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

I wrote a piece back in 2013 the day after the All Ireland Hurling Final replay. I called it ‘what Con might have said.’ It was the first All Ireland since his sad demise. The match had been an epic and I remembered Con saying many a time that when he watched a really great game or sporting event, although he would have thoroughly enjoyed it, he was often seized with a sense of panic thinking that he wouldn’t have the words to do justice to what had been a great occasion. He