The pursuit of glory by Mayo has been one of the most intriguing sagas throughout the history of the All-Ireland senior football championship. No other county has been to so many finals, has given so much to the inter-county game, yet, come away with so little glory.
Mayo-native
Declan Varley has been a witness to this ongoing pursuit by his native
county, and is one of just a handful to have attended every losing Mayo
final since 1951 — a front row seat to pain. Varley charts that journey
through conversation with some of those who wore the Green and Red, and
those closest to them.
He talks curses and snowy pitches and
conspiracy theories and crushing disappointment. Blending in the
conversations with episodes from his own life, he paints an honest
depiction of the lot of a Mayo supporter, pursuing a dream through
determination and bloody-mindedness.
From the first Mayo
All-Ireland-winning captain Seamus O’Malley, through Sean Flanagan and
Padraig Carney of the great team of the early 50s, to the towering giant
who was John Morley, who died too soon; to Tommy O'Malley, and James
Nallen and John Casey who nearly secured silverware, and to Alan Dillon
and Tom Parsons, members of the team of the last decade that put it up
to the greatest of them all.
Players and fans together, purveyors of a dream that they hope will die with victory, this is the Mayo story.
Mayo - A Biography in Nine Lives
- Product Code: Declan Varley
- Availability: In Stock
-
€20.00
Related Products
Tags: Mayo, Biography, Nine, Lives, Declan Varley, 9781910827734