say that as though it should make sense yeah I was going to ask why the shoe and I feel like we might start going down a digression that was a great man's name yeah Yeah, there were some noises there that didn't sound human. No, no. If you asked Martin or Stephen to make those noises again.
I don't think they'd be able to do it. No, physically impossible for those noises to come out. But come out they did. The slightly steadier hand of Porag Lodge on RT Radio 1 with a brief cameo. Not too many people. From our own Paul Flynn. Not too many people all that steady. No, and that was David Brady's famous speech after Ballina won the All-Ireland Club title in 2005. I'm not a loser anymore. which is pretty apt today. I mean, yesterday, Murph was one of the greatest. It was the greatest Croke Park day of them all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, Sean Moran, who's retiring today.
Yes. Sean Moran of the Irish Times.
Massive congratulations to Sean on an incredible career. Yeah, an incredible career, yeah. He... I mean, there was no comparison that I could think of. And he did mention McManaman's goal in the 2011 final, and that was the noise for that... like was ridiculous. It was about, I would say, 20% of what it was in the second half yesterday.
What were the most memorable live commentary moments and crowd reactions from the final?
Were you in the press box? No, I was in the Laura Hogan with Mark Horgan, this parish friend of the show, Mark Horgan. And so Mark had a, there was like a 19 or 20 year old girl from Mayo beside him. And there was a couple from Mayo beside me on the other side. at the final whistle, the girl beside Mark immediately starts bawling her eyes out crying. So then I turn around to the two people beside me, and it's just like pure ecstasy, joy. And I was going to say relief. It actually wasn't relief. And this is kind of what's interesting about it. It was pure ecstasy, pure joy, like happiness. And So the two beside me, they were like going crazy. And then 90 seconds later, the girl beside Mark was just jumping up and down with pure joy.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–2:29
2
How did Croke Park react when Mayo finally won the All-Ireland after 75 years?
2:29–4:39
3
What were the most memorable live commentary moments and crowd reactions from the final?
4:39–17:04
4
How did fans in the stands and around Croke Park emotionally experience the final whistle?
17:04–37:53
5
What happened at the Mayo team hotel the morning after the All-Ireland win?
37:53–48:12
6
How does Kobe McDonald describe his rise and plans for AFL after winning Sam Maguire?
48:12–52:07
Speakers
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