Mayo reach the Promised Land – what Con might have said: Kobe McDonald and Jordan Molloy celebrate. I rarely write about sporting events, but yesterday was exceptional. A few years back after an epic All Ireland Hurling final, I imagined what the late, great sports journalist, Con Houlihan, might have said about it and I wrote an article in his style. This will be something similar: Were Con to have described yesterday’s game, I have no doubt that he would have started the ar