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An Irish Odyssey: Kieran Cunningham on how Mayo changed its ending

Every generation had its own explanation for why Mayo couldn't ever quite get over the line at Croke Park. Andy Moran's team ignored them all and wrote an ending few believed was possible.

“We asked Glen Hansard to come to a gig. Instead, he said: ‘I’d love to give you a song.’”

Before the Oscar, before Once and before international recognition, there was a struggling band, a tiny Dublin café and an unexpected act of kindness that stayed with Tom Lyons for a quarter of a century.