Dingle’s spirit and refusal to yield were encapsulated in Tom O’Sullivan’s performance, according to former Mayo manager James Horan. “If you go back and look at the first half of that game, Ballyboden could and probably should have been out of sight. “The exception to that was Tom O’Sullivan. Paul is getting a huge amount of deserved plaudits, I thought Tom O’Sullivan during the whole game, when things were good and things were bad, was absolutely exceptional.”Several of their big players stood up after half-time. “Mark O’Connor, quiet at times, but grew stronger and stronger as the game went on,” said Horan.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2026 15:44 UTC