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Tears, joy and disbelief as Jack Coyne prepares to lift the Sam Maguire and end 75 years of Mayo hurt [Getty Images] When the full-time hooter sounded at Croke Park on Sunday, there was a noise to rival any in the historic past of the iconic Dublin stadium.
It was the sound of the end of 75 years of hurt and heartbreak, of near-misses and misplaced hope.
After all that time, Mayo had finally won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship - a fourth in their history, but one three-quarters of a century in the making.
The players sunk to their knees on the hallowed turf, fully aware of what they had just accomplished.
Not only had they dethroned Kerry, the favourites to win consecutive All-Ireland titles and the sport's most decorated team, but they had ended the so-called 'Mayo Curse', which had lingered over the county since 1951.
It was a day of history, a day of ecstasy and, to…
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