Mayo won their second All-Ireland in a row.[1][2][3]
Limerick rejoined the Munster championship after a 2 year lapse break.
The Curse of '51
Mayo have not won an All-Ireland football final since 1951. Legend has it that a priest became furious when the Mayo team bus returning home from the 1951 final passed by a funeral without showing respect as they celebrated their All-Ireland win. The priest supposedly put a curse on Mayo, that they would not win another title until all of the team had died.[4] All remaining members of the team had died by 2023.[5][6]Paddy Prendergast, who was the final surviving member and played at full-back, died at the age of 95 on 26 September 2021.[7][8][9]Mick Loftus, who was a sub and did not play on the day, died at the age of 93 on 22 April 2023.[10]
There is no evidence of local belief in such a curse before the early 21st century.
